I had copied a section of text from a pdf.
When I pasted it into an email I got:
insurance against loss or damage by fire, including an extended coverage endorsement, for all buildings and personal property which comprise the Property. Owner agrees to maintain property liability insurance in full force and effect during the term of this Agreement in an amount no less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), covering the Property, the rental thereof, injury to persons, and damage of any property resulting from such operation and/or use.
I started to remove spaces and reformat, and then stopped and pasted it into a vi session.
I ran “shift-J” to join all the lines into a single line, and had:
insurance against loss or damage by fire, including an extended coverage endorsement, for all buildings and personal property which comprise the Property. Owner agrees to maintain property liability insurance in full force and effect during the term of this Agreement in an amount no less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), covering the Property, the rental thereof, injury to persons, and damage of any property resulting from such operation and/or use.
Then I used:
:g/\s\+/s// /g
and we have, ready to cut and paste into the email:
insurance against loss or damage by fire, including an extended coverage endorsement, for all buildings and personal property which comprise the Property. Owner agrees to maintain property liability insurance in full force and effect during the term of this Agreement in an amount no less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), covering the Property, the rental thereof, injury to persons, and damage of any property resulting from such operation and/or use.
vi rules.
—doug