*change.txt*    Nvim


		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Bram Moolenaar


This file describes commands that delete or change text.  In this context,
changing text means deleting the text and replacing it with other text using
one command.  You can undo all of these commands.  You can repeat the non-Ex
commands with the "." command.

For inserting text see |insert.txt|.

                                      Type |gO| to see the table of contents.

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1. Deleting text					*deleting* *E470*

["x]<Del>	or					*<Del>* *x* *dl*
["x]x			Delete [count] characters under and after the cursor
			[into register x] (not |linewise|).  Does the same as
			"dl".
			The <Del> key does not take a [count].  Instead, it
			deletes the last character of the count.
			See |'whichwrap'| for deleting a line break (join
			lines).

							*X* *dh*
["x]X			Delete [count] characters before the cursor [into
			register x] (not |linewise|).  Does the same as "dh".
			Also see |'whichwrap'|.

							*d*
["x]d{motion}		Delete text that {motion} moves over [into register
			x].  See below for exceptions.

							*dd*
["x]dd			Delete [count] lines [into register x] |linewise|.

							*D*
["x]D			Delete the characters under the cursor until the end
			of the line and [count]-1 more lines [into register
			x]; synonym for "d$".
			(not |linewise|)

{Visual}["x]x	or					*v_x* *v_d* *v_<Del>*
{Visual}["x]d   or
{Visual}["x]<Del>	Delete the highlighted text [into register x] (for
			{Visual} see |Visual-mode|).

{Visual}["x]CTRL-H   or					*v_CTRL-H* *v_<BS>*
{Visual}["x]<BS>	When in Select mode: Delete the highlighted text [into
			register x].

{Visual}["x]X	or					*v_X* *v_D* *v_b_D*
{Visual}["x]D		Delete the highlighted lines [into register x] (for
			{Visual} see |Visual-mode|).  In Visual block mode,
			"D" deletes the highlighted text plus all text until
			the end of the line.

					*:d* *:de* *:del* *:delete* *:dl* *:dp*
:[range]d[elete] [x]	Delete [range] lines (default: current line) [into
			register x].
			Note these weird abbreviations:
			   :dl		delete and list
			   :dell	idem
			   :delel	idem
			   :deletl	idem
			   :deletel	idem
			   :dp		delete and print
			   :dep		idem
			   :delp	idem
			   :delep	idem
			   :deletp	idem
			   :deletep	idem

:[range]d[elete] [x] {count}
			Delete {count} lines, starting with [range]
			(default: current line |cmdline-ranges|) [into
			register x].

These commands delete text.  You can repeat them with the `.` command
(except `:d`) and undo them.  Use Visual mode to delete blocks of text.  See
|registers| for an explanation of registers.

An exception for the d{motion} command: If the motion is not linewise, the
start and end of the motion are not in the same line, and there are only
blanks before the start and there are no non-blanks after the end of the
motion, the delete becomes linewise.  This means that the delete also removes
the line of blanks that you might expect to remain. Use the |o_v| operator to
force the motion to be charwise.

Trying to delete an empty region of text (e.g., "d0" in the first column)
is an error when 'cpoptions' includes the 'E' flag.

							*J*
J			Join [count] lines, with a minimum of two lines.
			Remove the indent and insert up to two spaces (see
			below).  Fails when on the last line of the buffer.
			If [count] is too big it is reduced to the number of
			lines available.

							*v_J*
{Visual}J		Join the highlighted lines, with a minimum of two
			lines.  Remove the indent and insert up to two spaces
			(see below).

							*gJ*
gJ			Join [count] lines, with a minimum of two lines.
			Don't insert or remove any spaces.

							*v_gJ*
{Visual}gJ		Join the highlighted lines, with a minimum of two
			lines.  Don't insert or remove any spaces.

							*:j* *:join*
:[range]j[oin][!] [flags]
			Join [range] lines.  Same as "J", except with [!]
			the join does not insert or delete any spaces.
			If a