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<h2 id="other-uses">Other uses</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/OpenVMS/rAnHAgpD">OpenVMS</a> operating system command-line uses Ctrl+Y as its "abort" character, stronger in effect than the ordinary <a href="/facts/Control-C/ADlBgARW">Ctrl+C</a> "interrupt" character. </p><p>Ctrl+Y deleted the current line in the <i><a href="/facts/WordStar/QWnaF7t7">WordStar</a></i> word processor for <a href="/facts/CP/M/n5rTgXdC">CP/M</a> and <a href="/facts/MS-DOS/fVrrz1uN">MS-DOS</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> In the 1980s, many text editors and word processors mimicked the <i>WordStar</i> command set, making Ctrl+Y a common synonym for "delete line." </p><p>In <a href="/facts/Borland/crI5pTzW">Borland</a> IDEs it also deletes the current line. </p><p>In <a href="/facts/Emacs/BvGxuAxQ">emacs</a> it does a paste action (known as "yank").<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Emacs uses Ctrl+/ for Undo and Redo. </p><p>In <a href="/facts/Vi_(text_editor)/d8G1PkDh">vi</a> and <a href="/facts/Vim_(text_editor)/JXAYMDgt">vim</a> it scrolls the display up one line.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>In the <a href="/facts/Pico_(text_editor)/udjQMJGY">pico</a> and <a href="/facts/GNU_nano/4HLojqjX">nano</a> text editors this shortcut scrolls one page up.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>In <a href="/facts/SAP_GUI/oa5B3UYc">SAP GUI</a> it enters block-<a href="/facts/Selection_(user_interface)/1MXjkD50">select</a> mode. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Undo/ELQMGH4k">Undo</a> / <a href="/facts/Redo/ELQMGH4k">redo</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cut,_copy,_and_paste/eksLoJ9M">Cut, copy, and paste</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ctrl-Z/ELQMGH4k">Ctrl-Z</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Keyboard shortcuts in Word". <a href="https://support.office.com/en-US/article/keyboard-shortcuts-for-microsoft-word-9a2e0234-e682-49ff-a4aa-999f07b51bf3" target="_blank">https://support.office.com/en-US/article/keyboard-shortcuts-for-microsoft-word-9a2e0234-e682-49ff-a4aa-999f07b51bf3</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Apple Shortcut Key Standards <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/applehiguidelines/KeyboardShortcuts/KeyboardShortcuts.html" target="_blank">https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/applehiguidelines/KeyboardShortcuts/KeyboardShortcuts.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>WordStar Reference Card. San Rafael, CA: MicroPro. June 1980 – via archive.org. <a href="https://archive.org/stream/bitsavers_microProWoJun80_734543/Wordstar_Reference_Card_Jun80#page/n0/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/stream/bitsavers_microProWoJun80_734543/Wordstar_Reference_Card_Jun80#page/n0/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Yanking - GNU Emacs Manual <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Yanking.html" target="_blank">https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Yanking.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"vi(1p) - Linux manual page". man7.org. Scroll Backward by Line. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-09-09. [count] <control>-Y: Display the line count lines before the first line currently displayed. <a href="https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/vi.1p.html" target="_blank">https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/vi.1p.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"U-M Information and Technology Services". <a href="http://www.itcs.umich.edu/itcsdocs/r1168/" target="_blank">http://www.itcs.umich.edu/itcsdocs/r1168/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Nano Keyboard Commands". Archived from the original on 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2015-12-09. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151127221745/http://staffwww.fullcoll.edu/sedwards/Nano/NanoKeyboardCommands.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151127221745/http://staffwww.fullcoll.edu/sedwards/Nano/NanoKeyboardCommands.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>