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   * **LS<sup>hold</sup>-DN**: Cut the selection into the clipboard.
 The clipboard is also shared with the stack, so objects from the stack can be pasted into the editor and text from the editor can be pasted into the stack.
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+==== Using the menus while in the editor ====
+When the editor is open, the menu keys behave slightly different from their actions when at the stack.
+For complete information see [[manual:chapter2:menus#the-vars-menu|The Vars Menu]]. This section has a summary of the menu workings when in the editor.
+Most commands in the menu will insert the command name to the command line. When the editor is in algebraic mode **A**, some commands will be inserted as a function, including opening and closing parenthesis.
+If the menu is showing variables, using the menu tab will insert the name of the variable in the editor.
+When using left or right shift (which normally do ''STO'' and ''RCL'' respectively), the ''STO'' or ''RCL'' will also be inserted.
+Finally, when using **RS<sup>hold</sup>-menukey** the content of the variable will be inserted as text in the editor.
+If the menu tab is displaying a directory, the menu key will change to the directory instead of inserting it's name. This allows traversing directories while editing text, transparently. The **LS-UP** (''UPDIR'') and **LS<sup>hold</sup>-UP** (''HOME'') are also active during the editing session.
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