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This tip is useful only for those who use virtualedit mode (<code>set virtualedit=all</code>, or <code>set ve=all</code>).
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This tip is useful only for those who use virtualedit mode (<tt>set virtualedit=all</tt>, or <tt>set ve=all</tt>).
   
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I like virtualedit mode except for behaviour of '<code>x</code>' (delete character). When '<code>x</code>' is used past end-of-line, it does nothing. I wanted it to jump left to the actual end-of-line so as to start deleting characters there. Below is '<code>x</code>' redefinition that does exactly this; and it does not break '<code>x</code>' in non-virtualedit mode:
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I like virtualedit mode except for behaviour of '<tt>x</tt>' (delete character). When '<tt>x</tt>' is used past end-of-line, it does nothing. I wanted it to jump left to the actual end-of-line so as to start deleting characters there. Below is '<tt>x</tt>' redefinition that does exactly this; and it does not break '<tt>x</tt>' in non-virtualedit mode:
   
 
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