3.3 Erasing Text

<DEL>

If you press <DEL> i.e. the delete key, it will delete the character before the cursor (delete-backward-char).

C-d

This will delete the character after the cursor (delete-char).

C-k

Kill to the end of the line (kill-line). If you kill the line by mistake you can yank or ‘paste’ it back by typing C-y. See Moving Text, for more information on yanking.

M-d

Kill forward to the end of the next word (kill-word).

M-<DEL>

Kill back to the beginning of the previous word (backward-kill-word).

M-k

Kill to the end of current sentence (kill-sentence).

M-z char

Kill up to next occurrence of char (zap-to-char). To use this command type M-z. You will see the following statement in the echo area :

          Zap to char:

Type any char and press the <RET> key. For example, if you type ‘p’ then the entire text starting from the position of the cursor until the first occurrence of ‘p’ is killed.