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

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

diff --git a/src/od.c b/src/od.c
index b8f8c8c..ec398ea 100644 (file)
--- a/src/od.c
+++ b/src/od.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ decode_one_format (const char *s_orig, const char *s, const char **next,
              /* The integer at P in S would overflow an unsigned long int.
                 A digit string that long is sufficiently odd looking
                 that the following diagnostic is sufficient.  */
-             error (0, 0, _("invalid type string `%s'"), s_orig);
+             error (0, 0, _("invalid type string %s"), quote (s_orig));
              return false;
            }
          if (p == s)
@@ -678,8 +678,8 @@ decode_one_format (const char *s_orig, const char *s, const char **next,
              if (MAX_INTEGRAL_TYPE_SIZE < size
                  || integral_type_size[size] == NO_SIZE)
                {
-                 error (0, 0, _("invalid type string `%s';\n\
-this system doesn't provide a %lu-byte integral type"), s_orig, size);
+                 error (0, 0, _("invalid type string %s;\n\
+this system doesn't provide a %lu-byte integral type"), quote (s_orig), size);
                  return false;
                }
              s = p;
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ this system doesn't provide a %lu-byte integral type"), s_orig, size);
              /* The integer at P in S would overflow an unsigned long int.
                 A digit string that long is sufficiently odd looking
                 that the following diagnostic is sufficient.  */
-             error (0, 0, _("invalid type string `%s'"), s_orig);
+             error (0, 0, _("invalid type string %s"), quote (s_orig));
              return false;
            }
          if (p == s)
@@ -797,8 +797,9 @@ this system doesn't provide a %lu-byte integral type"), s_orig, size);
              if (size > MAX_FP_TYPE_SIZE
                  || fp_type_size[size] == NO_SIZE)
                {
-                 error (0, 0, _("invalid type string `%s';\n\
-this system doesn't provide a %lu-byte floating point type"), s_orig, size);
+                 error (0, 0, _("invalid type string %s;\n\
+this system doesn't provide a %lu-byte floating point type"),
+                        quote (s_orig), size);
                  return false;
                }
              s = p;
@@ -855,8 +856,8 @@ this system doesn't provide a %lu-byte floating point type"), s_orig, size);
       break;
 
     default:
-      error (0, 0, _("invalid character `%c' in type string `%s'"),
-            *s, s_orig);
+      error (0, 0, _("invalid character `%c' in type string %s"),
+            *s, quote (s_orig));
       return false;
     }