non destructive point deletion and selection

destrecht

I'm learning Hexagon after 2 decades of Carrara. There are two things I can't figure out. 
1. How do I delete a poin without deleting the plane it's attached to? Like the remove point lightning bolt in Carrara?

2. On the marquee select, how do I select all the polygons/points/lines in the selection? Currently it only selects the ones I can see, but not the ones in the back.

Wee Dangerous John

1. You remove a point by selecting it and hitting the Backspace key (same with lines). - Be careful with these ops as they can give you Ngons.

2. Use the transpaency option - Cube, bottom right - near the camera icon.