[OS X TeX] Search and replace in many files

[Herbert Schulz]

On Sep 3, 2012, at 6:46 PM, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:

> I hope the following is not too off topic:
> 
> I have a "form" which gives the choice between 3 versions, Quiz, Homework, and Exam, of a "testable item":
> 
> \ifthenelse{\boolean{Quiz?}}%
> 	{%begin Quiz? true
> 		Quiz version
> 	}%end Quiz? true
> 	{%begin Quiz false
> 		\ifthenelse{\boolean{Homework?}}%
> 			{%begin Homework? true
> 				Homework version
> 			}% end Homework? true
> 			{%begin Homework? false
> 				Exam version
> 			}% end Homework? false
> 	}% end Quiz? false
> 
> and I always have anywhere between fifty and a hundred testable items.
> 
> What I want to do is to have a fourth version, Workout, in other words I want to change the form to:
> 
> \ifthenelse{\boolean{Workout?}}%
> 	{%begin Workout? true
> 		Workout version
> 	}%end Workout? true
> 	{%begin Workout false
> 		\ifthenelse{\boolean{Quiz?}}%
> 			{%begin Quiz? true
> 				Quiz version
> 			}%end Quiz? true
> 			{%begin Quiz false
> 				\ifthenelse{\boolean{Homework?}}%
> 					{%begin Homework? true
> 						Homework version
> 					}% end Homework? true
> 					{%begin Homework? false
> 						Exam version
> 					}% end Homework? false
> 			}% end Quiz? false
> 	}% end Workout? false
> 
> after which I can enter the "Workout version" on each form.
> 
> I tried to use Gerhard's GUI for sed, which I have used in the past and works very, very nicely, but, unfortunately, \r does not work in Mac's sed and I need to keep the formatting.
> 
> Would anyone have a suggestion of what else might do the job? E.g. might there be an applescript that would work something like "Replace Text In Item Names.scpt"?
> 
> Very hopeful regards
> --schremmer

Howdy,

Are you using old style Mac line endings (MacOSRoman. Note that \r=CR) for your files or more recent Unixy line endings (Unix. \n=newline=LF)?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)