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Deleting Lines

There are several possibilities to delete lines.

The command DELETE, with the minimal abbreviation DE, deletes the current line and possibly the following ones if you specify it (compare section DELETE).

The command DELETEL, with the minimal abbreviation DL, deletes the lines you specified by indicating their line numbers. Of course, you may also use symbolic line numbers. For example

deletes the current line and the lines immediately above and immediately below the current line.

You may also delete lines with prefix commands. At the moment, the commands d and dn are valid.

Any line, in which you type `d' in the number area, will be deleted when you press the return key.

The type dn deletes n lines, starting at the line with this marker. You have to mind some particularities when you use the spelling with dn. These special rules are explained in the section Prefix Commands.

The prefix command dd must be written in two lines. If you then press the return key all records in the marked area will be deleted.


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