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>>>>> "David" == David List <david@davidlist.dk> writes:
> I would like to go through some program source files before converting them
> to ps, to check for lines longer than, for instance, 80 characters, so that
> I don't get strange looking ps files.

If you really mean 80chars, then C-u C-s ^.\{81\} should do the trick.
If you mean 80columns, it's trickier (unless you have no TABs or things
like that, such that it reduces to the 80chars problem).


        Stefan