Re: How to remove empty lines except of one

Here's a pared down version illustrating the problem:

| :%s-\(\%^\|.*\S\+.*\n\)\zs\(^\s*\n\)\{2,\}-\r

Before:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 |
2 |
3 |asdf
4 |
5 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

After:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 |
2 |asdf
3 |
4 |
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Even though the regex matches, the substitute command fails to collapse
the two empty lines at the end of the buffer.

ibid. Ben Fritz' more efficient approach:

| :%s-^\_s\+\n-\r

Any thoughts..?

CJ

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