The direction is shown in the status line in the lower right hand corner of the screen. The mode is shown in the status line in the lower right hand corner of the screen. Alt F2 Deleting Characters Move the cursor to the position immediately after the character to be deleted .
Words Move cursor to anywhere on the word or the spaces before the word to be deleted.
Move your cursor to the character immediately after where you want the deletions to end. This command will delete the characters from the beginning of the line to the character before the cursor. U Deleting Lines Move the cursor to where you want to begin the deletions . Move cursor to where you want the deletions to end. Please use another deletion command.