diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt index 37a51e8d1..38f93c7a6 100644 --- a/doc/configuration.txt +++ b/doc/configuration.txt @@ -586,19 +586,28 @@ As a result, here is the matrix indicating how special characters can be entered in different contexts (unprintable characters are replaced with their name within angle brackets). Note that some characters that may only be represented escaped have no possible representation inside single quotes, -hence the '-' there: +hence its absence there: Character | Unquoted | Weakly quoted | Strongly quoted -----------+---------------+-----------------------------+----------------- | \, \x09 | "", "\", "\x09" | '' - | \n, \x0a | "\n", "\x0a" | - - | \r, \x0d | "\r", "\x0d" | - + -----------+---------------+-----------------------------+----------------- + | \n, \x0a | "\n", "\x0a" | + -----------+---------------+-----------------------------+----------------- + | \r, \x0d | "\r", "\x0d" | + -----------+---------------+-----------------------------+----------------- | \, \x20 | "", "\", "\x20" | '' + -----------+---------------+-----------------------------+----------------- " | \", \x22 | "\"", "\x22" | '"' + -----------+---------------+-----------------------------+----------------- # | \#, \x23 | "#", "\#", "\x23" | '#' + -----------+---------------+-----------------------------+----------------- $ | $, \$, \x24 | "\$", "\x24" | '$' - ' | \', \x27 | "'", "\'", "\x27" | - + -----------+---------------+-----------------------------+----------------- + ' | \', \x27 | "'", "\'", "\x27" | + -----------+---------------+-----------------------------+----------------- \ | \\, \x5c | "\\", "\x5c" | '\' + -----------+---------------+-----------------------------+----------------- Example: # those are all strictly equivalent: