#1036826 - po4a: Escape sequence \c encountered. This is not completely handled yet.

Debian Bug report logs - #1036826
po4a: Escape sequence \c encountered. This is not completely handled yet.

Reported by: Helge Kreutzmann <[email protected]>

Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 12:03:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed-upstream

Found in version po4a/0.69-1

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Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 07:03:28 +0200
From: Helge Kreutzmann <[email protected]>
To: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Bug#1036826: po4a: Escape sequence \c encountered. This is not
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Hello Bjarni, On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 04:12:07PM +0000, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote: > On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 01:59:40PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > >[...] > > .BI \-f " program-file\fR,\fP "\c > > .BI \-\^\-file " program-file" > This is a wrong use of '\c', as its purpose is to join the output of > two macros _without_ an intervening space character. > > So remove ' ' and '\c', changing > > .BI \-f " program-file\fR,\fP "\c > > to > > .BI \-f " program-file\fR,\fP" Thanks, this make the build proceed, however, now it dies in the following line: .TP .BI \-F " fs\fR, \fP"\c .BI \-\^\-field-separator " fs" Escape sequence \c encountered. This is not completely handled yet. Note that here there is no space before the " Removing also this (and subsequent) "\c" makes the build proceed, however, in other files "\c" exists as well and I'm vary of removing the as well. I *think* the difference is that the failing lines have a ".BI" at the beginnig. (And the non failing do not.) Does this make sense to you? Thanks for your support! Greetings Helge -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann [email protected] Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/

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Debian Bug report logs - #1036826 po4a: Escape sequence \c encountered. This is not completely handled yet.

Debian Bug report logs - #1036826
po4a: Escape sequence \c encountered. This is not completely handled yet.