Hi,
bill lam wrote: > I have to print on paper something like this, > > 111111111 > 222222222 > 333333333 > 444444444 > 555555555 > 666666666 > 777777777 > ...... > (very long list) > > To be environmental friendly, I would like to reformat it as > > 111111111 222222222 333333333 > 444444444 555555555 666666666 > 777777777 ............ > > Command J should be useful, but I want to know how to automate it to > process to whole file. if you want to have exactly 3 columns in each line you can use :g/^/normal 3J If the original line count is not a multiple of 3 you will have to join the last lines manually Regards, Jürgen -- Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. (Calvin) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
