Re: [Groff] strings with arguments

[Bernd Warken]

On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 11:38:00PM +0200, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> 
> I've just committed some code which implements strings with arguments.
> 
> PS: It is *not* possible to make macros with arguments be called
>     inline.  The complications caused by newlines are too hairy.

This is a nice feature, but it does not solve the problem of inner word
macro calls.

Is it possible to make the leading and trailing spacing around a macro
call being avoided?  Once the places where these spacings are applied
are identified in the code, we can discuss methods to suppress the
spacings.

Philosophically, this would establish a complete equivalence of strings 
and macros, as was intended from the beginning.  So far, this 
equivalence is valid only for macros without an argument.

Bernd Warken