Join lines (Ctrl-J), sort of

[Mike Volberding]

I often get text files with line feed characters at the end of each line and a blank line (i.e., a line feed character only) to signify a new paragraph.

I know I can highlight a paragraph and use "Join lines" command (Ctrl-J) to remove the line feeds from within a single paragraph. However, if I mark the entire document (e.g., using Ctrl-A), a Ctrl-J will combine all the paragraphs into one long paragraph. I don't want that.

Is there an easy way to remove the line feeds from *within* all the paragraphs without losing the paragraph themselves? Another way of stating it is to remove all line feed characters if they are immediately preceded and succeeded by a non-line feed character; if you get two (or more I suppose) line feeds in a row, leave them alone.

Thanks for help.

[Roy Beatty]

Try shift-ctrl-J

[Mike Volberding]

A "simple" Shift-Ctrl-J helped but didn't solve the problem. It moved the line feeds to the width of the screen rather than eliminating the line feeds that within the paragraph.

However, when I turned Word Wrap ON, it worked!

Thank you very much!