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| author | tjg <tjg> | 1999-05-12 15:39:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Toby Goodwin <toby@paccrat.org> | 2015-05-16 21:23:15 +0100 |
| commit | 4542440306ef58f1b2b766eefabb916d16810a05 (patch) | |
| tree | 9e644c81dcab07c79a017097466d8a661e3b70a4 | |
| parent | 679073500ff1077a61793ee8d890e08dbfdd9476 (diff) | |
Documentation: note that `$(a.b)' syntax only mostly works, and that
list definitions in exported functions are noisier than they need to
be.
| -rw-r--r-- | rc.1 | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ .if !"\\$4"" .Xf \\$2 \\$1 "\\$3\\f\\$1\\$4\\*(Xi" "\\$5" "\\$6" "\\$7" "\\$8" "\\$9" .if "\\$4"" \\$3\fR\s10 .. -.TH RC 1 "1999-02-15" +.TH RC 1 "1999-05-12" .SH NAME rc \- shell .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -1898,6 +1898,19 @@ The notation for flattening should allow for using an arbitrary separating character, not just space. .PP +It is usually possible to use parentheses to defeat +free caret insertion; that is, to use +.Cr $(x.y) +as a synonym for +.Cr $'x.y' . +However, the former syntax is not correctly handled in functions +exported to the environment: a function defined using this syntax will +not work properly in descendant +.I rc +processes. +.PP +List definitions in exported functions are "noisier" than they need to be. +.PP Bug reports should be mailed to .Cr "<tjg@star.le.ac.uk>" . .SH INCOMPATIBILITIES |