[gedit-list] Join/Split Lines plugin

[John Pye <john curioussymbols com>]

Hi all

What is the status of the Join/Split lines plugin working in Gedit
2.24.2. On my Ubuntu system, it doesn't seem to be there with the other
standard plugins. I managed to get an old copy from here:

http://live.gnome.org/GeditPlugins

and looking inside that I see that the Join/Split Lines plugin is pure
python. I installed it by hand (required some minor file
editing/renaming) and it works for joining lines, but there is a bug in
the split lines functionality:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/john/.gnome2/gedit/plugins/joinlines.py", line 65, in <lambda>
    lambda a, w: split_lines(w))],
  File "/home/john/.gnome2/gedit/plugins/joinlines.py", line 138, in
split_lines
    tabsize = view.get_tabs_width()
AttributeError: 'gedit.View' object has no attribute 'get_tabs_width'

I guess that this plugin has been deprecated or removed or something --
is there a replacement for this functionality somewhere?

Cheers
JP