Re: [BUG] groff: inconsistent behavior of " to separate arguments

[Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)]

Hi Ralph,

On 3/20/22 09:32, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Alex,
> 
> - If an argument starts with a " then it ends at the next " which isn't
>   the start of a "" or at the end of the line if there isn't a single ".
> - If an argument does not start with a " then the " within it are
>   literal and the argument ends just before the next space or the end of
>   the line if there isn't a space.
> 
>> .IR "foo"bar
>      1---12-2
>> .IR foo"bar"
>      1------1
>> .IR "foo"bar"baz"
>      1---12------2
> ...
>>        foobar foo"bar" foobar"baz"

Makes sense.

Thanks,

Alex

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