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make new function: gnus-article-squeeze-space

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Message #8 received at 46734 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 46734 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46734: make new function: gnus-article-squeeze-space
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:25:29 +0100

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> We read
>
> ‘W E s’
>      Remove all white space from the beginning of all lines of the
>      article body (‘gnus-article-strip-leading-space’).
>
> ‘W E e’
>      Remove all white space from the end of all lines of the article
>      body (‘gnus-article-strip-trailing-space’).
>
> OK, maybe add gnus-article-squeeze-space function,
> that would turn e.g.,
> A             B
> into
> A B

Messages with excessive white space at the start and end of lines are
common, which is why those two commands were added.  Excessive space in
the middle of text isn't.  Closing.

(And you can use the `W w' command if you want reformatting.)

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