Re: regexp to strip off LaTeX command

[Andreas Politz]

henry atting wrote:
> Zitat - Andreas Politz * Do Dez 18 2008 um 10:19 -
>
> > henry atting wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am searching a regexp for `replace-regexp' to remove only one LaTeX
> > > command. Let's say I want to remove all \textit{} commands but not the
> > > text within the braces, how can I do this?
> > >
> > > henry
> > \\textit{\([^}]*\)} -> \1
> >
> > If you need to handle escaped brackets the regexp gets a little longer.
> >
> > -ap
>
> Thanks, works fine. :)
>
> I understand the first part but can you please explain what `\1' stands
> for?
>
> henry

\1 is a backreference and refers to the 1st parenthese group, much like
a variable.

Here is a better explanation, somewhere in the middle.

(info "(elisp)Regexp Backslash")

-ap