If it DOES get implemented in Groff, please name it `.indexof`. The name `.index` is so horribly misleading I'm almost tempted to submit a PR just to rename it.
On Fri, 31 Jul 2020, 2:41 pm B 9, <hacke...@member.fsf.org> wrote: > "Denis M. Wilson" <d...@oxytropis.plus.com> wrote: > > > Sorry, the macros I've written are .strchr and .strrchr. > > > > .index should not be too hard using direct method (KMP is too > > complicated). I may have time to try, no promises... > > Thank you. I had a mistaken presumption that it was something people > would've already solved as a groff macro. Unless you find it a fun > challenge, you needn't attempt it on my behalf. It seems like the > right solution in the long run is to implement .index in groff's C > code. > > —b9 > >
