From: "Robert Thorpe" <rthorpe@realworldtech.com>
Subject: Re: How to delete until the first displayable character in a line?
Date: 12 Dec 2006 09:21:52 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1165944112.459711.154410@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <elmi84$f6q$1@news.yaako.com>
Ronald wrote:
> How to delete towards the right or the left until the first displayed
> character or the start/end of a line.
>From the left to the end of the line is C-k
A prefix argument determines how many, so ..
C-u 2 C-k kills the next two, C-u -1 C-k text from point back to the
start of the line.
C-u C-k kills the next 4 lines.
> On the hand, to delete characters until the first undisplayable character.
Don't know how to do that. Possibly you could use zap-to-char.
Why on earth do you want to do that anyway?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-12 17:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-12 15:35 How to delete until the first displayable character in a line? Ronald
2006-12-12 15:52 ` More general Ronald
2006-12-12 18:55 ` Kevin Rodgers
[not found] ` <mailman.1798.1165949787.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-12-12 22:20 ` Ronald
2006-12-12 17:21 ` Robert Thorpe [this message]
2006-12-12 22:27 ` How to delete until the first displayable character in a line? Ronald
2006-12-13 11:19 ` Robert Thorpe
2006-12-13 0:12 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2006-12-23 12:47 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2006-12-13 12:21 ` Mathias Dahl
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