Erasing Text - Canon Cat Reference Manual

Erasing Text
There
are three
ways to
erase
text:
-backward
erase: character-bv-character when the
cur-
sor
is wide
-forward
erase: character-bv-character when
the
cursor
is
narrow
-a
lot
oftext all
at once: pressing [ERASE] when the
highlight
is extended.
Backward Erase
Backward
erase resembles backspacing
on
a
typewriter,
except the
text
is erased
as
the cursor moves backward.
If
the cursor is
wide and you press
[ERASE], the
character
in
the
highlight
disappears
and the cursor and highlight
move one character backward. The text to
the
right
of the
cursor moves backward to
fill
the
space vacated
by
the
erased character. Holding down
[ERASE] engages autore-
peat.
The
cursor moves
rapidly to
the
left,
erasing
as
it
goes. The text forward from
the
cursor unwraps
as
needed.
Forward
Erase
Forward
erase
is automatically available after leaping or
creeping.
In
forward
erase, the
cursor
stands
still while the
characters to its
right
move toward it
and
are
erased
as
they
enter the
highlight.
If
the cursor
is
narrow when you press
[ERASE], the
character
in
the
highlight
disappears, and
the text to
the
right of
the
cursor moves
to the
left
to
fill
in
the space. The
cursor
itself
does
not move or
change.
Holding
down
[ERASE] engages
autorepeat, causing
the text
forward
from the
cursor
to
march steadily
to
the
left
as
it
is
consumed by the stationary
niurow
cursor. Words forward
from the
cursor unwrap
as necessary.
The text on
the
backward
side
of
the cursor
does
not
change.
You
can
change from forward
erase
to backward
erase
by
typing any character. This
changes the cursor to
wide,
and
forward
erase changes
to
backward
erase.
You
can
type
any
character, since
it
will
be
erased
when
you
press
IERASEI.