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  ERASE PREVIOUS WORD

  Erases all of the previous word or all of the current word, depending on
  your cursor position.

  Steps:

     1.  Put the cursor where you want to erase a word.

     2.  Use the ERASE PREVIOUS WORD command.

  Usage notes:

  o  ERASE PREVIOUS WORD erases an entire word, except at the start of a
     line, as follows:

     Cursor positions       Effects of ERASE PREVIOUS WORD
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     Start of line          Erases the line break (carriage return), making
                            the current line move up, unless you are at the
                            top of the buffer.  Useful to join paragraphs
                            for FILL commands.

     Start of word or       Erases the previous word (left of the cursor),
     between words          including the trailing white space.

     Elsewhere on           Same as ERASE WORD---erases all of the current
     a word                 word, including the trailing white space.

  o  To insert what you erased, use the RESTORE WORD command.

  o  In editing a command line, any key defined as ERASE WORD works like
     ERASE PREVIOUS WORD---see help on Editing Command Lines.

  Related topics:

     ERASE START OF LINE    ERASE WORD    RESTORE    RESTORE WORD
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