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Summary: [eqn] macros mistreat string arguments
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: barx
Submitted: Mon 24 Jul 2023 10:42:45 AM CDT
Category: Preprocessor eqn
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Incorrect behaviour
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Planned Release: None
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Date: Mon 24 Jul 2023 10:42:45 AM CDT By: Dave <barx>
Reported by Doug McIlroy
(http://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-groff/2020-03/msg00002.html).
$ cat test
.EQ
define f % $1 %
f("a,b")
.EN
$ eqn test > /dev/null
eqn:test:3: error: newline before end of quoted text
Quoth Doug, "This violates a cardinal rule that dates from the original eqn
man page: `Strings enclosed in double quotes " " are passed through
untouched.'"
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