diff --git src/LYStrings.c src/LYStrings.c
index 67c0b2b..c34cf30 100644
--- src/LYStrings.c
+++ src/LYStrings.c
@@ -270,6 +270,40 @@ int fancy_mouse(WINDOW * win, int row,
     return cmd;
 }
 
+// ------------------------ >8 ------------------------
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#define	typecalloc(cast)		(cast *)calloc((size_t)1, sizeof(cast))
+
+static char *readEditedFile(char *ed_temp)
+{
+    struct stat stat_info;
+    size_t size;
+    if ((stat(ed_temp, &stat_info) < 0) ||
+        !S_ISREG(stat_info.st_mode) ||
+        ((size = (size_t) stat_info.st_size) == 0)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    char *ebuf = malloc(size + 1);
+    assert(ebuf != NULL);
+    FILE *fp = NULL;
+    if ((fp = fopen(ed_temp, "r")) != 0) {
+        size = fread(ebuf, (size_t) 1, size, fp);
+        LYCloseInput(fp);
+        ebuf[size] = '\0';
+    } else {
+        free(ebuf);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return ebuf;
+}
+
+#include <LYEdit.h>
+
+// ------------------------ >8 ------------------------
+
 /*
  * Manage the collection of edit-histories
  */
@@ -3380,8 +3414,24 @@ int LYDoEdit(FieldEditor * edit, int ch,
 	    EditAt++;
 	break;
 
-    case LYE_ERASE:		/* erase the line */
-	Buffer[0] = '\0';
+    case LYE_ERASE: {
+        char *tmpPath = malloc(LY_MAXPATH);
+        FILE *fp = LYOpenTemp(tmpPath, "", "w");
+        assert(fp != 0);
+        fputs(Buffer, fp);
+        LYCloseTempFP(fp);
+        edit_temporary_file(tmpPath, "", NULL);
+        char *ebuf = readEditedFile(tmpPath);
+        free(tmpPath);
+        if (ebuf != NULL) {
+            FREE(Buffer);
+            Buffer = ebuf;
+            edit->efBufInUse = strlen(ebuf);
+            edit->efBufAlloc = edit->efBufInUse;
+            edit->efBufLimit = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
 #ifdef ENHANCED_LINEEDIT
 	EditMark = -1;		/* Do not show the mark */
 #endif