Re: from the old vi faq - squeezing blank/empty lines

* 2018-09-30 Eli the Bearded:
> :v/./$s/$/<ctrl-v><enter>./|'';/./-1j|$d
> Replaces multiple blank lines with just one blank line.

* 2018-09-30 Mikolaj Machowski <mikmach@gmail.com>:
> What's wrong with: :%s/\n\n\+/\r\r/

* Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com> [2018-10-01 15:06]:
> or with :%s/^\_s*\n/\r
> Variation: the same, plus suppress end-of-line whitespace:
> :%s/\_s*\n/\r
> (both of these use the fact that * means "as many as possible")

i always used this one:
:g/^$/,/./-j

works for me :)

Sven

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