Yes, Eric, thank you again. This is what I knew, I can do it with regexp. I just thought there would be a simple command that could undo the "cleanup".
But I’ve read that it is possible to directly export to Markdown – that is the format I usually work with. By exporting an Org mode file these unnecessary spaces should be erased. I just have to figure out how to export to Markdown from Org mode … Do you know a good online How-to? > Am 12.6.2017 um 18:01 h schrieb Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk>: > > On Monday, 12 Jun 2017 at 15:49, Birnle wrote: >> Is there no command to "unclean" the file again? > > Difficulty is defining what "unclean" means. For instance, if it is > simply removing spaces at the start of a line, you could use > > ,----[ C-h f replace-regexp RET ] > | replace-regexp is an interactive compiled Lisp function in > | ‘replace.el’. > | > | (replace-regexp REGEXP TO-STRING &optional DELIMITED START END > | BACKWARD) > | > | This function is for interactive use only; > | [...] > `---- > > and replace "^ +" with "" (no quotes typed). But this would apply to > all lines. If you can come up with a regexp for "unclean" lines then > this could work. > > HTH, > eric > > -- > : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 26.0.50, Org release_9.0.7-531-g530113
