Deleting outline entry

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Sat Sep 23 17:17:38 UTC 2023


On Sat, 23 Sep 2023, Dan wrote:

> I do not see any way of accomplishing this via the GUI, but it can be done
> by means of the command interpreter with a pair of commands.
>
> Say you want to delete section 2.2 of your document
>   1. Place the cursor at the title of section 2.2.
>   2. Issue in the command interpreter "section-select". This will select the whole section 2.2.
>   3. To delete the entire section, then enter this command: "char-delete-forward". This will erase the whole section.
>
> These steps work for any kind of sectioning (division of the text hierarchycally): parts, chapters, paragraphs, etc. You could even customize your UI file to bind these pair of commands to a button in the toolbars.

Daniel,

Thank you. This makes creating a MWE from a large document much easier.

Regards,

Rich


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