Gary Johnson <[email protected]> [09-11-23 17:12]: > > 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 > > > > >
Hi Gary, Thank you very much ! :) Helps me a lot! Keep vimming! mcc -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
