"G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
hi yeah, i did also create an inline version of the macro, i mostly wanted a .q( .q) version just to make it easier to do things like nested quotes, but making that work seems like probably more trouble than it's worth. thanks, népéta
