Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 15:18:54 -0400 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> To: Paul Seniura <pdseniura@techie.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How can I get the Dollar Sign '$' to show in OPTIONS Makefile lists? Message-ID: <20041006191854.GR22274@toxic.magnesium.net> In-Reply-To: <20041006191431.08E535C80@techpc04.okladot.state.ok.us> References: <20041006184750.BF6545C80@techpc04.okladot.state.ok.us> <20041006185212.GP22274@toxic.magnesium.net> <20041006191431.08E535C80@techpc04.okladot.state.ok.us>
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>> (10.06.2004 @ 1514 PST): Paul Seniura said, in 2.1K: <<
>
> >>> (10.06.2004 @ 1447 PST): Paul Seniura said, in 1.2K: <<
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to be the maintainer for the net/tn3270 port.
> >> I've filed a PR #72367 to bring in a new version called net/c3270
> >> so we won't lose the original net/tn3270 for other users but
> >> still have a working curses-based 3270 emulator for 5.3-Release.
> >> In my PR, the shell-archive will create a new Makefile under the
> >> ports/net/c3270 dir. I'm using the OPTIONS= dialog to show all
> >> the new customizable goodies. If you look in my PR for this
> >> Makefile, I'm not having any luck in showing the '$' for the
> >> IND$FILE string on the FT line. To whittle this down, the line:
> >> OPTIONS= FT "Include IND\$FILE support" on
> >> will still not show the '$' sign properly. And I've tried all
> >> kinds of iterations and \$ escapes and substitutions etc. etc. etc.
> >> IND$FILE is the official name for this option, and it looks
> >> totally funny without it, and misspelling it will be missed in
> >> documentation searches and such.
> >> Does anyone have a clue how to make a '$' show up there, please?
> >> Thank you much,
> >> -- Paul Seniura.
> >>> end of "How can I get the Dollar Sign '$' to show in OPTIONS Makefile lists?" from Paul Seniura <<
> >
> >$$
>
> Bzzzt -- nope, dun already tried that, too.
> Having "IND$$FILE" in the middle string shows this on the
> user's dialog screen during the make config section:
>
> [X] FT Include IND support
>
>
> Before suggesting it, yes I tried adding a line to set
> what it seems to be doing e.g. $$FILE -> ${FILE} :
> FILE=FILE
> does show INDFILE on the dialog screen
> and
> FILE=\$FILE
> begins to "eat up" the letters of FILE again.
> I've tried all other kinds of iterations there, too,
> such as
> FILE=$$FILE
> FILE=$\FILE
> to stop the $ being expanded
> etc.
>
> Started adding more $$$s: seems an odd number will
> cause some syntax problems, while even numbers will
> cause normal substitution. ;)
>
> I even put single-quotemarks around the OPTIONS middle
> string, whereupon the bsd.port.mk script still acts on
> doing the $ substitutions.
>
> There doesn't seem to be a way to get a real '$' in there
> to show up.
>
> This is gonna be fun. :)
Also try \\$$
# Adam
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