[OS X TeX] Search with .* but how to replace?

Herbert Schulz herbs at wideopenwest.com
Sat Apr 26 19:00:49 CEST 2014


On Apr 26, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> (*) I need to replace \NewTerm{blah} by \textbf{blah}\index{blah} (which is what \NewTerm does) because, occasionally, I need to edit to, say, \textbf{blahs}\index{blah} or  \textbf{blahs}\index{blah (to)}.
> 

Howdy,

With the default Ruby set as the regex language:

Find: \\NewTerm{(.*)}

Replace: \\texbd{\1}\\index{\1}

Just like \( and \) you've got to quote \, i.e., \\, in the Find section to get the character \.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)






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