[OS X TeX] Find & Replace

[Herbert Schulz]

On Sep 19, 2013, at 8:41 AM, Ulrich Groh <ugroh at me.com> wrote:

> If I try to use the find&replace function in TexShop then I fail if I search for, e.q. \iftex \hfill \qedsymbol \fi . The same happens in TeXEdit. Therefore this seems to be an OS X problem (?). Any suggestion?
> 
> Thanks 
> Ulrich


Howdy,

In Ogrekit the \ has a special meaning because it is used to `quote' the following letter. To explicitly search for a \ you need to `quote' it; i.e., use \\. So search for

\\iftex \\hfill \\qedsymbol \\fi

and that sequence should be found.

I have no idea what is happening in TextEdit. Does it do regex?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)