Re: the «inverse» function of join-lines

[Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 24 Oct 2023 at 16:26, Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> wrote:

> Here is the problem. Suppose you have text like this
>
>              this is important blabla
>          but we also want
>
> So I want to obtain
>
>              this is important blabla but we also want
>
> The easiest way of doing it, is to put the cursor on b of but and run
> joint-line (which is an alias for delete-indentation)
>
> However most of the time my cursor is on a in blabla

I have the following function on M-J, in addition to standard
delete-indentation on M-^:

(defun yk-join-lines ()
  "Join the current line with the next one."
  (interactive)
  (delete-indentation 1))

(Incidentally, they make up a good pair as J is just below 6 on Colemak.)