Re: regexp to strip off LaTeX command

[henry atting]

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