CVSROOT:        /cvs
Module name:    src
Changes by:     schwa...@cvs.openbsd.org        2022/06/03 05:50:25

Modified files:
        usr.bin/mandoc : roff.c 
        regress/usr.bin/mandoc/roff/args: man.out_lint mdoc.out_lint 
        regress/usr.bin/mandoc/roff/cond: register.in register.out_ascii 
                                          string.in string.out_ascii 
        regress/usr.bin/mandoc/roff/de: escname.in escname.out_ascii 
                                        escname.out_lint 
        regress/usr.bin/mandoc/roff/ds: Makefile 
        regress/usr.bin/mandoc/roff/nr: escname.in escname.out_ascii 
                                        escname.out_lint 
        regress/usr.bin/mandoc/roff/string: Makefile name.in 
                                            name.out_ascii name.out_lint 

Log message:
During identifier parsing, handle undefined escape sequences
in the same way as groff:
* \\ is always reduced to \
* \. is always reduced to .
* other undefined escape sequences are usually reduced to the escape name,
for example \G to G, except during the expansion of expanding escape
sequences having the standard argument form (in particular \* and \n),
in which case the backslash is preserved literally.

Yes, this is confusing indeed.
For example, the following have the same meaning:
* .ds \.   and   .ds .     which is not the same as   .ds \\.
* \*[\.]   and   \*[.]     which is not the same as   \*[\\.]
* .ds \G   and   .ds G     which is not the same as   .ds \\G
* \*[\G]   and   \*[\\G]   which is not the same as   \*[G]   <- sic!

To feel less dirty, have a leaning toothpick, if you are so inclined.

This patch also slightly improves the string shown by the "escaped
character not allowed in a name" error message.

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