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[Herbert Schulz]

On Feb 6, 2006, at 7:06 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:

> If you place in BBEdit the cursor before the starting $ sign, then  
> the search command (using grep)
> \$((.|\r)+?[^\\$])\$
> will find (and highlight) anything between the starting $ sign and  
> the next forward positioned $ sign (including the $ signs), and not  
> get irritated by an escaped \$.
>
> I think the solution is fairly easy and obvious unless you want to  
> make it really foolproof; but if this maxime would rule the world  
> than we had no cars, no wine, and certainly no tex.
>
> Claus

Howdy,

As long as you assume that the first $ to the right is the START of  
the equation it becomes simpler; you just search to the right. What  
happens if you try to simply get a match and can't ASSUME it's a  
start of an equation?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)


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