Re: Programming request: delete to next X

[cld@xxxxxxxx (Carl Distefano)]

Reply to note from Wolfgang Bechstein  Sun,
21 Jul 2002 21:07:42 +1000

A couple of other U2 routines may be of interest on this point.
DEL2PUNC deletes to the next punctuation mark. I have it assigned
to a key - nn=NOXHJM(,2,.,d,e,l,2,p,u,n,c,) - and use it all the
time.

Also DEF, an enhanced DeFine function designed to replace func DF in
the .KBD file: nn=NOXHJM(,2,.,d,e,f,). When you hit your DEF key to
start a DeFined block, it gives you the option ("auto-extend") to
extend the block to the char corresponding to the next pressed key;
you can keep on pressing keys or revert to standard cursor movement
to complete the block. This emulates a WordPerfect-DOS feature that
ended up a casualty of Windows and CUA.

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Carl Distefano
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