From: Ian Jackson Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:24:47 +0000 (+0000) Subject: README: v2: Introduce &:changequote X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5990a95ff2be5f807efaf0dd6c84d9f061f3c486;p=subdirmk.git README: v2: Introduce &:changequote Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- diff --git a/README b/README index bbec518..6706de4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -266,11 +266,11 @@ So pathname syntax is a subset of: &# delete everything to end of line (useful if the RHS contains unrecognised & constructions) -&!STUFF +&:changequote STUFF changes the escape sequence from & to literally STUFF STUFF may be any series of of non-whitespace characters, - and is terminated by EOL or lwsp. &!STUFF and the lwsp - are discarded. + and is terminated by EOL or lwsp. The whole line is + discarded. After this, write STUFF instead of &, everywhere. The effect is global and lasts until the next setting. @@ -278,9 +278,9 @@ So pathname syntax is a subset of: it back before using &:include. Notably - STUFFSTUFF => STUFFSTUFF - \STUFF => STUFF - STUFF!& set escape back to & + STUFFSTUFF => STUFFSTUFF + \STUFF => STUFF + STUFF:changequote & => set escape back to & &TARGETS_things Handled specially. If mentioned, declares that this