properly. @xref{DEL Does Not Delete}, if you encounter this problem.
The @key{Delete} (@code{delete-forward-char}) command deletes in the
-``opposite direction'': it deletes the character after point, i.e., the
+opposite direction: it deletes the character after point, i.e., the
character under the cursor. If point was at the end of a line, this
joins the following line onto this one. Like @kbd{@key{DEL}}, it
deletes the text in the region if the region is active (@pxref{Mark}).
of the prefix argument.
(What if you do want to insert five copies of @samp{0}? Type @kbd{M-5
-C-u 0}. Here, @kbd{C-u} ``terminates'' the prefix argument, so that
+C-u 0}. Here, @kbd{C-u} terminates the prefix argument, so that
the next keystroke begins the command that you want to execute. Note
that this meaning of @kbd{C-u} applies only to this case. For the
usual role of @kbd{C-u}, see below.)
multiplies it by sixteen. Thus, @kbd{C-u C-u C-f} moves forward
sixteen characters. Other useful combinations are @kbd{C-u C-n},
@kbd{C-u C-u C-n} (move down a good fraction of a screen), @kbd{C-u
-C-u C-o} (make ``a lot'' of blank lines), and @kbd{C-u C-k} (kill four
+C-u C-o} (make sixteen blank lines), and @kbd{C-u C-k} (kill four
lines).
You can use a numeric argument before a self-inserting character to