OT maybe: Looking for a tool or . . .?

[Patton Echols]

On 02/19/2007 05:10 PM, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Patton Echols wrote:
>   
>> My question:  I'm sure that there is either a linux tool, or text editor 
>> with scripting ability that can do what I want.
>>     
>
> I'd recommend GNU Emacs for that.  Ubuntu of course has it in the
> repositories.  You can install it with the command:
>
> sudo apt-get install emacs
>
> It could definitely handle this kind of job easy.  This is tested, but
> not on your doc, so either make a backup copy or be familiar with emacs
> undo (Control-/).
>   
Right, always backup before you intentionally break something.   :-)
> In Emacs:
>
> Bold:
>
> Alt-x replace-regex
> <b>.*?</b> RETURN
> RETURN
>
> Italics:
>
> Alt-x replace-regex
> <i>\(.*?\)</i> RETURN
> \1 RETURN
>
> If you have questions, you could reply, or try the
> help-gnu-emacs at gnu.org list
> (http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs)
>
> Matthew Flaschen
>
>   

Ok, this looks like something I can figure out.  I appreciate it.

This is the sort of thing that I need to do in different forms 
repeatedly.  And part of the attraction of linux is the ability to do 
this stuff, so I really appreciate your help. Means a lot more than just 
this document . . . That means you too Michael G.  Thanks

Patton