On 2009-11-23, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a file with LOTS of constructions like this one (data below are
> pure fiction!):
>
> 123,
> Detroit,
> 0.717,
> --,
> Kingston,
> aaabha00-XX
>
> 1009,
> Munich,
> 0.454,
> SE,
> Prepton,
> FFXX019-FF
>
> 126,
> Oslo,
> 2.002,
> T1,
> Nahasy,
> DDf-003-DD
>
> (hundreds of this paragraphs...)
>
> I want to get this:
>
> 123, Detroit, 0.717, --, Kingston, aaabha00-XX
> 1009, Munich, 0.454, SE, Prepton, FFXX019-FF
> 126, Oslo, 2.002, T1, Nahasy, DDf-003-DD
>
> I know about 'J' but I dont know how to tell vim to do it
> "per paragraphs" and not to combine ALL into one big line...
>
> Is this possible without involving scripts and macros?
>
> Thank you very much for any help in advance!
First, set 'tw' to a value greater than the length of the longest
line of the final results. Then type this:
gggqG
That will reformat all the paragraphs to single lines. (See ":help
gq".) To delete the blank lines between paragraphs, execute this:
:g/^$/d
HTH,
Gary
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