changing a ! to a \nC where \n is a newline

[Toby Kelsey]

>In article <5015 at alpha.cam.nist.gov> coleman at cam.nist.gov (Sean Sheridan Coleman X5672) writes:

>  >How about the reverse, replace a newline with a character?

 By doing
  :g/pattern/j
(note small j) in vi, you replace the newline and leading spaces on the 
next line by a space; and
 :g/pattern/j!
concatenates the lines without inserting a space.
-- 
 Toby Kelsey	(chpetk at uk.ac.bath.gdr)