forward-kill-word(2)

NAME

forward-kill-word - Delete next word at the cursor position
backward-kill-word - Delete previous word at the cursor position

SYNOPSIS

n forward-kill-word (esc d) 
n backward-kill-word (esc backspace) 

DESCRIPTION

forward-kill-word deletes the next n words starting at the current cursor position, the deleted text is added to the kill buffer. See forward-word(2) for a description of word boundaries.

backward-kill-word deletes the previous n words before the cursor, the deleted text is added to the kill buffer.

NOTES

backward-kill-word is also bound to esc backspace.

SEE ALSO

backward-delete-char(2), forward-delete-char(2), forward-word(2), yank(2).

(c) Copyright JASSPA 1999
Last Modified: 1998/07/28
Generated On: 1999/12/01