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Re: [Groff] [groff] 01/01: tmac/strip.sed: Explain operations.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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Re: [Groff] [groff] 01/01: tmac/strip.sed: Explain operations. |
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Tue, 7 Nov 2017 16:44:42 -0500 |
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At 2017-11-07T22:21:30+0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > tmac/strip.sed: Explain operations.
> >
> > +#
> > +# 1. Strip whitespace after a leading ".".
> > ...
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> Unfortunately, this is problematic. Portable sed scripts shouldn't
> have comments at all... Have a look into the `autoconf' manual (type
> `i sed RET') for limitations of `sed' on various platforms – maybe
> this is no longer of relevance today, but there are high chances that
> groff gets installed on older platforms.
Oh, bugger. I'll revert it, then.
Every person who ever thought their language was too simple to require a
comment syntax has been proven wrong.
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Regards,
Branden
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