/sys$common/syshlp/EVE$KEYHELP.HLB  —  WPS Cut
  WPS Cut

  Cuts a range or box which you can paste elsewhere---optionally using a
  WPS-style alternate paste buffer.  In the BUFFER LIST, deletes the buffer
  whose name the cursor is on.

  Steps:

     1.  Select or find the text to cut (see help on SELECT or FIND).

     2.  Optionally, press GOLD and a number from 1 through 9 to specify an
         alternate paste buffer.

     3.  Press the WPS Cut key (MINUS on the keypad or REMOVE).

     4.  To paste the text, press GOLD and type the number of the alternate
         paste buffer (if you used one in cutting the text), and then press
         the WPS Paste key (COMMA, GOLD-COMMA, or INSERT HERE).

  Usage notes:

  o  If you do not specify an alternate paste buffer, WPS Cut uses the
     INSERT HERE buffer.  WPS keys do not use the DECwindows clipboard.

  o  Cutting a standard, linear range makes text after the cut move left or
     up, similar to erasing text.  The remaining text does not automatically
     rewrap.  To reformat your text, use FILL (with the WPS keypad, press
     GOLD-KP5).

  o  If you use BOX SELECT, or if SET BOX SELECT is in effect, then WPS Cut
     is like BOX CUT, usually padding the area with spaces to keep the
     column alignment of text to the right of the box---see help on Ranges
     And Boxes.

  o  To check the contents your paste buffers, use SHOW SYSTEM BUFFERS and
     select a buffer from the list---for example, the INSERT HERE buffer,
     PASTE_BUFFER_1, and so on.

  o  In the Buffer List, WPS Cut deletes a buffer without your having to
     type the buffer name, as follows:

        1.  Use the SHOW BUFFERS command to list the buffers you created.
        2.  Put the cursor on the name of the buffer you want to delete.
        3.  Press the WPS Cut key to delete that buffer.

     For more information, see help on the DELETE BUFFER command.

  o  If you are editing an unmodifiable buffer, WPS Cut is the same as
     WPS Copy.  (See help on SET BUFFER.)

  o  On DECwindows, you can also copy text from EVE to another DECwindows
     application by using M2---see help on Quick Copy.

  Related topics:

     Ranges And Boxes    BOX CUT        BOX SELECT        FIND
     SELECT              SET BOX PAD    SET BOX SELECT    WILDCARD FIND
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