[OS X TeX] TeXShop: a way to automate terminating each line in a block with a comment symbol

[Nicolas Martignoni]

No, this will find any number of white spaces (including tabs) at end of line.

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> Le 18 mai 2020 à 22:50, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> Is the regex search for  "\b*$” equivalent to what Martin Costabel suggested, to use " *$” ??
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>> On 18 May2020, at 4:38 PM, Luis Sequeira <lfsequeira at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Murray, a few comments on your comments:
>> 
>> 	(a) This method is possible only when using the OgreKit Find Panel.
>> 
>> True. I have always used OgreKit. I do remember there were other options, but OgreKit is so much more flexible.
>> 
>> 
>> 	(b) It does not work as I?d expect if there are trailing blanks in one of the block?s lines, as it leaves those unwanted blanks there.
>> 
>> This one is very easy.
>> Just replace the find regular expression to include any number of blanks before the end of the line.
>> 
>> Instead of "$", search for "\b*$"
>> 
>> Incidentally, regular expressions are not that hard to figure out.
>> I use them a lot, both in TeXShop and BBEdit (and good'ole vi...)
>> 
>> 	(c) [of course] one also has to check the ?Selection? option of the Scope section in the OgreKit Find Panel.
>> 
>> I did write that!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Also: yes, it would be nice to have a macro for it, and I have no doubt one can be created, but I have not looked much into it.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> LS
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