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Re: gtroff enhancement request |
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Sat, 8 Sep 2007 14:53:34 -0600 (MDT) |
Oh I didn't realize it was already implemented!
Let me play around with it a bit and get back to you.
RK
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Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:42:28 +0200 (CEST)
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Subject: Re: gtroff enhancement request
From: Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>
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> What about using strings with arguments? Look at this
> example:
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> .de xxx
> \c
> . gcolor \\$1
> ..
> .
> This is \*[xxx green]a test\*[xxx] with colours.
>
> I thought about this last night, and I think I came up with a
> similar idea an escape that can call an arbitrary macro with
> arguments. Is the string format '\*[]' the right syntax do you
> think?
Well, this is what is implemented already in groff...
> Perhaps \Q[macro arg1 ...] would work? I think this is an idea
> worth discussing.
Direct execution of an arbitrary macro with an escape doesn't work
since groff always expands in-place; a macro to be called with \*[...]
have to start with `\c' as the first line.
Werner
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