Hi népéta, At 2024-09-07T12:14:47+1000, nep...@canaglie.net wrote: > is there functionality that acts as the reverse of the \c sequence? > i'm trying to write macros that surround a block of text in quotes, > such > > .q( > wow wow the text is quoted > .q) > > becomes > > 'wow wow the text is quoted' > > (pretend those are fancy quotes) > > the opening macro is just > \oq\c > and it works fine, but i can't figure out how to inhibit the > space for the end quote inside the macro, so it ends up like > > 'wow wow the text is quoted ' > > is there an escape or a request that allows for this?
I don't think this is easy to do, the way you're trying to do it. I would probably define one macro for "inline" quotations and another for "displayed" ones. Make the inline one accept arguments. But what if you _want_ space after the end of the quote, as you likely will sometimes? You can put it there with the `\~` escape sequence. $ cat ATTIC/nepeta.groff .de Q \(lq\\$*\(rq\c .. Hey, look\(em\c .Q this is quoted \&. And stuff after .Q this \~is not. $ nroff ATTIC/nepeta.groff | cat -s Hey, look——“this is quoted”. And stuff after “this” is not. Another approach would be to have Q optionally accept a second argument for trailing punctuation. This means you'll need to remember to quote the first one, if it comprises multiple words. $ cat ATTIC/nepeta2.groff .de Q \(lq\\$1\(rq\\$2 .. Hey, look\(em\c .Q "this is quoted" . And stuff after .Q this is not. $ nroff ATTIC/nepeta2.groff | cat -s Hey, look——“this is quoted”. And stuff after “this” is not. Does this help? Regards, Branden
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