Ldelete

Key

CTRL+Y

Ldelete

Deletes the current line and copies it to the clipboard.

Arg Ldelete (ALT+A CTRL+Y)

Deletes text from the cursor to the end of the line and copies it to the clipboard.

Arg mark Ldelete (ALT+A mark CTRL+Y)

Deletes the text from the line at the cursor to the line specified by mark and copies it to the clipboard. The mark cannot be a line number.

Arg number Ldelete (ALT+A number CTRL+Y)

Deletes the specified number of lines starting from the line at the cursor and copies them to the clipboard.

Arg boxarg | linearg Ldelete (ALT+A boxarg | linearg CTRL+Y)

Deletes the specified text and copies it to the clipboard. The argument is a linearg or boxarg regardless of the current selection mode. The argument is a linearg if the starting and ending points are in the same column.

Meta ... Ldelete (F9 ... CTRL+Y)

As above but discards the deleted text. The clipboard is not changed.

Returns

Ldelete always returns true.

See

Cdelete, Delete, Emacscdel, Sdelete