SET PENDING DELETE

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

 Steps:

    1.  Use SET PENDING DELETE.

    2.  Select the text to be erased (see help on SELECT or BOX SELECT).

    3.  Type new text (for example, press the space bar), or use
        DELETE (for example, press the <X] key).

 Usage notes:

 o  Default is SET NOPENDING DELETE---typing new text or using DELETE works
    the same whether there is a selection or not.

 o  To put back the text you erased with a pending delete operation, use
    RESTORE SELECTION or RESTORE BOX SELECTION.  You may want to define
    GOLD-DELETE or some other key as RESTORE SELECTION, to make it easier
    to put back the text.

 o  The setting applies in all buffers.  To save your setting for future
    editing sessions, use SAVE ATTRIBUTES to create a section file or to
    create or update a command file.  See help on Attributes.

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

 Related topics:

    Attributes               Pending Delete       Ranges And Boxes
    RESTORE BOX SELECTION    RESTORE SELECTION    SET NOPENDING DELETE