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| author |   Jacob Godserv <jacobgodserv@gmail.com> | 2010-01-14 13:29:50 -0500 |
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| committer |   Christian Faulhammer <fauli@gentoo.org> | 2010-01-17 12:10:01 +0100 |
| commit | 278f6d34647a01119edad0dd182f466c6821f7b7 (patch) | |
| tree | a159478f9bff427d41b69e2fdc9200afa3fd83fd | |
| parent | Preserve modification times of regular files in EAPI 3. (diff) | |
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Extend explanation on line-continuation
The wording on how a quoted string might continue over more than one line is only barely enough to grasp its meaning. It requires some deep logical thought to figure out what's actually meant here, so I've added a little bit of extra explanation.
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diff --git a/profiles.tex b/profiles.tex index 05b09a4..28d6950 100644 --- a/profiles.tex +++ b/profiles.tex @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ bash syntax, is allowed as follows: \item Variables to the right of the equals sign in the form \t{\$\{foo\}} or \t{\$foo} are recognised and expanded from variables previously set in this or earlier \t{make.defaults} files. \item One logical line may be continued over multiple physical lines by escaping the newline with a - backslash. This is also permitted inside quoted strings. + backslash. A quoted string may also continue over multiple physical lines in this fashion, so that + the quoted string can begin, continue, and end on two or more separate lines. \item Backslashes, except for line continuations, are not allowed. \end{compactitem} |