> Set 'backspace' to some sensible value ("indent,eol,start") and place
> the cursor in the middle of some line of text. Then try these:
>
> a<C-U>
> deletes to the beginning of the line
>
> afoo<C-U>
> deletes just "foo"
>
> afoo<C-U><C-U>
> deletes "foo", then to the beginning of the line
>
> afoo<Left><Left><Left><C-U>
> deletes everything before "foo"
>
> Apparently <C-U> deletes backwards to the beginning of the line, unless
> the cursor is just past some newly entered text, in which case it
> deletes backwards to the beginning of the entered text.
>
> This dual behaviour doesn't seem to be documented anywhere.
>
>
How about this:
*i_CTRL-U*
CTRL-U Delete all entered characters before the cursor in the current
line. If there are no newly entereed characters and
'backspace'is not empty, delete all characters before the
cursor in the current line.
See |i_backspacing| about joining lines.
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