Here follows an answer in C: (best viewed with "tabstop=4" in ~/.vimrc)
you can simply add some more char's (e.g: '/') to be ignored as whitespace: just add them to the head of the 'case' list, e.g. "case '/':" without futher additions and recompile: "cc <file.c> ----------------------------------------------------------- This program is to be called up as a filter, e.g: a.out < textfile > lexical_file or cat textfile | a.out > lexical_file or cat textfile | a.out # output goes to the screen ----------------------------------------------------------- #include <stdio.h> #define CR '\r' //CarriageReturn #define LF '\n' //LineFeed #define TAB '\t' //Tabulator #define YES 1 #define NO 0 int ch; //text char newline; //mark LineFeed condition main () { newline = YES; //NO Linefeed before text while ((ch = getchar()) != EOF) { //read text switch (ch) { case CR: case TAB: case LF: if (newline == NO) { putchar(LF); newline = YES; } break; default: putchar(ch); newline = NO; } } } -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]