bold_name_references_rmarkdown.R

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# Emphasising some references in a RMarkdown document     #
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# Written by Ladislas Nalborczyk                          #
# Contact: ladislas.nalborczyk@gmail.com                  #
# Last updated on January 2, 2023                         #
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# knitting the original Rmd file (with "keep_tex: true" in YAML)
rmarkdown::render(input = "some_file.Rmd")

# reading the generated LaTeX file
tex_file <- readLines(con = "some_file.tex")

# putting a particular author in bold in the references list
new_tex_file  <- gsub(pattern = "James, W.", replace = "\\textbf{James, W.}", x = tex_file, fixed = TRUE)

# writing the (updated) LaTeX file
writeLines(text = new_tex_file, con = "some_file.tex")

# generating the pdf file (may need to be ran twice)
system(command = "xelatex some_file.tex")