ARPUS/ce, Version 2.6.2 (03/10/05) (SCCS 1.7)
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[range] xd [-a] [-r] [-f <pathname> | <name>]
"text delete"
DESCRIPTION:
'xd' cuts a range of text into either an internal paste buffer
accessible from X selections, an internal paste buffer that is local
to the edit session, a named paste buffer in the paste buffer
directory, or an text file.
xd operates on a region of text that is either explicitly defined or
allowed to default. If no region is defined prior to invoking xd, the
default region is from the current cursor position to the end of the
line.
xd can be used in one of four ways:
xd cut the effected region into the internal
unnamed paste buffer (the default buffer).
This paste buffer is available to other ce
windows and to other X applications using the
X selection mechanism named Clipboard. If the
X selection is owned by a ce session when that
edit session terminates, the paste buffer data
is saved in the paste buffer directory as a
file. This file contains the text plus
additional information used by ce to
facilitate efficient processing. The
additional information always occupies the
first line of the paste file.
xd <name> cut the effected region into the internal
paste buffer with name <name>. This paste
buffer is available to other ce windows and to
other X applications using the X selection
mechanism named <name>. If the X selection is
owned by a ce session when that edit session
terminates, the paste buffer data is saved in
the paste buffer directory as a file. There
are three special paste buffer names (BangIn,
BangOut, and BangErr) used by the ! (bang)
command, which always use the paste buffer
files.
xd X cut the effected region into the X Window
System XA_primary paste buffer. This allows
you to cut text into another X application,
such as an xterm window. Also, if you
highlight an area in another X application
with the left mouse button, you can paste this
text into Ce with the special buffer named X.
The special paste buffer named X2 allows the
same sort of access to the XA_secondary paste
buffer.
xd -f <pathname> cut the effected region into an on-disk file
and do not include additional information used
in normal paste buffer files.
PARAMETERS
-l Use a "local only" paste buffer. This works like a normal
paste buffer except that the X server does not get
involved and the contents of the paste buffer are not
saved in a file upon termination. This improves
performance and disables the copying of data between
different windows. It is useful for cut commands which are
throwing data away.
-r Treat the affected region as a rectangular region. See
the 'regions' help file mentioned below for an exact
description of the behavior of rectangular regions.
-a Append mode. Append the region being cut to the paste buffer.
-f <path>
Cut the affected region into a file on the machine Ce is
executing on. Text cut to a file will probably not be able to
be pasted into a Ce window executing on another machine
unless that machine has access to the file which was pasted
into.
<name>
Cut to the named X paste buffer.
RELATED HELP FILES:
! (bang )
xc (Copy )
xd (Cut )
xl (Copy Literal)
xp (Paste)
xa (Concat Pastebuff)
keyboard (common keys)
regionsCon (marking regions)
pastebufCon (Paste buffers)
support (customer support)
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