BOX CUT INSERT

  Cuts (removes) a box, making text to the right of the box "collapse" to
  the left, closing the gap.

  Steps:

     1.  Select or find the text to cut. Typically, you use BOX SELECT.

     2.  Use the BOX CUT INSERT command.

     3.  To paste the text elsewhere, use BOX PASTE INSERT, which
         pushes existing text to the right of the box.

  Example:

     The following example shows the effects of BOX CUT INSERT---text to the
     right of the box "collapses" to the the left, closing the gap. The box
     is indicated by uppercase B's.

        Before           After BOX CUT INSERT
        ---------        --------------------
        aaaBBBccc        aaaccc
        aaaBBBccc        aaaccc
        aaaBBBccc        aaaccc

  Usage notes:

  o  By default, cutting a box pads the area with spaces to keep the column
     alignment of text to the right---same as BOX CUT OVERSTRIKE. Use BOX
     CUT INSERT to override this effect, for example, to convert a three-
     column table to a two-column table.

  o  With a standard, linear range, BOX CUT INSERT uses the start and end of
     the range as diagonally opposite corners. Thus, you can use BOX CUT
     INSERT with SELECT, FIND, or WILDCARD FIND---see help on Ranges And
     Boxes.

  o  Cutting a box converts tab characters to spaces, to the right of the
     box or overlapping the box (see help on CONVERT TABS) and adds spaces
     to the lines or line segments of the removed text to keep its
     rectangular shape.

  o  Depending on your setting, the removed text is stored in the INSERT
     HERE buffer or the DECwindows clipboard, replacing what you previously
     copied or cut to that storage area. Default is SET NOCLIPBOARD.

  o  If you are editing an unmodifiable buffer, BOX CUT INSERT is the same
     as BOX COPY. (See help on SET BUFFER.)

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  | Box-editing operations are slow with very long box selections, |
  | particularly if buffer-change journaling is in effect (which   |
  | is the default).                                               |
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  Related topics:

     Ranges And Boxes    BOX COPY    BOX CUT OVERSTRIKE    SET CLIPBOARD