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Questions tagged [deletion]

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Git rm from magit

This is a very basic but I have been unable to find the answer on the web. Is it possible to git rm, i.e. to remove a tracked file, from magit? Thanks
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Backspace without adding to kill ring

Using Crtl+Backspace or Ctrl+Del adds the deleted text to the kill ring. How can I prevent this from happening? I do not need to have every single piece of text sent to the kill ring when it gets deleted. Side question: What's the purpose of this…
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Delete portion of Isearch string that does not match, or last char if complete match

I have the following (defun isearch-del-fail-or-char () "Delete failed isearch text, or if there is none, a single character." (interactive) (if (isearch-fail-pos) (delete-region (isearch-fail-pos) (point)) …
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Removing the last element of a list

Is there a simpler way to remove the last element of a list than this? (setq list (reverse (cdr (reverse list))))
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Delete files to Trash on OS X

Is there a best, most future-proof method of setting emacs on OS X to delete files to the trash? I tried the instructions here: (setq delete-by-moving-to-trash t) (defun system-move-file-to-trash (file) "Use \"trash\" to move FILE to the system…
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Automatic deletion of backup files

When editing files, some foo.bar~ backups appear (files ending with a tilde ~). How can I control their creations, and is it possible to ask for a recursive bulk deletion of all files from a specific directory and all it's sub directories?
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How to delete all whitespace up to the first non-whitespace character?

I'm looking for an emacs function that will delete all whitespace from the cursor position (including newlines) until the first non-whitespace character. For example, if my cursor is positioned at the end of the first line: main(arg1, …
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backward-kill-word ignores whitespaces, is there another friendlier version?

Emac's backward-kill-word tends to delete more than I want. E.g when I press delete multiple times on this: (key-chord "qf" 'helm-org-in-buffer-headings) ;heading search. | I get: 1. (key-chord "qf" 'helm-org-in-buffer-headings) ;heading| 2.…
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How to do paredit-kill backwards?

Most everyone who uses paredit has used paredit-kill (i.e., C-k), which allows one to delete a line forwards whilst keeping delimiters balanced properly. But how does one do this in the reverse direction? When one does C-0 C-k, which is something…
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How can I delete specified lines?

I want to delete lines with number 03,08,13,18,...., 3+5n. How can I do that? Thank you very much.
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Delete from point to beginning of the line

Have read the GNU manuals on erasing, killing, and deleting. In bash C-u deletes from the cursor to the beginning. I have searched and in much disbelief can't find out what the equivalent is in emacs? Very often in a buffer and in the minibuffer I…
user27072
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Deleting words while preserving clipboard

Is there a way to keep the clipboard contents when deleting entire words with M-DEL? For instance, I'd like to delete a word (M-DEL) and then paste (C-y) what I had previously copied (with ctrl+c) from a different application. Is this possible?
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Delete duplicate lines, with partial match

Sample text: This is first line.a This is over_second line. This is over_fourth line. This is third line. This is over_fourth delete it. This is over_fourth and one more. This is over_second with another text. Need to delete lines where partial…
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Delete Text by Fading It

I once saw a feature in Vim where, when I delete the text to the left of the cursor, the text is indeed deleted. However, a faint impression of the text remains in its original place, as shown in the figure below. The original text was alias ll='ls…
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Automated trim of 28 million text records

I have a plain text data file, consisting of 28 million tab-delimited records, each containing nine fields. The left ends of the first three records look like this: I would like to truncate each of those records after the first four fields. That…
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