Not confusing at all. Got it. Thanks, On Apr 23, 2012, at 10:41 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
> In OS/X and GUI environments in Linux type systems, the insertion point > (cursor) sits between the character just typed and any future characters > typed after that. What I mean is say you typed something like Testing123 and > then move the insertion point back over that phrase; say we leave that point > between the end of test and before 123. Now, the normal delete key on the > mac is located where the typical backspace key is on other computers. > Pressing it will delete characters to the left so for our example, pressing > the normal delete key would erase the t and pressing it again would erase the > letter s and so on. I don't remember what key on a mac would do a forward > delete but whatever it is, it would delete characters to the right of the > insertion point. So back to our example before any deletes, pressing a > forward delete would erase 1, then 2, then 3. That reminds me of the > standard delete key function on other computers like in Windows, Linux > command line or where ever. > > Hope this wasn't too confusing. > > On Apr 23, 2012, at 8:45 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > >> Hi, >> What is the difference between delete and forward delete? >> Thanks, >> Stacey and Geb dog Chesley >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
