/sys$common/syshlp/EVE$HELP.HLB  —  ERASE_WORD
  ERASE WORD

  Erases all of the current word or, if you are between words, erases all of
  the next word (to the right of the cursor).

  Key:   EVE default                     VT100 keypad
         ----------------------------------------------------------
         F13, CTRL/J, or LINEFEED        COMMA, CTRL/J, or LINEFEED

  Steps:

     1.  Put the cursor anywhere on the word you want to erase.

     2.  Use ERASE WORD (see key list above).

  Usage notes:

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

     Cursor positions       Effects of ERASE WORD
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     On a word              Erases all of that word, including the trailing
                            white space (spaces or tabs).

     Between words          Erases all but the first white space character
     and
     (white space)          all of the next word, including the trailing
                            white space.

     End of a line          Erases the line break, making the next line
     (carriage return)      move up.  Useful to join paragraphs for FILL.

  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---if you are between words or on the first
     character of a word, you erase the word left of the cursor. See help on
     Editing Command Lines.

  o  On VT100-series terminals, the LINEFEED key is the same as CTRL/J. The
     EDT or WPS keypad redefines F13, CTRL/J and LINEFEED. Using SET
     FUNCTION KEYS DECWINDOWS redefines F13.

  Related topics:

     ERASE LINE     ERASE PREVIOUS WORD     RESTORE     RESTORE WORD
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