General ⇒ replace a command by its starred version

[jossojjos]

Hello,

Is there a way to automatically replace a command by its starred version ?
I'm using lyx, and would like it to use \vpageref* instead of \vpageref
The simple :

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\renewcommand{\vpageref}{\vpageref*}

didn't work, it produces the error message "Tex capacity exceeded" ...

Thanks,
Jos

[jossojjos]

Hmmm, I didn't think the question was that difficult ... or is it just total nonsense to redefine a command to its starred version ?

[StarValkyrie]

You're using LyX, so do you just have a bunch of ERD boxes with the vpageref command in them? Just Find&Replace. Or is it implemented some other way?

[jossojjos]

Thanks for replying ... but yes, it's implemented differently : no need for ERT, but one can insert references through the GUI. The advantage is that one can choose the labels to refer to from a list, and on updating a label name, all references to it get updated as well.

Of course, using ERT is indeed possible, my text is scattered with those boxes, but I thought that replacing the command would be even easier ... I'm starting to doubt, however.

[StarValkyrie]

Maybe you could try exporting it to TeX and then doing find&replace on the result using Texworks (which is part of some MikTeX installations) or another TeX or text editor, then import it to LyX again? That might cause more problems than its worth though, depending on how well LyX does at importing your particular document.

[jossojjos]

Indeed, that would be a hassle, and all it will do is putting the \vpageref* commands in ERT boxes, something I can do easily myself (I only have a few of them at the moment).

There's maybe another way of getting rid of that annoying space before vpageref ...