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Re: [BUG] groff: inconsistent behavior of " to separate arguments
From: |
Ralph Corderoy |
Subject: |
Re: [BUG] groff: inconsistent behavior of " to separate arguments |
Date: |
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 08:32:50 +0000 |
Hi Alex,
- If an argument starts with a " then it ends at the next " which isn't
the start of a "" or at the end of the line if there isn't a single ".
- If an argument does not start with a " then the " within it are
literal and the argument ends just before the next space or the end of
the line if there isn't a space.
> .IR "foo"bar
1---12-2
> .IR foo"bar"
1------1
> .IR "foo"bar"baz"
1---12------2
...
> foobar foo"bar" foobar"baz"
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Cheers, Ralph.