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#2433 man2tcl does not honor quotes in macro arguments ->bind.n
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2008-06-28
2008-04-04
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with the build target winhelp of makefile.vc, the help application man2tcl.c is build, which processes all files in the doc folder.
An error in macro expansion in man2help2.tcl is invoked when processing bind.n.
The problem:
Quotes in macro arguemnt are not honored. Thus a space within quotes starts a new parameter.
Input sequence:
.ta \w'\fBButtonPress, Button\0\0\0\fR'u +\w'\fBKeyPress, Key\0\0\0\fR'u
Current output:
macro ta \\w'\\fBButtonPress, Button\ \ \ \\fR'u +\\w'\\fBKeyPress, Key\ \ \
Desired output:
macro ta \\w'\\fBButtonPress,\ Button\ \ \ \\fR'u +\\w'\\fBKeyPress,\ Key\ \ \
A patch is attached (not including patch of Tcl Bug 1934200).
To finally process the row correctly, man2help2.tcl also needs a patch, which is supplied in a following bug report.
The files are in the Tcl 8.5.2 sources folder tools.
The error arises when compiling Tk 8.5.2
tool/man2tcl.c in tcl8.5.2
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The new output seems to match the desired output above; however, I'm not 100% convinced this is fixed. Please confirm.
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This is solved for me in the head. Backport to 8.5.x would be helpful and easy because the files did not change.