[FFmpeg-trac] #11096(undetermined:new): Chaotic escaping rules

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#11096: Chaotic escaping rules
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             Reporter:  ManDay       |                    Owner:  (none)
                 Type:  enhancement  |                   Status:  new
             Priority:  normal       |                Component:
                                     |  undetermined
              Version:  git-master   |               Resolution:
             Keywords:               |               Blocked By:
  filter_complex expression          |
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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Description changed by ManDay:

Old description:

> Consider a filter which draws the text "early", if the time is less than
> 5.0 seconds and "late", otherwise. The only reasonable syntax for a
> filter-chain to achieve this, with using only a single type of quotes,
> would be the following:
> {{{
> drawtext=text='%{e:if(lt(t,5),\'early\',\'late\'}'
> }}}
> At the different levels of parsing, we have
>
> ...the filter complex: `drawtext=text='...'`
> ...the `text` argument: `%{...}`
> ...the expansion: `e:....`
> ...the `expr` parser: `if(lt(t,5),'early','late')`
>
> Where the ellipses `...` are syntactically opaque to the respective
> receiver by their notion of quotes/scoping. There is logically no need
> for further escaping. In the current state of affairs, the above does not
> work and requires complicated and lengthy escaping to the point where I
> could not even figure out a working combination.
>
> **Please note**
>
> That further escaping outside of ffmpeg is not considered in the above
> description, as it seems irrelevant to the complexity in ffmpeg alone.
> If, however, we want to consider the above in an SH context, assume the
> entire argument to ffmpeg were quoted in `"`s, so that all occurences of
> `'` remain unaltered.

New description:

 Consider a filter which draws the text "early", if the time is less than
 5.0 seconds and "late", otherwise. The only reasonable syntax for a
 filter-chain to achieve this, with using only a single type of quotes,
 would be the following:
 {{{
 drawtext=text='%{e:if(lt(t,5),\'early\',\'late\')}'
 }}}
 At the different levels of parsing, we have

 ...the filter complex: `drawtext=text='...'`
 ...the `text` argument: `%{...}`
 ...the expansion: `e:....`
 ...the `expr` parser: `if(lt(t,5),'early','late')`

 Where the ellipses `...` are syntactically opaque to the respective
 receiver by their notion of quotes/scoping. There is logically no need for
 further escaping. In the current state of affairs, the above does not work
 and requires complicated and lengthy escaping to the point where I could
 not even figure out a working combination.

 **Please note**

 That further escaping outside of ffmpeg is not considered in the above
 description, as it seems irrelevant to the complexity in ffmpeg alone. If,
 however, we want to consider the above in an SH context, assume the entire
 argument to ffmpeg were quoted in `"`s, so that all occurences of `'`
 remain unaltered.

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