Search and replace enclosing \commands{word}

Search and replace enclosing \commands{word}

[sharky]

Hi!

I'm using emacs to write LaTeX code, which means I have a lot of stuff
that looks like this:

\section{Headline}

Blah blah yada yada \textit{italic yada} and the yada yada \textbf
{bold yada} and then \myspecial{yada}.

You get the picture. I wanna search and delete the enclosing thingy,
like so:

\myspecial{yada} -----> yada

Is there a way to do this in emacs?

Please help!

/Sharky

Re: Search and replace enclosing \commands{word}

[Teemu Likonen]

sharky (2009-01-11 06:31 -0800) wrote:

> \myspecial{yada} -----> yada

You can use query-replace-regexp (C-M-%):

    Query replace regexp: \\myspecial{\([^}]*\)}
                    with: \1

Re: Search and replace enclosing \commands{word}

[Peter Milliken]

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Yes, read the help sections on regular expression search and replace. You
can "capture" the text between the {}'s and keep it without losing it (read
up on submatches).


On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:31 AM, sharky <landhaj@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I'm using emacs to write LaTeX code, which means I have a lot of stuff
> that looks like this:
>
> \section{Headline}
>
> Blah blah yada yada \textit{italic yada} and the yada yada \textbf
> {bold yada} and then \myspecial{yada}.
>
> You get the picture. I wanna search and delete the enclosing thingy,
> like so:
>
> \myspecial{yada} -----> yada
>
> Is there a way to do this in emacs?
>
> Please help!
>
> /Sharky
>

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Re: Search and replace enclosing \commands{word}

[sharky]

Thank you both! This is a very powerful tool indeed!

/Sharky