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Greg Bognar <greg.bognar@gmail.com> writes:

>
> So this is what I want, isn't it?
>
> (defun just-one-space-in-current-line ()
>   (interactive)
>   (save-excursion
>     (save-restriction
>       (narrow-to-region (line-beginning-position)
> 			(line-end-position))
>       (goto-char (point-min))
>       (canonically-space-region 
> 	(line-beginning-position) (line-end-position)))))

I recommend:


(defun just-one-space-in-current-line ()
  (interactive)
  (save-excursion
    (fill-region (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position))))

All the best,
Markus Triska