Subject: Block Delete.

From: "Dinesh R. Thakkar" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 13:33:08 +0530 (GMT+5:30)

Hello,

Can anyone please explain to me in a step by step manner as to how to use
the block delete commands?  I have tried and failed.

I really appreciate it.

Thanks, Dinesh.

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From: [email-masked] (Sylvain Robitaille)
Date: 7 Mar 1997 05:26:45 GMT

>the block delete commands?  I have tried and failed.

I'm guessing you mean from within pico? It really isn't very hard. The ^6
[Ctrl-6] key combination sets and unsets the mark, (the "start" of the block).
Then you move your cursor to the "end" of the block you wish to work with.
Press ^K [Ctrl-K] to delete the block, and ^U [Ctrl-U] to undelete it.

If you only wanted to copy a block, without deleting it, you would procede as
follows:

- Mark the start of the block.
- move the cursor to the end of the block, (pico highlights the block as you
  go).
- Press ^K, then immediately press ^U.
- Move the cursor to the point where you want to insert the copied text.
- Press ^U.

You can keep pressing ^U as many times as you want and it will keep inserting
the last text that was deleted.

Hope that helps you...

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