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Diffstat (limited to 'txr.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | txr.1 | 36 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -769,10 +769,10 @@ option (extended .codn --args ) is like .code --args -but must be followed by an argument. The argument is substituted -in place of occurrences of +but must be followed by an argument. The argument is removed from +the argument list and substituted in place of occurrences of .code {} -in the +among the arguments expanded from the .code --eargs syntax. @@ -1136,11 +1136,17 @@ The mechanism allows an additional flexibility. An .code --eargs argument must be followed by one more argument. -Occurrences of the two-character sequence + +After +.code --eargs +performs the argument splitting in the same manner as +.codn --args , +any of the arguments which it produces which are the +two-character sequence .code {} -in the encoded argument string are replaced with that -following argument. This replacement occurs after -the argument splitting. +are replaced with that following argument. Whether +or not the replacement occurs, that following argument +is then removed. Example: @@ -1172,9 +1178,11 @@ processing takes place, firstly the argument sequence -B {} --foo 42 .cble -is produced. Then, all occurrences of +is produced by splitting into four fields using the +.code : +character as the separator. Then, within these four fields, all occurrences of .code {} -are replaced with +are replaced with the following argument .codn script.txr , resulting in: @@ -1182,7 +1190,15 @@ resulting in: -B script.txr --foo 42 .cble -The resulting \*(TX invocation is +Furthermore, that +.code script.txr +argument is removed from the remaining argument list. + +The four arguments are then substituted in place of the original +.code --eargs:-B:{}:--foo:42 +syntax. + +The resulting \*(TX invocation is, therefore: .cblk /usr/bin/txr -B script.txr --foo 42 a b c |