BOX CUT

  Cuts a box so you can paste it elsewhere. In the BUFFER LIST, deletes a
  buffer whose name the cursor is on.

  Steps:

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

     2.  Use the BOX CUT command ---or if SET BOX SELECT is in effect, you
         can use REMOVE or CUT.

     3.  To paste the text elsewhere, use BOX PASTE.

  Usage notes:

  o  By default, BOX CUT pads the area of the cut with spaces to keep the
     column alignment of text to the right of the box---unless SET BOX NOPAD
     is in effect and you are cutting from an insert-mode buffer:

     Setting            Effects on BOX CUT
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     SET BOX NOPAD      BOX CUT depends on the mode of the buffer you are
                        editing.  In insert mode, text to the right of the
                        box "collapses" to the left, closing the gap.  In
                        overstrike mode, the area of the cut is padded
                        with spaces.

     SET BOX PAD        BOX CUT pads with spaces regardless of the mode
     (default)          of the buffer.

  o  To override the settings, forcing one effect or the other without
     having to change your settings, use BOX CUT INSERT or BOX CUT
     OVERSTRIKE.

  o  With a standard, linear range, BOX CUT uses the start and end of the
     range as diagonally opposite corners of a box. Thus, you can use BOX
     CUT 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
     cut or copied to that storage area. Default is SET NOCLIPBOARD.

  o  In the Buffer List, BOX 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.  Use BOX CUT, REMOVE, or CUT to delete that buffer.

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

  o  If you are editing an unmodifiable buffer, BOX CUT 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 PASTE      BOX SELECT
     SELECT              SET BOX NOPAD    SET BOX PAD    SET CLIPBOARD