regex.md

Useful regex commands

Emacs regex

Replace one latex formula by another

find:
\custom_nabla
\\mathop{\\nabla}[ ]*\\limits_{\(.*?\)}[ ]*\([a-zA-Z]\)
replace:
\custom_nabla1
\\mathop{\\nabla}[ ]*\\limits_{\(.*?\)}[ ]*\\negthickspace[ ]*\([a-zA-Z]\)

Replace ugly \hl comments with custom macro

find:
\\hl{\(.*?\)}
replace:
\\owntodo{\1}