Questions tagged [xesearch]
xesearch is a string finder package for `XeTeX`; applications may be check spelling, word counting, and syntax highlighting of programming languages
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wordcount with xesearch errors
I'm using some code I found here on stackexchange to count words in a LaTeX document. I'm using TeXLive on a Mac and using XeLateX to produce the pdf document. It produces a pdf, but with an error ...
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Convert all all-caps words to small caps
I'd like to turn all all-uppercase words, acronyms etc. into small caps, preferably automatically on the fly and without changing the source files. The ideal solution would also allow me to block some ...
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Is there a way to have xesearch search and replace a term and have the replacement compiled as LaTeX command?
I have used the package xesearch https://www.ctan.org/pkg/xesearch?lang=en xesearch in my header to automatically replace shorthand notations:
\usepackage{xesearch}
\SearchList{list1}{Very Long ...
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Spotting strings that are typos in "text mode" but that are right in "math mode"
My copy editor work is largely dedicate do spot typos. I have a kind of typos formed by strings like, e.g., ".", ",", ":"... (a space before a punctuation sign) that we consider typos in text-mode (...
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Word count and 'TeX capacity exceeded'
I use this piece of code in the preamble, obtained from Environment that counts words inside:
\usepackage{xesearch}
\newcounter{words}
\newenvironment{assignment}{%
\setcounter{words}{0}
\...
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Re: inserting a counter value that preceeds the counter environment in a latex document?
I am using the following macro to count the number of words in a journal article:
\usepackage{xesearch}
\newcounter{words}
\newenvironment{wordcount}{%
\setcounter{words}{0}
\SearchList!{...
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