As an alternative to the above commands, you can enable @dfn{hungry
delete mode}. When this feature is enabled (indicated by @samp{/h} in
the mode line after the mode name), a single @key{DEL} deletes all
-preceding whitespace, not just one space, and a single @kbd{C-c C-d}
+preceding whitespace, not just one space, and a single @kbd{C-d}
(but @emph{not} plain @key{Delete}) deletes all following whitespace.
@table @kbd