Bug#1106816: allow commands to be broken over multiple lines with a \

On Fri, 30 May 2025 at 09:09, Bill Allombert <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 12:06:00AM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:

> > could you make the bts support a \ as a continuation character so
> > commands can be split over lines?

> Could you send an email from gmail to this bug log with an example of use
> of \ so that we see if this could actually work ?

As stated in the original email the syntax i was hoping could work is:

subject NNNNN \
this is a very long subject that is broken over lines for\
 readability

which would then be treated as if the user had typed

subject NNNN this is a very long subject that is broken over lines for
readability

ie when reading a command, if the line ends with a \, remove it and
treat the next line as part of the command
even if you only allowed one use of \ per command it would help