Hi all, I am trying to nest multiple macros which are called using string syntax with arguments. I intend to use this to build macros which can be combined, such as a superscript within an italic macro (which automatically adds italic correction between the italic text and anything immediately preceding or following it).
Here is a short example of the sort of thing I am trying to get to work: .\" groff -b -ww -Tpdf FILE.tr > FILE.pdf . .ds 1 "\\$0\s+5<\\$1:\\$2>\s-5\" original inline "macro" .als 2 1 .als 3 1 . .ps 20 .nr sp 1.5m .sp \n[sp]u Lorem ipsum \*[1 "\*[2 A B]" C] dolor .sp \n[sp]u sit \*[1 A "\*[2 "B\*[3 C D]E" F]G" H] amet. . .de 1 \" converted into an actual macro \\$0\\c . ps +5 <\\$1:\\$2>\\c . ps -5 \&\\ .. . .sp \n[sp]u Lorem ipsum \*[1 "\\*[2 A B]" C] dolor .sp \n[sp]u sit \*[1 A "\\*[2 "B\\\\*[3 C D]E" F]G" H] amet. The first portion where an actual string is used works fine. Once I change it to be an actual macro, though, it reports this: troff: backtrace: 'FILE.tr':17: macro '1' troff: backtrace: file 'FILE.tr':25 troff:FILE.tr:25: error: missing ']' The thing is that this happens even though the opening & closing braces are balanced and all the parameters which contain nested string escapes are quoted. The way in which it breaks slightly changes depending on how many backslashes I put in front of the escapes, but I haven't found any amount that works correctly. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any suggestions, ~ onf
