Re: mass conversion?

[Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com>]

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Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net> writes:

> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
>
>> In an org-mode document which is then converted I'm using the latex
>> glossary package, which shows my glossary items as '\gls{foo}'. I'm now
>> getting to the stage of having a paper copy of the latexed PDF but am
>> finding that the glossary items in the main text do not show at all when
>> using just black text on a white background in the PDF.
>>
>> So what I'm trying to do is to underline each one in the org-mode text
>> which converts very easily to underlined in the black/white paper PDF.
>>
>> But how can I do it globally please, using just a couple of commands to
>> work on all instances in the org-mode file please?
>
> I don't have much experience with LaTeX, but if I understand correctly,
> what you're trying to do would typically be a candidate for a keyboard
> macro in Emacs.  As in, press F3, then use normal commands to search for
> the next occurance and modify it (using commands that go
> forward/backward by word or syntax), and then F4 when you've finished
> modifying that instance.  If you do it right, pressing F4 again should
> modify the next instance, and so forth, until you reach the end of the
> file.
>
> There are also some handy packageson MELPA that will convert keyboard
> macros to interactive commands/functions.
>
> Hope this helps.

Thanks for this Adam, I've gone down the route suggested by John Kitchin
in a pm, of using '#+latex_header:
\renewcommand{\glstextformat}[1]{\underline{\color{red}\em #1}}' which
works very well both on-screen and in a printed copy.

Thanks
Sharon.
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