URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68642>
Summary: [troff] emits malformed JSON when dumping node
produced by `\X` escape sequence
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: gbranden
Submitted: Tue 25 Aug 2026 04:23:49 AM UTC
Category: Core
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Incorrect behaviour
Status: In Progress
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: gbranden
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Unlocked
Planned Release: None
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Date: Tue 25 Aug 2026 04:23:49 AM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
$ printf 'foo\\X@bar: baz@qux\n.pline\n' | groff -z 2>&1 | jq
parse error: ':' not as part of an object at line 5, column 110
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