Re: What is the quickes way to delete spaces in front of each line?

Hi,

On 9/19/18 3:53 PM, Igor Forca wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I lot of times I have text something like:
>
> Sample:
> ----Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
> --consectetur adipiscing elit,
> --------sed do eiusmod tempor
> ---incididunt ut labore et dolore
> ---magna aliqua.
>
> Note: Characters "-" symbolizes spaces.
>
>
> I need to delete spaces in as quicker way as possible.
>
> Now I do it with command "delete to character" and move down cursor like:
> dtL
> j
> dtc
> j
> dts
> j
> dti
> j
> dtm
>
> Is there a quicker way?
>
> What would be nice is to have "some command" and then just use j. to move cursor down and repeat the command.

Try "dw".

>
> P.S. I know there is ed command: 1,5s/^\s\+// but this is difficult to type quickly and requires a lot of thinking. Using some normal command and repeating j. would be much simpler to think and edit.

Check "gq" (:help gq).

> Thanks
>

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