vim regex : how to replace enclosing backticks with tags

Question

I have this document in Markdown in which i constantly reference keys to be pressed(at the time i wasn't aware of the tags!) and have enclosed them in backticks instead. So for example I have a lot of text like `Shift` and `Shift + A`,etc... and I would like to convert them to Shift<\kbd> or Shift + A<\kbd> instead, using the Vim search and replace options.

Right now, the only way that I think of doing this is by replacing the opening backtick with a and then separately replacing the closing backtick with a <\kbd>. But I was wondering if this could be done in a single search and replace command using capture groups or something?

user_6243352 · Answer

You can use the substitution command:

%s/`$[^`]\+$`/\1/g

This captures runs between backticks and replaces the inner text with wrapped tags.

By the way, is the proper HTML closing tag, so I assume you want that instead of <\kbd>.

vim regex : how to replace enclosing backticks with tags

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