paragraph-to-line(3)

NAME

paragraph-to-line - Convert a paragraph to a single line

SYNOPSIS

n paragraph-to-line

DESCRIPTION

paragraph-to-line is a variation of fill-paragraph(2). paragraph-to-line reduces each of the next n paragraphs of text to single lines. This command is typically used to prepare text for import into a word processor such as Microsoft Word or Word Perfect. Reduction of text to a single line allows the word processor to import the raw text file and keep the text within paragraph blocks. If the text is not prepared then all of the line-feeds have to be manually deleted.

paragraph-to-line allows text based documents to be prepared in MicroEmacs and imported into the word processor at the final stage for formatting and layout.

NOTES

paragraph-to-line is a macro defined in format.emf.

SEE ALSO

fill-paragraph(2).

Ref: paragraph-to-line(3) File: m3mac003.3 Date: 2025/08/28

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