Rather than this: error (..., "...`%s'...", arg);

do this:          error (..., "...%s...", quote (arg));

diff --git a/src/tr.c b/src/tr.c
index 053f91e..b7d0ebe 100644 (file)
--- a/src/tr.c
+++ b/src/tr.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* tr -- a filter to translate characters
-   Copyright (C) 91, 1995-2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 91, 1995-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -834,8 +834,8 @@ find_bracketed_repeat (const struct E_string *es, size_t start_idx,
                {
                  char *tmp = make_printable_str (digit_str, digit_str_len);
                  error (0, 0,
-                        _("invalid repeat count `%s' in [c*n] construct"),
-                        tmp);
+                        _("invalid repeat count %s in [c*n] construct"),
+                        quote (tmp));
                  free (tmp);
                  return -2;
                }
@@ -933,8 +933,8 @@ build_spec_list (const struct E_string *es, struct Spec_list *result)
                            {
                              char *tmp = make_printable_str (opnd_str,
                                                              opnd_str_len);
-                             error (0, 0, _("invalid character class `%s'"),
-                                    tmp);
+                             error (0, 0, _("invalid character class %s"),
+                                    quote (tmp));
                              free (tmp);
                              return false;
                            }