Insertion and Deletion Commands

INSERTION AND DELETION COMMANDS

Commands that initiate insertion or deletion of text include:

backward-delete-char(2) (backspace) Delete the previous character at the cursor position
backward-delete-tab(2) (S-tab) Delete white space to previous tab-stop
backward-kill-word(2) (esc backspace) Delete the previous word at the cursor position
clean(3) Remove redundant white spaces from the current buffer
copy-rectangle(3) Copy a rectangular region of text
delete-blank-lines(2) (C-x C-o) Delete blank lines about cursor
delete-indentation(3) Join 2 lines deleting white spaces
fold-kill(3) (C-x C-k) Delete the fold and all its contents
forward-delete-char(2) (C-d) Delete the next character at the cursor position
forward-kill-word(2) (esc d) Delete the next word at the cursor position
kill-line(2) (C-k) Delete all characters to the end of the line
kill-paragraph(2) Delete a paragraph
kill-rectangle(2) (esc C-w) Delete a column of text
kill-region(2) (C-w) Delete all characters in the marked region
yank-rectangle(2) (esc C-y) Insert a column of text
yank-rectangle-overwrite(3) Insert a column of text with overwrite

bin-copy-region(3) Binary supporting copy region
bin-yank(3) Binary supporting kill buffer insert
copy-rectangle(3) Copy a rectangular region of text
insert-newline(2) (C-o) Insert new line at cursor position
insert-tab(2) (C-i) Insert tab(s) into current buffer
kill-rectangle(2) (esc C-w) Delete a column of text
normal-tab(3) Insert a normal tab
open-line(3) (C-o) Open new line at cursor position
quote-char(2) (C-q) Insert literal character
reyank(2) (esc y) Restore next yank buffer
tab(2) (tab) Handle the tab key
yank(2) (C-y) Paste (copy) kill buffer contents into buffer
yank-rectangle(2) (esc C-y) Insert a column of text
yank-rectangle-overwrite(3) Insert a column of text with overwrite

$buffer-tab-width(5) Buffer tab character interval
$tab-width(5) Global displayable tab character width

Ref: Insertion and Deletion Commands File: me.0 Date: 2026/03/05