diff --git a/settings/general-settings.el b/settings/general-settings.el
index 1d8c3746..368c432f 100644
--- a/settings/general-settings.el
+++ b/settings/general-settings.el
@@ -233,6 +233,26 @@ with a drive letter and a colon."))
 ;; truncate lines even in partial-width windows
 ;;(setq truncate-partial-width-windows t)
 
+(defun my-unfill-paragraph ()
+  "Replace newline chars in current paragraph by single spaces.
+This command does the inverse of `fill-paragraph'.
+
+URL `http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs_unfill-paragraph.html'
+Version 2016-07-13"
+  (interactive)
+  (let ((fill-column most-positive-fixnum))
+    (fill-paragraph)))
+
+(defun my-unfill-region (start end)
+  "Replace newline chars in region by single spaces.
+This command does the inverse of `fill-region'.
+
+URL `http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs_unfill-paragraph.html'
+Version 2016-07-13"
+  (interactive "r")
+  (let ((fill-column most-positive-fixnum))
+    (fill-region start end)))
+
 (use-package so-long
   :config
   ;;(add-to-list 'so-long-target-modes 'mhtml-mode t)
@@ -293,6 +313,8 @@ with a drive letter and a colon."))
 (define-key minibuffer-local-must-match-map (kbd "<escape>") 'keyboard-escape-quit)
 (define-key minibuffer-local-isearch-map (kbd "<escape>") 'keyboard-escape-quit)
 ;;
+(define-key global-map "\M-Q" 'my-unfill-paragraph)
+;;
 (global-set-key (kbd "C-r") 'query-replace-regexp)  ;; isearch-backward
 (global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-b") 'ibuffer)           ;; list-buffers
 ;; applications