From: Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Then how to replace all my $$ ... $$ to \[ \] through search and replace?
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:34:17 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ej4qmxk6.fsf@nonospaz.fatphil.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.16770.1218791143.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes:
> Ralf Angeli <dev.null@caeruleus.net> writes:
>
> Hi Ralf,
>
>>> M-x query-replace-regexp RET \$\$\(.+\)\$\$ RET \\[\1\\] RET
>>
>> This won't work because `.' does not match a newline.
>
> Ok, but at least it works for oneliners.
>
>> Using `[^$]' instead should do it.
>
> Right, that's better.
$$ What about this $1,000,000 example? $$
Such strings may not be possible in the original data set,
of course, so it might not be an issue.
Phil
--
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-15 7:29 Then how to replace all my $$ ... $$ to \[ \] through search and replace? xiaopeng hu
2008-08-15 7:54 ` Tassilo Horn
[not found] ` <mailman.16764.1218786903.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-15 8:40 ` Ralf Angeli
2008-08-15 9:05 ` Tassilo Horn
2008-08-15 9:08 ` Thierry Volpiatto
[not found] ` <mailman.16770.1218791143.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-15 9:34 ` Phil Carmody [this message]
2008-08-15 10:13 ` Ralf Angeli
2008-08-15 17:24 ` Reiner Steib
2008-08-16 1:18 ` Nikos Apostolakis
2008-08-16 9:21 ` Reiner Steib
2008-08-16 13:49 ` harven
2008-08-16 15:45 ` Reiner Steib
[not found] <mailman.16760.1218785698.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-15 8:01 ` Xah
2008-08-15 14:25 ` Malte Spiess
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