--- a/textshaper/onelineit.py	Mon Aug 25 19:31:16 2014 -0700
+++ b/textshaper/onelineit.py	Wed Sep 03 18:13:15 2014 -0700
@@ -5,17 +5,18 @@
 """
 
 import sys
+from .decorator import lines
 
+@lines
 def onelineit(string):
     """make a string one line"""
 
-    string = string.split('\n')
     string = [ i.strip() or '\n' for i in string ]
     string = ' '.join(string)
     string = string.split('\n')
     string = [ i.strip() for i in string if i.strip() ]
 
-    return '\n\n'.join(string)
+    return '\n\n'.join(string).splitlines()
 
 def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
     """CLI"""