From: b <rowerynaksiezycu@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:22:31 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Allow whitespace before ':'
X-Git-Tag: v1.2.1
X-Git-Url: http://bicyclesonthemoon.info/git-projects/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cc70d0da5dd780e2b7b97672cc0638fd91196ee3;p=botm%2Fconfig

Allow whitespace before ':'
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diff --git a/configure.1.pl b/configure.1.pl
index 806f3cc..6a150cf 100755
--- a/configure.1.pl
+++ b/configure.1.pl
@@ -146,9 +146,10 @@
 #          line2
 # The name consists of the characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, '-', '_', and '.'.
 #
-# In the first format (name: value) the ':' must be immediately after the name.
-# The value starts immediately after the first whitespace and is taken directly
-# without any processing.
+# In the first format (name: value):
+#   - Any amount (including 0) of whitespace is allowed before the ':'.
+#   - The value starts immediately after the first whitespace after the ':'
+#     and is taken directly without any processing.
 #
 # In the second format (name = value) some processing is performed:
 #   - Any amount (including 0) of whitespace is allowed before and
@@ -1014,7 +1015,7 @@ sub parse_file {
 		print_debug($depth, "LINE $line");
 		
 		# new definition name: value
-		if ($line =~ /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.]+):[ \t](.*)$/) {
+		if ($line =~ /^([A-Za-z0-9_\-\.]+)[ \t]*:[ \t](.*)$/) {
 			$parse_mode = 0;
 			unless ($if_block) {
 				$name = $1;