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From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: unfill/defill
Date: 31 Mar 2003 10:41:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <x5u1dkrkrn.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Xns934EE35B595F9chrislak@216.168.3.44

Chris <chrisl_ak@hotmail.com> writes:

> I sometimes need to take a few paragraphs (2-20) from a text file created 
> in Emacs using auto-fill and put them into another application. All 
> paragraphs are separated by a blank line. What is the simplest way to 
> "unfill" or "defill" these paragraphs so that each paragraph is one long 
> line? Ideally I could highlight the whole region with the paragraphs I need 
> and unfill them all at once, but retain a blank line between each one...

M-1000000 C-x f M-x fill-region RET

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

  reply	other threads:[~2003-03-31  8:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-03-31  7:23 unfill/defill Chris
2003-03-31  8:41 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2003-03-31 13:11 ` unfill/defill Gareth Rees

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