[Bf-committers] Can hair particles be removed from particle edit mode?

[gandalf3]

Hair particles can be added in particle edit mode with the add brush, 
but I can't seem to find a way to remove them.
Can they be removed?
And if not, why not?


I recently posted a question about this on stackexchange 
<http://blender.stackexchange.com/q/8264/599> with more details about 
what I've tried so far.

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-gandalf3