[bug #63838] [tbl] doesn't warn if table entry ends with \z escape sequence

[G. Branden Robinson]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63838>

                 Summary: [tbl] doesn't warn if table entry ends with \z
escape sequence
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: gbranden
               Submitted: Sun 26 Feb 2023 12:48:50 AM UTC
                Category: Preprocessor tbl
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Warning/Suspicious behaviour
                  Status: In Progress
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: gbranden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Sun 26 Feb 2023 12:48:50 AM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
Seen in mandoc(1) regression tests.

We don't warn about this.  We should.


$ cat ATTIC/escape-z-at-end-of-table-data.roff 
.\" inspired by a mandoc(1) regression test
.TS
tab(:);
LL.
foo:bar
baz\z:qux
.TE
.pl \n(nlu


Fix pending.  Time for a post-1.23.0 branch!







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