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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml | 12 |
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diff --git a/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml b/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml index 76007fe28feb..e155d0e367cd 100644 --- a/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml +++ b/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml @@ -720,12 +720,12 @@ 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>, i.e., <literal>''${</literal>. - <literal>''</literal> can be escaped by prefixing it with - <literal>'</literal>, i.e., <literal>'''</literal>. Finally, - linefeed, carriage-return and tab characters can be written as - <literal>''\n</literal>, <literal>''\r</literal>, - <literal>''\t</literal>.</para> + <literal>''</literal> (that is, two single quotes), i.e., + <literal>''${</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> <para>Indented strings are primarily useful in that they allow multi-line string literals to follow the indentation of the |