Re: Removing duplicate text

2009-05-25 Thread Wilfred Zegwaard
I've tried uniq, but it didn't resolve the problem. I got the same file back after trying it. So I took the LaTeX route (it's a LaTeX file). I started up RefTeX to see which parts are identical, jumped with RefTeX to that part and deleted it by hand. It's not full-proof, but I think most (if not a

Re: Removing duplicate text

2009-05-24 Thread Tony Baldwin
Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: On Sun, 24 May 2009 12:54:42 -0400 Tony Baldwin wrote: Wilfred Zegwaard wrote: Dear users, I've got a textfile with a lot of duplicate text. How do I remove it? I'm using Emacs 21. Wilfred That seems like a very general question, and one which has a broad plethora

Re: Removing duplicate text

2009-05-24 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Sun, 24 May 2009 12:54:42 -0400 Tony Baldwin wrote: > Wilfred Zegwaard wrote: > > Dear users, > > > > I've got a textfile with a lot of duplicate text. How do I remove > > it? I'm using Emacs 21. > > > > Wilfred > > > > > > That seems like a very general question, and one which has a broa

Re: Removing duplicate text

2009-05-24 Thread Tony Baldwin
Wilfred Zegwaard wrote: Dear users, I've got a textfile with a lot of duplicate text. How do I remove it? I'm using Emacs 21. Wilfred That seems like a very general question, and one which has a broad plethora of answers. I mean, you could do this in many editors, or if you want specifical