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I have the following lines in my document :

[Ctrl + r] : ..............
[Ctrl + u] : ..............
...
[Ctrl + m] : ..............

What I want (using TeXworks replacement wizard) is to replace all the string matching the pattern [*] by \mycommand{$1} so the lines becomes :

\mycommand{Ctrl + r} : ..............
\mycommand{Ctrl + u} : ..............
...
\mycommand{Ctrl + m} : ..............

How should I proceed ?

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  • Use emacs, it has a replace-regexp command. – Alex Feb 24 '13 at 12:49
  • @cgnieder not if i replace only the selection – vdegenne Feb 24 '13 at 13:39
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TeXworks can replace regular expressions. Use Search->Replace from the menu (or Ctrl+R), then put \[Ctrl ([^]]*)\] in the "Replace" field and \mycommand{Ctrl \1} in the "With" field, and in addition activate the "Regular expression" checkbox.

Pressing "Replace" or "Replace all" will give the desired result.

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  • Don't you need to use \\mycommand{Ctrl \1} in the "With" field? – Chaitanya Tappu Feb 7 '19 at 2:08
  • @ChaitanyaTappu It works with one backslash and with two, but the latter could be safer, you're right. – Alex May 29 '19 at 12:07

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