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-rw-r--r--roff.72
-rw-r--r--roff.c41
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7
index d8fc0c04..c452edb3 100644
--- a/roff.7
+++ b/roff.7
@@ -665,6 +665,8 @@ produces
.D1 \efI\e^XtFree\e^\efP.
.Pp
in the input stream, and thus in the output: \fI\^XtFree\^\fP.
+Each occurrence of \e\e$* is replaced with all the arguments,
+joined together with single blank characters.
.Pp
Since macros and user-defined strings share a common string table,
defining a macro
diff --git a/roff.c b/roff.c
index dcb158a1..24c0898a 100644
--- a/roff.c
+++ b/roff.c
@@ -3080,7 +3080,7 @@ roff_userdef(ROFF_ARGS)
{
const char *arg[9], *ap;
char *cp, *n1, *n2;
- int i;
+ int i, ib, ie;
size_t asz, rsz;
/*
@@ -3114,9 +3114,14 @@ roff_userdef(ROFF_ARGS)
continue;
if (*cp++ != '$')
continue;
- i = *cp - '1';
- if (0 > i || 8 < i)
- continue;
+ if (*cp == '*') { /* \\$* inserts all arguments */
+ ib = 0;
+ ie = r->argc - 1;
+ } else { /* \\$1 .. \\$9 insert one argument */
+ ib = ie = *cp - '1';
+ if (ib < 0 || ib > 8)
+ continue;
+ }
cp -= 2;
/*
@@ -3124,11 +3129,13 @@ roff_userdef(ROFF_ARGS)
* taking escaping of quotes into account.
*/
- asz = 0;
- for (ap = arg[i]; *ap != '\0'; ap++) {
- asz++;
- if (*ap == '"')
- asz += 3;
+ asz = ie > ib ? ie - ib : 0; /* for blanks */
+ for (i = ib; i <= ie; i++) {
+ for (ap = arg[i]; *ap != '\0'; ap++) {
+ asz++;
+ if (*ap == '"')
+ asz += 3;
+ }
}
if (asz != 3) {
@@ -3169,12 +3176,16 @@ roff_userdef(ROFF_ARGS)
/* Copy the expanded argument, escaping quotes. */
n2 = cp;
- for (ap = arg[i]; *ap != '\0'; ap++) {
- if (*ap == '"') {
- memcpy(n2, "\\(dq", 4);
- n2 += 4;
- } else
- *n2++ = *ap;
+ for (i = ib; i <= ie; i++) {
+ for (ap = arg[i]; *ap != '\0'; ap++) {
+ if (*ap == '"') {
+ memcpy(n2, "\\(dq", 4);
+ n2 += 4;
+ } else
+ *n2++ = *ap;
+ }
+ if (i < ie)
+ *n2++ = ' ';
}
}