Re: [Groff] strings on successive lines bug?

[Ted Harding]

On 30-Jun-03 Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> While macros, diversions, and strings are basically the same in groff,
> there actually *are* differences.  The last character of a macro (and
> a diversion) definition is always a newline, whereas a string doesn't
> contain a newline at all -- otherwise \*[...] wouldn't work as
> expected.
> 
>> Only the first string, .one, gets translated.  So
>> output looks like
>> 
>> 1.two
> 
> The newline character after `1' is used to terminate the string called
> as a macro.

By the same token:

.ds one \\$*
.ds two 2
.one this is a long one, isn't it ?? ...
.two

leads to:

this is a long one, isn't it ?? ....two

(i.e. this is one way to use strings which have arguments).

One the other hand,

.ds one \\$*
.ds two 2
\*[one] this is a long one, isn't it ?? ...
.two

gives

this is a long one, isn't it ?? ... 2

(which is another).

Ted.


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Date: 30-Jun-03                                       Time: 23:33:26
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