 the
current cursor position.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>zap</code></dt>
<dd><p>Throws away the current line (or the marked region).
(This function is bound by default to <kbd>Alt+Delete</kbd>.)
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>chopwordleft</code></dt>
<dd><p>Deletes from the cursor position to the beginning of the preceding word.
(This function is bound by default to <kbd>Shift+Ctrl+Delete</kbd>.  If your terminal
produces <code>^H</code> for <kbd>Ctrl+Backspace</kbd>, you can make <kbd>Ctrl+Backspace</kbd> delete
the word 