On 2013-01-07, Charles Campbell wrote:
> stosss wrote:
> >I start out with this:
> >
> >text text
> >more text more text
> >still more text still more text
> >
> >I want to end up with this:
> >
> >text text
> >more text more text
> >still more text still more text
> >
> >I have no idea what help to look for or if this is even possible
> >except for doing it manually. Is there a way to use a specific column
> >on each line to accomplish this with maybe a s/search/replace/ ?
> >
> What separates the two sets of text?
>
> If its a tab, and using the Align plugin
> (http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/index.html#ALIGN):
>
> use V+motion to select lines
> \tab
And if it's not a tab but is just a sequence of two or more spaces,
you could convert those sequences to tabs as part of Chip's
solution:
use V+motion to select lines
:s/ \{2,}/\t/
gv
\tab
The gv re-selects the lines.
Regards,
Gary
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