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Clarify indented string escaping rules

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Orivej Desh 2017-10-26 18:50:59 +00:00
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doc/manual/expressions/language-values.xml
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@ -98,13 +98,17 @@ configureFlags = "
<para>Since <literal>${</literal> and <literal>''</literal> have
special meaning in indented strings, you need a way to quote them.
<literal>${</literal> can be escaped by prefixing it with
<literal>$</literal> can be escaped by prefixing it with
<literal>''</literal> (that is, two single quotes), i.e.,
<literal>''${</literal>. <literal>''</literal> can be escaped by
<literal>''$</literal>. <literal>''</literal> can be escaped by
prefixing it with <literal>'</literal>, i.e.,
<literal>'''</literal>. Finally, linefeed, carriage-return and
tab characters can be written as <literal>''\n</literal>,
<literal>''\r</literal>, <literal>''\t</literal>.</para>
<literal>'''</literal>. <literal>$</literal> removes any special meaning
from the following <literal>$</literal>. Linefeed, carriage-return and tab
characters can be written as <literal>''\n</literal>,
<literal>''\r</literal>, <literal>''\t</literal>, and <literal>''\</literal>
escapes any other character.
</para>
<para>Indented strings are primarily useful in that they allow
multi-line string literals to follow the indentation of the