Replacing New Lines

Replacing New Lines

[exits funnel]

Hello,

I have a java source file which has through some
interaction with source control become double spaced. 
In other words when I look at the file with hexdump, I
see two consecutive LFs everywhere I'd expect to see
only one.  I'm running Emacs 21.3.1 on RedHat Linux
and I'm trying to use query-replace to remove the
extraneous LFs but I can't quite get it.  Here's what
I'm trying:

M-[SHIFT]-% C-q [ENTER] C-q [ENTER] [ENTER] C-q
[ENTER] [ENTER]

Unfortunately, emacs replaces zero occurances so
obviously I'm doing something wrong.  If somone could
straighten me out I'd really appreciate it.  Thanks.

-exits

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Re: Replacing New Lines

[Eli Zaretskii]

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> Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:32:26 -0700 (PDT)
> From: exits funnel <exitsfunnel@yahoo.com>
> 
> I'm trying:
> 
> M-[SHIFT]-% C-q [ENTER] C-q [ENTER] [ENTER] C-q
> [ENTER] [ENTER]
> 
> Unfortunately, emacs replaces zero occurances so
> obviously I'm doing something wrong.

The LF character is Ctrl-J, whereas Enter is Ctrl-M.  So you should
use "C-q C-j" instead of "C-q [ENTER]", and the command will do what
you want.

Re: Replacing New Lines

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 06.04.2005 um 17:32 schrieb exits funnel:

> M-[SHIFT]-% C-q [ENTER] C-q [ENTER] [ENTER] C-q
> [ENTER] [ENTER]
>

RET is C-q C-m, LF is C-q C-j. You can check a character with C-x = or, 
if it's more into Unicode, C-u C-x =.

--
Greetings

   Pete

Re: Replacing New Lines

[Kevin Rodgers]

exits funnel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a java source file which has through some
> interaction with source control become double spaced. 
> In other words when I look at the file with hexdump, I
> see two consecutive LFs everywhere I'd expect to see
> only one.  I'm running Emacs 21.3.1 on RedHat Linux
> and I'm trying to use query-replace to remove the
> extraneous LFs but I can't quite get it.  Here's what
> I'm trying:
> 
> M-[SHIFT]-% C-q [ENTER] C-q [ENTER] [ENTER] C-q
> [ENTER] [ENTER]
> 
> Unfortunately, emacs replaces zero occurances so
> obviously I'm doing something wrong.  If somone could
> straighten me out I'd really appreciate it.  Thanks.

Use `C-q C-j' instead of `C-q [ENTER]'.

The Enter key is the <return> function key aka the RET character aka C-m.
LFD is C-j.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers