Undo last change; reverted to revision 1.22.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/commands.c b/commands.c
index 7544e51..d575b0c 100644
--- a/commands.c
+++ b/commands.c
@@ -203,15 +203,27 @@ chop_commands (cmds)
 
       nlines = 5;
       lines = (char **) xmalloc (5 * sizeof (char *));
-      idx = strlen (cmds->commands) + 1;
-      p = (char *) alloca (idx);
-      bcopy (cmds->commands, p, idx);
       idx = 0;
+      p = cmds->commands;
       while (*p != '\0')
 	{
-	  char *end = find_char_unquote (p, '\n', 0);
+	  char *end = p;
+	find_end:;
+	  end = index (end, '\n');
 	  if (end == 0)
 	    end = p + strlen (p);
+	  else if (end > p && end[-1] == '\\')
+	    {
+	      int backslash = 1;
+	      register char *b;
+	      for (b = end - 2; b >= p && *b == '\\'; --b)
+		backslash = !backslash;
+	      if (backslash)
+		{
+		  ++end;
+		  goto find_end;
+		}
+	    }
 
 	  if (idx == nlines)
 	    {