Hi Steffen,

> But anyway, i wonder what you all think about instead introducing
> 
>   .if $'a'b'c'd'e'f'g'a'$ .tm matches
> 
> i.e., by enclosing the expression in a pair of dollars the normal
> delimiters can be used all through the case..esac string comparison
> series.

Is there any point introducing new syntax for this one string-OR
comparison wart.  More thought, research, suggestions, discussion, needs
to happen so that a good open-ended syntax for going forward is adopted.
The coding is the easy bit.  :-)

Cheers, Ralph.

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