BOX CUT OVERSTRIKE Cuts (removes) a box, padding the area with spaces to keep the column alignment of text to the right of the box. Typically you use BOX CUT OVERSTRIKE if you SET BOX NOPAD is in effect but want the area padded with spaces. Steps: 1. Select or find the text to cut. Typically, you use BOX SELECT. 2. Use the BOX CUT OVERSTRIKE command. 3. To paste the text elsewhere, use BOX PASTE OVERSTRIKE, which overwrites existing text. Example: The following example shows the effects of BOX CUT OVERSTRIKE---the area where you cut the box (indicated by uppercase B's) is padded with spaces to keep the column alignment of text to to the right. Before After BOX CUT OVERSTRIKE ----------- ------------------------ aaa BBB ccc aaa ccc aaa BBB ccc aaa ccc aaa BBB ccc aaa ccc Usage notes: o With a standard, linear range, BOX CUT OVERSTRIKE uses the start and end of the range as diagonally opposite corners. Thus, you can use BOX CUT OVERSTRIKE 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 OVERSTRIKE is the same as BOX COPY. (See help on SET BUFFER.) +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Box-editing operations are slow with very long box selections, | | particularly if buffer-change journaling is in effect (which | | is the default). | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ Related topics: Ranges And Boxes BOX COPY BOX CUT INSERT SET CLIPBOARD