Index: scconfig/Makefile
===================================================================
--- scconfig/Makefile	(revision 1472)
+++ scconfig/Makefile	(revision 1473)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 USER_OBJS = src/util/arg_auto_set.o
 
 #  what to build - a ./configure
-all: configure
+all: configure cquote
 
 # This line imports scconfig core and default tests
 include src/default/Makefile.plugin
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
 
 hooks.o: plugin_3state.h plugins.h
 
+cquote: cquote.c
+
 clean:
 	rm $(OBJS) configure
 
Index: scconfig/cquote.c
===================================================================
--- scconfig/cquote.c	(nonexistent)
+++ scconfig/cquote.c	(revision 1473)
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+void copy()
+{
+	int c, nl = 0, qt = 1, ind = 1;
+	while((c = getc(stdin)) != EOF) {
+		if (ind) {
+			printf("\t");
+			if (!nl)
+				printf("   ");
+			ind = 0;
+		}
+		if (nl) {
+			printf("NL ");
+			nl = 0;
+		}
+		if (qt) {
+			printf("\"");
+			qt = 0;
+		}
+		switch(c) {
+			case '\t': printf("	");  break;
+			case '\n': printf("\"\n"); nl = qt = ind = 1; break;
+			case '\r': break;
+			case '\\': printf("\\\\");  break;
+			case '"': printf("\\\"");  break;
+			default:
+				if ((c < 32) || (c>126))
+					printf("\\%3o", c);
+				else
+					putc(c, stdout);
+		}
+	}
+	if (!qt)
+		printf("\"");
+	if (nl) {
+		if (ind)
+			printf("\t");
+		printf("NL");
+	}
+	printf(";\n");
+}
+
+
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+
+	printf("#define NL \"\\n\"\n");
+
+	copy();
+	return 0;
+}