[Alpine-info] Deleting text while composing a message - was- Re: New to Alpine, but can't get it to connect

[Bret Busby via Alpine-info]

On 6/6/24 05:34, Andrew C Aitchison via Alpine-info wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Jun 2024, Bret Busby via Alpine-info wrote:

> 

>> On 5/6/24 09:46, Chris M via Alpine-info wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>> on Wed, 5 Jun 2024, Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info wrote:

>>>

>>>> Please, answer below the previous reply, not above. And make sure to 

>>>> delete the signature of the previous poster (including the line that 

>>>> contains two dashes, the signature start line).

>>>>

>>>> In fact, delete everything that is not needed.

>>>

>>>

>>> Like This? :)

>>>

>>> Interesting, I tried copying what I wanted to remove and went to EDIT 

>>> menu inside of Konsole, and there's no cut command. You manually have 

>>> to put your cursor at the end of the word you want to delete and 

>>> backspace until you only have what you want above.

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>> Chris

>>

>> To delete a line, use

>> <CTRL><k>

>> with the cursor anywhere on the line.

> 

> ... but note (in Setup / Config [ Composer Preferences ] ):

>                FEATURE: Ctrl-K Cuts From Cursor

>      This feature controls the behavior of the Ctrl-K command in the

>      composer. If set, ^K will cut from the current cursor position

>      to the end of the line, rather than cutting the entire line.

> 


Then, if that is the default, it is possible that I have always (without 
thinking about it) had the cursor at the start of the line, when I have 
used <CTRL><k> .

I do not know.

..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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