Function: picture-delete-char
picture-delete-char is a function alias and interactive for
delete-char, defined in cmds.c.
Signature
(picture-delete-char N &optional KILLFLAG)
Documentation
Delete the following N characters (previous if N is negative).
Optional second arg KILLFLAG non-nil means kill instead (save in kill ring). Interactively, N is the prefix arg, and KILLFLAG is set if N was explicitly specified.
The command delete-forward-char is preferable for interactive use, e.g.
because it respects values of delete-active-region(var)/delete-active-region(fun) and overwrite-mode(var)/overwrite-mode(fun).
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