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bug #43445: Default string options cannot contain '\n'.

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Mon 20 Oct 2014 02:28:35 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  None
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Mon 20 Oct 2014 02:28:35 PM UTC, original submission:  

It's impossible to have a default string contain the characters \ (backslash) and n next to each other without it turning into a new line.

Trying to escape the new line's backslash with "\\n" incorrectly outputs "\\n". While "\n" turns into a newline which I don't believe is intended behavior.

Example input:
package "slop"
version "v3.1.6"
usage "slop [options]"
option "format" f "Set the output format string. Format specifiers are %x, %y, %w, %h, %i, %g, and %c."
    string
    default="X=%x\\nY=%y\\nW=%w\\nH=%h\\nG=%g\\nID=%i\\nCancel=%c\\n"
    optional

Expected output:
const char *gengetopt_args_info_help[] = {
...
"  -f, --format=STRING           Set the output format string. Format specifiers\n                                  are %x, %y, %w, %h, %i, %g, and %c.\n                                  (default=`X=%x\\nY=%y\\nW=%w\\nH=%h\\nG=%g\\nID=%i\\nCancel=%c\\n')",
...
};
static
void clear_args (struct gengetopt_args_info *args_info)
{
...
args_info->format_arg = gengetopt_strdup ("X=%x\nY=%y\nW=%w\nH=%h\nG=%g\nID=%i\nCancel=%c\n");
...
}
int cmdline_parser_internal (...) {
...
&(local_args_info.format_given), optarg, 0, "X=%x\nY=%y\nW=%w\nH=%h\nG=%g\nID=%i\nCancel=%c\n", ARG_STRING,
              check_ambiguity, override, 0, 0,
              "format", 'f',
              additional_error))
...
}


Actual output:
const char *gengetopt_args_info_help[] = {
...
"  -f, --format=STRING           Set the output format string. Format specifiers\n                                  are %x, %y, %w, %h, %i, %g, and %c.\n                                  (default=`X=%x\\nY=%y\\nW=%w\\nH=%h\\nG=%g\\nID=%i\\nCancel=%c\\n')",
...
};
static
void clear_args (struct gengetopt_args_info *args_info)
{
...
args_info->format_arg = gengetopt_strdup ("X=%x\\nY=%y\\nW=%w\\nH=%h\\nG=%g\\nID=%i\\nCancel=%c\\n");
...
}

int cmdline_parser_internal (...) {
...
&(local_args_info.format_given), optarg, 0, "X=%x\\nY=%y\\nW=%w\\nH=%h\\nG=%g\\nID=%i\\nCancel=%c\\n", ARG_STRING,
              check_ambiguity, override, 0, 0,
              "format", 'f',
              additional_error))
...
}

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