Deleting text

Besides the usual Delete and Backspace keys you may use the following shortcuts to delete different parts of the text:

Command-Backspace, Command-Delete

Delete to document end

Command-Shift-Backspace, Command-Shift-Delete

Delete from document start

Option-Backspace, Option-Delete

Delete to line end

Option-Shift-Backspace, Option-Shift-Delete

Delete from line start

Control-Backspace, Control-Delete

Delete selected line

In addition to the keyboard shortcuts listed above, Eddie provides the following keyboard primitives that are not mapped by default, but which you may map yourself by adding SetKey commands to the UserStartup file to suit your preference:

DeleteFromWordBeginning

DeleteToWordEnd

DeleteWord

Extend selection to a whole word/words and delete

EmptyLine

Delete the line (lines) containing a selection, leave the carriage return

EmacsKillToLineEnd

EmacsKillToWordEnd