Hi, you can use M-x replace-regexp "\(//\s \)\s *" "\1"
Note: 1. it doesn't insert a space if it is missing like in "//comment". 2. it uses "\s " what means "any character whose syntax is whitespace". See: C-h s. ... Br, P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I would like to format my comment lines > replacing all spaces and tabs between > '//' and the comment text with only one space. > Ex. > //____Text.... => //_Text > > where '_' is a space. > > I use replace-regexp "[^ a-zA-Z0-9/\.]" " " > on a selection of my code but it > doesn't work very well because replaces > characters in the comment text > - for instance replaces )(!-, etc. -. > > Any suggestion? > > Thank you very much. > Luca > > > _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs