README: Do not assert that all directive arguments are &-expanded

[subdirmk.git] / generate

diff --git a/generate b/generate
index e853912d622f0a6aebd007179f3ddaaf36b72692..747bb0cb002d70ee3c7e3635db0504bdc15ea389 100755 (executable)
--- a/generate
+++ b/generate
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ sub process_input_mk ($$$$$$$$$) {
            o $1;
            if (s{^\\$esc}{}) { o "$$esclitr" }
            elsif (s{^\\\$}{}) { o '$' }
+           elsif (s{^\\\s+$}{}) { }
            elsif (s{^$esc}{}) { o "$$esclitr$$esclitr" }
            elsif (m{^(?=$caps_re)}) { o $var_prefix }
            elsif (s{^\$([A-Za-z]\w+)}{}) { o "\$(${var_prefix}$1)" }