From 842ce8bafd89a896680d8614ffb2b08b6b38452a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Orivej Desh Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 18:50:59 +0000 Subject: Clarify indented string escaping rules --- doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml index 67da688a4..bb2090c88 100644 --- a/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml +++ b/doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml @@ -98,13 +98,17 @@ configureFlags = " Since ${ and '' have special meaning in indented strings, you need a way to quote them. - ${ can be escaped by prefixing it with + $ can be escaped by prefixing it with '' (that is, two single quotes), i.e., - ''${. '' can be escaped by + ''$. '' can be escaped by prefixing it with ', i.e., - '''. Finally, linefeed, carriage-return and - tab characters can be written as ''\n, - ''\r, ''\t. + '''. $ removes any special meaning + from the following $. Linefeed, carriage-return and tab + characters can be written as ''\n, + ''\r, ''\t, and ''\ + escapes any other character. + + Indented strings are primarily useful in that they allow multi-line string literals to follow the indentation of the -- cgit v1.2.3