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Re: regexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one
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Neon Absentius |
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Re: regexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one |
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Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:06:37 +0000 |
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On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 12:33:50PM -0600, Kevin Rodgers wrote:
>
> In any case, replacing \(^ C-q C-j \)+ with \1 is 10 key strokes, which
> is actually more typing than if you were to replace ^ C-q C-j + with C-q
> C-j (6 keys).
>
Yes indeed. I didn't think of it. I just wrote the first think
that came to my mind and it worked. About the keystrokes though I
think that C-q shoud count for more than 1 keystroke; perhaps not 2
keystrokes but 1.5 so your solution has really 8 keystrokes :).
Still my solution is not that bad because it is general: a simple
modification of it will work whenever one whishes to replace
multiple occurences of a regexp with a single occurence.
Also on most files using ^ C-q C-j \{2,\} will save you a lot a
keystrokes because one won't have to press all these "y".
--
There is no national science just as there is no national
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- repexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one, B. T. Raven, 2005/10/09
- Re: repexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one, Friedrich Laher, 2005/10/09
- Re: repexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one, Peter Dyballa, 2005/10/09
- Re: repexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one, Neon Absentius, 2005/10/09
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- Re: regexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one, B. T. Raven, 2005/10/09
- Re: regexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one, Kevin Rodgers, 2005/10/10
- Re: regexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one, Neon Absentius, 2005/10/10
- Re: regexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one, Kevin Rodgers, 2005/10/10
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- Re: regexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one, Tim X, 2005/10/11
- Re: regexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one, Neon Absentius, 2005/10/11
- Re: regexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one, Peter Dyballa, 2005/10/10
Re: repexp to collapse multiple blank lines into one, David Hansen, 2005/10/10