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Line continuations *do* work inside strings

The rgbasm.5(5) documentation was outdated here

--- a/src/asm/rgbasm.5

+++ b/src/asm/rgbasm.5

@@ -66,15 +66,8 @@

     DB 1, 2, 3,\ \[rs]

        4, 5, 6,\ \[rs]\ ;\ Put it before any comments

        7, 8, 9

-.Ed

-.Pp

-This works anywhere in the code except inside of strings.

-To split strings it is needed to use

-.Fn STRCAT

-like this:

-.Bd -literal -offset indent

-    db STRCAT("Hello ",\ \[rs]

-              "world!")

+    DB "Hello,\ \[rs]\ \ ;\ Space before the \[rs] is included

+world!"\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ;\ Any leading space is included

 .Ed

 .Sh EXPRESSIONS

 An expression can be composed of many things.

--- /dev/null

+++ b/test/asm/line-continuation-string.out

@@ -1,0 +1,1 @@

+Line continuations work!