ARPUS/ce, Version 2.6.2 (03/10/05) (SCCS 1.7) _______________________________________________________________________________ [range] xd [-a] [-r] [-f <pathname> | <name>] "text delete" DESCRIPTION: 'xd' cuts a range of text into either an internal paste buffer accessible from X selections, an internal paste buffer that is local to the edit session, a named paste buffer in the paste buffer directory, or an text file. xd operates on a region of text that is either explicitly defined or allowed to default. If no region is defined prior to invoking xd, the default region is from the current cursor position to the end of the line. xd can be used in one of four ways: xd cut the effected region into the internal unnamed paste buffer (the default buffer). This paste buffer is available to other ce windows and to other X applications using the X selection mechanism named Clipboard. If the X selection is owned by a ce session when that edit session terminates, the paste buffer data is saved in the paste buffer directory as a file. This file contains the text plus additional information used by ce to facilitate efficient processing. The additional information always occupies the first line of the paste file. xd <name> cut the effected region into the internal paste buffer with name <name>. This paste buffer is available to other ce windows and to other X applications using the X selection mechanism named <name>. If the X selection is owned by a ce session when that edit session terminates, the paste buffer data is saved in the paste buffer directory as a file. There are three special paste buffer names (BangIn, BangOut, and BangErr) used by the ! (bang) command, which always use the paste buffer files. xd X cut the effected region into the X Window System XA_primary paste buffer. This allows you to cut text into another X application, such as an xterm window. Also, if you highlight an area in another X application with the left mouse button, you can paste this text into Ce with the special buffer named X. The special paste buffer named X2 allows the same sort of access to the XA_secondary paste buffer. xd -f <pathname> cut the effected region into an on-disk file and do not include additional information used in normal paste buffer files. PARAMETERS -l Use a "local only" paste buffer. This works like a normal paste buffer except that the X server does not get involved and the contents of the paste buffer are not saved in a file upon termination. This improves performance and disables the copying of data between different windows. It is useful for cut commands which are throwing data away. -r Treat the affected region as a rectangular region. See the 'regions' help file mentioned below for an exact description of the behavior of rectangular regions. -a Append mode. Append the region being cut to the paste buffer. -f <path> Cut the affected region into a file on the machine Ce is executing on. Text cut to a file will probably not be able to be pasted into a Ce window executing on another machine unless that machine has access to the file which was pasted into. <name> Cut to the named X paste buffer. RELATED HELP FILES: ! (bang ) xc (Copy ) xd (Cut ) xl (Copy Literal) xp (Paste) xa (Concat Pastebuff) keyboard (common keys) regionsCon (marking regions) pastebufCon (Paste buffers) support (customer support) _______________________________________________________________________________ Copyright (c) 2005, Robert Styma Consulting. All rights reserved.