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.ig sanitize.tmac Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Written by Keith Marshall (keith.d.marshall@ntlworld.com) This file is part of groff. groff is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. groff is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. .. .eo .de sanitize .\" Usage: .sanitize name text ... .\" .\" Remove designated formatting escape sequences from "text ..."; return .\" the sanitized text in a string register, identified by "name". .\" .\" Begin by initializing the named result as an empty string, bind it to .\" an internal reference name, and discard the "name" argument, to leave .\" only the text which is to be sanitized, as residual arguments. .\" . ds \$1 . als sanitize:result \$1 . shift . .\" Initialize a working string register, which we will cyclically reduce .\" until it becomes empty, after starting with all of the text passed as .\" the residual arguments, and establish its initial length. .\" . ds sanitize:residual "\$*\" . length sanitize:residual.length "\$*\" . .\" Begin the cyclic reduction loop... .\" . while \n[sanitize:residual.length] \{\ . \" . \" ...assuming, at the start of each cycle, that the next character . \" will not be skipped, and that it will be moved from the residual, . \" to the result, as the character-by-character scan proceeds. . \" . nr sanitize:skip.count 0 . sanitize:scan.execute . . \" For each character scanned, we need to check if it matches the . \" normal escape character; the check is most readily performed, if . \" an alternative escape character is introduced, and when a match . \" is found, we prepare to skip an escape sequence. . \" . ec ! . if '!*[sanitize:scan.char]'\' .nr sanitize:skip.count 1 . ec . ie \n[sanitize:skip.count] \{\ . \" . \" When a possible escape sequence has been detected, we back it . \" up, (in case it isn't recognized, and we need to reinstate its . \" content into the result string), then scan ahead to check for . \" an identifiable escape sequence... . \" . rn sanitize:scan.char sanitize:hold . sanitize:scan.execute . ie d sanitize:esc-\*[sanitize:scan.char] \ . \" . \" ...which we delegate to its appropriate handler, to skip... . \" . sanitize:esc-\*[sanitize:scan.char] . . \" ...but, in the case of an unrecognized escape sequence, we copy . \" its backed-up content, followed by the character retrieved from . \" the current scan cycle, to the result string. . \" . el .as sanitize:result "\*[sanitize:hold]\*[sanitize:scan.char]\" . \} . . \" When the current scan cycle has retrieved a character, which isn't . \" part of any possible escape sequence, we simply copy that character . \" to the result string. . \" . el .as sanitize:result "\*[sanitize:scan.char]\" . \} . .\" Clean up the register space, by deleting all of the string registers, .\" and numeric registers, which are designated as temporary, for private .\" use within this macro only. .\" . rm sanitize:hold sanitize:scan.char sanitize:residual sanitize:result . rr sanitize:residual.length sanitize:skip.count .. .de sanitize:scan.execute .\" Usage (internal): .sanitize:scan.execute .\" .\" Perform a single-character reduction of sanitize:residual, by copying .\" its initial character to sanitize:scan.char, and then deleting it from .\" sanitize:residual itself. (Note that we use arithmetic decrementation .\" of sanitize:residual.length, rather than repeating the length request .\" on sanitize:residual, because reduction WILL fail when there is only .\" one character remaining). .\" . nr sanitize:residual.length -1 . ds sanitize:scan.char "\*[sanitize:residual]\" . substring sanitize:scan.char 0 0 . substring sanitize:residual 1 .. .de sanitize:skip-( .\" Usage (internal): .sanitize:skip-( .\" .\" For any identified escape sequence, with a two-character property name, .\" simply skip over the next two characters in the residual string. .\" . nr sanitize:residual.length -2 . substring sanitize:residual 2 .. .de sanitize:skip-[ .\" Usage (internal): .sanitize:skip-[ .\" .\" For any identified escape sequence, with an arbitrary-length property .\" name, skip following characters in the residual string, until we find .\" a terminal "]" character, or we exhaust the residual. .\" . while \n[sanitize:skip.count] \{\ . sanitize:scan.execute . ie \n[sanitize:residual.length] \{\ . \" We haven't yet exhausted the residual; if we find a nested "[" . \" character, increment the nesting level, otherwise decrement it . \" for each "]"; it will become zero at the terminal "]". . \" . ie '\*[sanitize:scan.char]'[' .nr sanitize:skip.count +1 . el .if '\*[sanitize:scan.char]']' .nr sanitize:skip.count -1 . \} . \" Stop unconditionally, if we do exhaust the residual. . \" . el .nr sanitize:skip.count 0 . \} .. .de sanitize:esc-generic .\" Usage: .sanitize:esc-X .\" .\" (X represents any legitimate single-character escape sequence id). .\" .\" Handler for skipping "\X" sequences, in text which is to be sanitized; .\" this will automatically detect sequences conforming to any of the forms .\" "\Xc", "\X(cc", or "\X[...]", and will handle each appropriately. The .\" implementation is generic, and may be aliased to handle any specific .\" escape sequences, which exhibit similar semantics. .\" . sanitize:scan.execute . if d sanitize:skip-\*[sanitize:scan.char] \ . sanitize:skip-\*[sanitize:scan.char] .. .ec .\" Map the generic handler to specific escape sequences, as required. .\" .als sanitize:esc-F sanitize:esc-generic .\" Local Variables: .\" mode: nroff .\" End: .\" vim: filetype=groff: .\" sanitize.tmac: end of file
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