# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1116664312 0
# Node ID 17e40a1331b01d80cb566cac393fb6ba5bce23b2
# Parent  cae8081f90f2b85e68f7a0bb46822aa17c67ece7
[project @ 2005-05-21 08:31:52 by jwe]

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-05-21  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* lex.l (handle_string): If single-quote string, \ and . have no
+	special meaning.
+
 2005-05-18  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* pt-colon.cc (tree_colon_expression::make_range): Don't require
diff --git a/src/lex.l b/src/lex.l
--- a/src/lex.l
+++ b/src/lex.l
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@
 
       if (c == '\\')
 	{
-	  if (escape_pending)
+	  if (delim == '\'' || escape_pending)
 	    {
 	      buf << static_cast<char> (c);
 	      escape_pending = 0;
@@ -1964,7 +1964,7 @@
 	}
       else if (c == '.')
 	{
-	  if (! have_ellipsis_continuation (false))
+	  if (delim == '\'' || ! have_ellipsis_continuation (false))
 	    buf << static_cast<char> (c);
 	}
       else if (c == '\n')