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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regsub.n,v 1.22.2.1 2008/07/07 08:36:30 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regsub.n,v 1.22.2.2 2010/09/10 13:02:12 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH regsub n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -161,15 +161,18 @@ Insert double-quotes around the first instance of the word
Convert all non-ASCII and Tcl-significant characters into \eu escape
sequences by using \fBregsub\fR and \fBsubst\fR in combination:
.CS
-# This RE is just a character class for everything "bad"
-set RE {[][{};#\e\e\e$\es\eu0080-\euffff]}
+# This RE is just a character class for almost everything "bad"
+set RE {[][{};#\e\e\e$ \er\et\eu0080-\euffff]}
# We will substitute with a fragment of Tcl script in brackets
set substitution {[format \e\e\e\eu%04x [scan "\e\e&" %c]]}
# Now we apply the substitution to get a subst-string that
-# will perform the computational parts of the conversion.
-set quoted [subst [\fBregsub\fR -all $RE $string $substitution]]
+# will perform the computational parts of the conversion. Note
+# that newline is handled specially through \fBstring map\fR since
+# backslash-newline is a special sequence.
+set quoted [subst [string map {\en {\e\eu000a}} \e
+ [\fBregsub\fR -all $RE $string $substitution]]]
.CE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
regexp(n), re_syntax(n), subst(n),