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edit approved Jul 9, 2015 at 8:08
Kevdog777
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in emacsIn Emacs, I sometimes use this regexregex:

^J\([^^J]\) -> \1

meansMeans: replace every newline that is followed by something which is NOT a newline with only the thing, that followed the newline That way I get rid of all newlines within a paragraph but keep paragraphs (double-newlines)

replace every newline that is followed by something which is NOT a newline with only the thing, that followed the newline That way I get rid of all newlines within a paragraph but keep paragraphs (double-newlines)

in emacs I sometimes use this regex

^J\([^^J]\) -> \1

means: replace every newline that is followed by something which is NOT a newline with only the thing, that followed the newline That way I get rid of all newlines within a paragraph but keep paragraphs (double-newlines)

In Emacs, I sometimes use this regex:

^J\([^^J]\) -> \1

Means:

replace every newline that is followed by something which is NOT a newline with only the thing, that followed the newline That way I get rid of all newlines within a paragraph but keep paragraphs (double-newlines)

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Archemar
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in emacs I sometimes use this regex

^J([^^J]) -> \1

^J\([^^J]\) -> \1

means: replace every newline that is followed by something which is NOT a newline with only the thing, that followed the newline That way I get rid of all newlines within a paragraph but keep paragraphs (double-newlines)

in emacs I sometimes use this regex

^J([^^J]) -> \1

means: replace every newline that is followed by something which is NOT a newline with only the thing, that followed the newline That way I get rid of all newlines within a paragraph but keep paragraphs (double-newlines)

in emacs I sometimes use this regex

^J\([^^J]\) -> \1

means: replace every newline that is followed by something which is NOT a newline with only the thing, that followed the newline That way I get rid of all newlines within a paragraph but keep paragraphs (double-newlines)

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emacs-user
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in emacs I sometimes use this regex

^J([^^J]) -> \1

means: replace every newline that is followed by something which is NOT a newline with only the thing, that followed the newline That way I get rid of all newlines within a paragraph but keep paragraphs (double-newlines)