Jim Campbell jwcampbell@gmail.com Join several lines of text or split long lines. Join/Split Lines

The Join/Split Lines plugin can join shorter lines into one longer line, or can split a long line into multiple shorter lines.

To enable this plugin, select gedit PreferencesPlugins Join/Split Lines.

To join multiple lines into one longer line:

Select the lines that you want to join. To do this, you can use the mouse, or you can press ShiftUp Arrow or ShiftDown Arrow.

Press CtrlJ.

The lines that you selected will be joined into one longer line.

 To split one line into multiple lines:

Select the line that you want to split by placing your cursor anywhere on that line.

Press CtrlShift J.

The line will be split into multiple lines. Spaces are used to determine where it is safe to split a line, and the length of each line will not exceed 80 characters.