Hello everyone,
I'm new to many things here -- textmate, regular expressions, etc, etc. so I hope this isn't too far off topic for this list (apologies in advance if it is). I'm trying to figure out how to do something using find/replace. I have a long bibliography that was sent to me as a single line of text. I'm trying to find a quick and elegant way to insert line breaks between each of the individual citations.
Here is an example of the text I'm working with:
Baddeley, A. "Working Memory." Science. 255: 556-559,1992. Baecker, R. J. Grudin, W. Buxton, et al. Readings in Human-Computer Interaction: Toward the Year 2000. USA: Morgan Kaufinann Publishers, Inc. 1995. Bevirt, B. "Designing Hypertext Navigation Tools.'' Digital Information Group, National Center for Atmospheric Research web site: < http://www. schlucar/dig/bra.inb/design/ navtool.D.html>. 1996. Chandler, P. and J. Sweller. ''Cognitive Load Theory and the Format of Instruction." Cognition and Instruction. 8: 293-332, 1991. Chandler, P. and J. Sweller. 'The Split Attention Effect as a Factor in the Design of Instruction." British Journal of Education Psychology. 62: 233-246, 1992.
I'm just figuring out how to use regular expressions (sorry, not a programmer) and I've been able to successfully select the endpoint of each of the citations using:
\d{4}.\s
My problem comes about when I try to replace the space represented by \s with a carriage return. I'm not sure how to structure this in the find/replace dialogue. Is anyone willing to point me in the right direction here? I'm hoping to end up with something that looks like:
Baddeley, A. "Working Memory." Science. 255: 556-559,1992. Baecker, R. J. Grudin, W. Buxton, et al. Readings in Human-Computer Interaction: Toward the Year 2000. USA: Morgan Kaufinann Publishers, Inc. 1995.
Bevirt, B. "Designing Hypertext Navigation Tools.'' Digital Information Group, National Center for Atmospheric Research web site: < http://www. schlucar/dig/bra.inb/design/navtool.D.html>. 1996.
Chandler, P. and J. Sweller. ''Cognitive Load Theory and the Format of Instruction." Cognition and Instruction. 8: 293-332, 1991. Chandler, P. and J. Sweller. 'The Split Attention Effect as a Factor in the Design of Instruction." British Journal of Education Psychology. 62: 233-246, 1992.
Thank you for any help you can offer.