Re: regexp to strip off LaTeX command

[henry atting]

Zitat - Bourgneuf Francois * Fr Dez 19 2008 um 10:47 -

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>> Objet : Re: regexp to strip off LaTeX command
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>> Zitat - Andreas Politz * Do Dez 18 2008 um 10:19 -
>> 
>> > henry atting wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I am searching a regexp for `replace-regexp' to remove 
>> only one LaTeX
>> >> command. Let's say I want to remove all \textit{} commands 
>> but not the
>> >> text within the braces, how can I do this?
>> >>
>> >> henry
>> >>
>> >
>> > \\textit{\([^}]*\)} -> \1
>> >
>> > If you need to handle escaped brackets the regexp gets a 
>> little longer.
>> >
>> > -ap
>> 
>> Thanks, works fine. :)
>> 
>> I understand the first part but can you please explain what 
>> `\1' stands
>> for?
>> 
>> henry
>> 
>
> \1 stands for "what is found between the first parenthesis \( [^}]* \)"
> Example :
> \(foo\).*\(bar\) ->\1 \2 would return foo bar (if foo and bar were
> found  in the text, of course).
> Bour9

Copy that ;) 
Great thanks to all! 

Detex is good for stripping off *all* commands of a region but for
a single command I find `query-replace-regexp' more convenient.

henry