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diff --git a/doc/markdown.doc b/doc/markdown.doc index 5edbaf9..883e831 100644 --- a/doc/markdown.doc +++ b/doc/markdown.doc @@ -193,10 +193,12 @@ code spans appear inline in a paragraph. An example: Use the `printf()` function. -To show a literal backtick inside a code span use double backticks, i.e. +To show a literal backtick or single quote inside a code span use double backticks, i.e. To assign the output of command `ls` to `var` use ``var=`ls```. + To assign the text 'text' to `var` use ``var='text'``. + See section \ref mddox_code_spans for more info how doxygen handles code spans slightly different than standard Markdown. @@ -606,6 +608,9 @@ In other words; a single quote cancels the special treatment of a code span wrapped in a pair of backtick characters. This extra restriction was added for backward compatibility reasons. +In case you want to have single quotes inside a code span, don't use +one backtick but two backticks around the code span. + \subsection mddox_lists Lists Extensions With Markdown two lists separated by an empty line are joined together into |