On Wed 18-Oct-06 10:24pm -0600, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > Peng Yu wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have the following file segments. I want to concatenate all the >> lines with their next lines, except that it ends with "}}". I want to >> use the pattern "\(}}\)[EMAIL PROTECTED]". It seems not working. >> >> Would you please help me to figure out how to match the lineend without >> "}}"? >> >> Thanks, >> Peng > > To join every line not ending in }} with the following line, use the ":j[oin]" > command on every line _not_ matching the pattern /}}$/ which means "two > closing braces at end of line". As a cherry on the cake, you can avoid joining > the last line in the file (which has no following line): > > :1,$-1v/}}$/j > > See > :help multi-repeat > :help :join
Let's assume those 10 lines in the example were the only lines in the buffer. vglobal will first mark lines 1-3 and 5-9. It will next apply the join command to each of those lines. The line numbers below refer to these original line numbers. The join on 1 will join lines 1&2, the no longer existing line 2 is skipped, join lines 3&4, join lines 5&6, skip 6, join 7&8, skip 8 and, finally, join 9&10. You end up with 5 lines. The goal is to end with 2 lines. -- Best regards, Bill
