On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > * Thomas Dickey <dickey@xxxxxxx> [2004-01-24 07:44]: > > > On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > > > > > if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then > > > m4_ifset([AC_PACKAGE_STRING], > > > [ case $ac_init_help in > > > short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of AC_PACKAGE_STRING:";; > > > esac]) > > > cat <<\_ACEOF > > > m4_divert_pop([HELP_ENABLE])dnl > > > m4_divert_push([HELP_END])dnl > > > m4_ifset([AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], [ > > > Report bugs to <AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT>.]) > > > _ACEOF > > > fi > > > > > > I still do not understand why the quoting of _ACEOF is necessary. Could an > > > autoconf developer explain it to me, please? > > > > I'm not in that category. However from context it seems likely that the > > angle brackets were the feature of concern. > > Why? The following works perfectly with ash, dash, or bash: > > $ cat <<EOF > <foo> > EOF But the commit comment said there was a problem with the syntax highlighting, which was the motivation for the change. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
