\documentclass{article} % useverses=none avoids a warning in the log when there is not value for % userverses. In this document we define our verses 'by hand' using the % declareBVs environment. \usepackage[ignorecfg,useverses=none]{fetchbibpes}[2016/09/21] \usepackage{fancyvrb} \providecommand\cs[1]{\texttt{\char`\\#1}} \let\pkg\texttt \def\ameta#1{$\langle\textit{\texttt{#1}}\rangle$} \addtoBibles{NKJV} \defaultBible{NKJV} \begin{declareBVs} \BV(Gal 1:15 NKJV) But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace,\null \BV(Gal 1:16 NKJV) to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,\null \end{declareBVs} \begin{document} \section{Testing replace with \cs{fetchverses}} This demonstration file features the \texttt{replace} key within the optional argument of \cs{fetchverses}. We use as our test passes \textsf{Gal 1:15-16}. \medskip\noindent\textbf{Unmodified passage} \begin{quote} \eSQ\fetchverses*{Gal 1:15-16} \end{quote} \medskip\noindent We declare the following verses: \begin{Verbatim}[xleftmargin=\leftmargini,fontsize=\small] \fetchverses[% replace={But when}{\leavevmode\ldots when} {blood,}{blood, \ldots (\textit{continues with verse 17})} ]{Gal 1:15-16} \end{Verbatim} which displays as, \begin{quote} \fetchverses[% replace={But when}{\leavevmode\ldots when} {blood,}{blood, \ldots (\textit{continues with verse 17})} ]{Gal 1:15-16} \end{quote} \medskip\noindent A more extensive example of \texttt{replace} is the following one, which requires special techniques. \begin{Verbatim}[xleftmargin=\leftmargini,fontsize=\small] \gobbleto{and}{\gobbletoand}% \fetchverses*[replace={But when}{\leavevmode\ldots when} {who separated}{who\gobbletoand} % {who separated me from my mother's womb and}{who} {, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,} { \ldots} ]{Gal 1:15-16} \end{Verbatim} \begin{quote} \gobbleto{and}{\gobbletoand}% \fetchverses*[replace={But when}{\leavevmode\ldots when} {who separated}{who\gobbletoand} % {who separated me from my mother's womb and}{\textbf{who}} {, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,}{ \ldots} ]{Gal 1:15-16} \end{quote} The original \ameta{find} text is `\texttt{who separated me from my mother's womb and}'. The fact that this \ameta{find} text contains an apostrophe is a problem. Apostrophises (right single quotes), left single quotes, and double quotes are \emph{active characters} (within the Bible passages); consequently, they prevent a correct match. To circumvent this problem, we gobble all text past any active characters (an apostrophe, in this example). This is where \cs{gobbleto} comes in. Declare \verb|\gobbleto{and}{\gobbletoand}|, this defines a macro \cs{gobbletoand} that gobbles all text from where it is placed to the next occurrence of the word `and', in this example. Now, instead of using a \ameta{find} text containing an apostrophe, we use `\texttt{who separated}' as the \ameta{find} text, and for the \ameta{replace} text, we use `\texttt{who\cs{gobbletoand}}, which, incredibly, works! \medskip The use of the gobble trick is not restricted to passages containing active characters. For example, the third \ameta{find} text is rather long. We can do the following: \begin{Verbatim}[xleftmargin=\leftmargini] \gobbleto{and}{\gobbletoand}% \gobbleto{blood,}{\gobbletoblood}% \fetchverses*[replace= {But when}{\leavevmode\ldots when} {who separated me}{who\gobbletoand} {, that I might}{\ldots{}.\gobbletoblood} ]{Gal 1:15-16} \end{Verbatim} \begin{quote}\eSQ \gobbleto{and}{\gobbletoand}\gobbleto{blood,}{\gobbletoblood} \fetchverses*[replace= {But when}{\leavevmode\ldots when} {who separated me}{who\gobbletoand} {, that I might}{ \ldots\gobbletoblood} ]{Gal 1:15-16} \end{quote} To make the `\cs{gobbleto}' definitions local, put them in a group, as in the \texttt{quote} environment as above, or they can be passed into a group in which \cs{fetchverse} and \cs{fetchverses} operate using the \texttt{localdefs} key. \begin{Verbatim}[xleftmargin=\leftmargini,fontsize=\small] \fetchverses*[% localdefs={\gobbleto{and}{\gobbletoand}% \gobbleto{blood,}{\gobbletoblood}}, replace={But when}{\leavevmode\ldots when} {who separated me}{who\gobbletoand} {, that I might}{\ldots{}.\gobbletoblood} ]{Gal 1:15-16} \end{Verbatim} \eSQ \fetchverses*[% localdefs={\gobbleto{and}{\gobbletoand}% \gobbleto{blood,}{\gobbletoblood}}, replace={But when}{\leavevmode\ldots when} {who separated me}{who\gobbletoand} {, that I might}{ \ldots\gobbletoblood} ]{Gal 1:15-16} \end{document}