Re: What's the command to delete a word?

On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 11:56:03PM EST, Peng Yu wrote:

> dd is the command to delete a line. I'm wondering what the command to
> delete a word (including the spaces immediately afterward) is?

dw or dW

For the difference between 'word' and WORD, see:

:h word

I find it more effective to think in terms of 'd' (delete) + motion -
where 'd' deletes from your starting point in the buffer to where the
'motion' takes the cursor - see also 'de' and 'dE'.

CJ

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