diff --git a/src/testdir/test29.in b/src/testdir/test29.in
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+Test for joining lines with 'joinspaces' set or not
+
+STARTTEST
+:set nojoinspaces
+/firstline/
+jJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJ:set joinspaces
+jJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJjJ:?firstline?+1,$w! test.out
+:qa!
+ENDTEST
+
+firstline
+asdfasdf.
+asdf
+asdfasdf. 
+asdf
+asdfasdf.  
+asdf
+asdfasdf.	
+asdf
+asdfasdf. 	
+asdf
+asdfasdf.	 
+asdf
+asdfasdf.		
+asdf
+asdfasdf
+asdf
+asdfasdf 
+asdf
+asdfasdf  
+asdf
+asdfasdf	
+asdf
+asdfasdf	 
+asdf
+asdfasdf 	
+asdf
+asdfasdf		
+asdf
+asdfasdf.
+asdf
+asdfasdf. 
+asdf
+asdfasdf.  
+asdf
+asdfasdf.	
+asdf
+asdfasdf. 	
+asdf
+asdfasdf.	 
+asdf
+asdfasdf.		
+asdf
+asdfasdf
+asdf
+asdfasdf 
+asdf
+asdfasdf  
+asdf
+asdfasdf	
+asdf
+asdfasdf	 
+asdf
+asdfasdf 	
+asdf
+asdfasdf		
+asdf