SET PENDING DELETE

 Enables deletion of a select range when you use DELETE or type new text.
 This is useful for quickly erasing or replacing a block of text.

 o  The default setting is NOPENDING DELETE -- using DELETE erases only the
    character left of the cursor.

 o  If you want pending delete enabled all the time, put the SET PENDING
    DELETE command in your EVE initialization file.

 o  To reinsert what you deleted, use the RESTORE SELECTION command.

 o  If you select the entire buffer (with the SELECT ALL command or by
    clicking MB1 five times), pending delete is disabled, to prevent
    accidentally erasing your work.

 Related topics:

    DELETE    RESTORE SELECTION    SELECT    SET NOPENDING DELETE