[TxMt] Working with/Deleting empty space in documents ?? Please help !

[Allan Odgaard]

On Nov 23, 2004, at 11:48, Mats Persson wrote:

> So, is there some way that this behaviour can be changed ??? Hidden 
> prefs in a .plist file ?

You can add <, > and / to the word characters in the preferences window 
to not have these deleted. This makes them part of the words, so it has 
other side-effects.

> IF not - or as an immediate alternative - how would I create a regex & 
> Macro that would delete all the space (including tabs, new lines, 
> carriage returns etc ) up until the first <  tag ??

Record a macro where you do cmd-f, set the find (regex) string to: “\A[ 
\t\n]+” and press return (to find it), press delete and stop recording.

The initial \A means “start of buffer” and ensures that the sequence of 
spaces, tabs, and newlines are only matched if they are to the 
immediate right of the caret.