docs: Further corresponding new syntax

[subdirmk.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 96664ecac434164de67224dc2ac0a34e97fd7ee5..7fdeef52438817155503ce55cf72122e9e2b2050 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -195,23 +195,13 @@ empty string).
 &/             =>      sub/dir/                        or nothing
 &=/            =>      sub/dir                         or .
 
-&,lc           =>      $(top_srcdir)/sub/dir/lc
-&,/            =>      $(top_srcdir)/sub/dir/
+&,lc   => $(top_srcdir)/sub/dir/lc       &,/   => $(top_srcdir)/sub/dir/
+&;lc   => $(top_srcdir)/lc               &;/   => $(top_srcdir)/
 
-&;lc           =>      $(top_srcdir)/sub/dir/lc
-&;/            =>      $(top_srcdir)/sub/dir/
-
-&@lc           =>      $(PWD)/sub/dir/lc
-&@/            =>      $(PWD)/sub/dir/
-
-&.lc           =>      $(PWD)/lc
-&./            =>      $(PWD)/
-
-&@,lc          =>      $(abs_top_srcdir)/sub/dir/lc
-&@,/           =>      $(abs_top_srcdir)/sub/dir/
-
-&@;lc          =>      $(abs_top_srcdir)/sub/dir/lc
-&@;/           =>      $(abs_top_srcdir)/sub/dir/
+&@lc   => $(PWD)/sub/dir/lc              &@/   => $(PWD)/sub/dir/
+&.lc   => $(PWD)/lc                      &./   => $(PWD)/
+&@,lc  => $(abs_top_srcdir)/sub/dir/lc   &@,/  => $(abs_top_srcdir)/sub/dir/
+&@;lc  => $(abs_top_srcdir)/lc           &@;/  => $(abs_top_srcdir)/
 
 In general:
     =  return subdir without delimiter (not allowed with `,' `;' `@')
@@ -231,13 +221,13 @@ So pathname syntax is a subset of:
 &&             =>      &&              for convenience in shell runes
 \&             =>      &               general escaping mechanism
 
-& thing thing... &
-&. thing thing... &     &@. thing thing... &
+& thing thing... &     &@ thing thing... &
+                       &. thing thing... &
 &, thing thing... &     &@, thing thing... &
 &; thing thing... &     &@; thing thing... &
        Convenience syntax for prefixing multiple filenames.
        Introduced by & followed by lwsp where lc could go.
-       Each lwsp-separated non-ws word is prefixed by &/ &./ &@./
+       Each lwsp-separated non-ws word is prefixed by &/ etc.
         etc. respectively.  No other & escapes are recognised.
        This processing continues until & preceded by lwsp,
        or until EOL (the end of the line), or \ then EOL.