Removing multiple blank lines

Gerd Selter

I am looking for a way to replace multiple consecutive blank lines with a single blank line via find/replace or macro. Unfortunately, I could not find anything about this anywhere and wonder if this is even possible.
If someone has an idea about this, then always here with it :-)

Alan Kilborn

@Gerd-Selter

Find: ^(\R)+
Replace: ${1}
Search mode: Regular expression

There are certainly other expressions that will do it as well.

Gerd Selter

@Alan-Kilborn Thanks, works great

namx3249

and why don’t use command from Edit - Line operations - Remove empty lines ?

you can also assign a keyboard letter for this command …

Alan Kilborn

@namx3249 said in Removing multiple blank lines:

and why don’t use command from Edit - Line operations - Remove empty lines ?

Because OP wanted a “single blank line” to remain after the operation.