On Dec 2, 2006, at 1:02 AM, Eric Hanchrow wrote:

>
>     Suppose     I    have   a   line  like   this.
>     How can I remove the extra spaces from the line?  So that I end  
> up with
>     this:
>
>     Suppose I have a line like this.
>
>     Exactly like fill-paragraph, but I do not want to "fill" the  
> paragraph,
>     only the current line.  Is there an Emacs function to do this?
>
> Not that I know of, but it'd be very easy to create one with a macro,
> or Emacs Lisp.
>
> Just narrow to the line, then fill paragraph.

There is a fill-region-as-paragraph command.  check it out.  The key  
sequence
would be to go to the beginning of the line, mark, go to the end of  
the line, then
fill-region-as-paragraph.

Also, its quicker for you to type ^h a fill (apropos fill) and scan  
the results.

Perry Smith ( pedz@easesoftware.com )
Ease Software, Inc. ( http://www.easesoftware.com )

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