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| author | Evan Martin <martine@danga.com> | 2012-04-27 20:16:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | Evan Martin <martine@danga.com> | 2012-05-02 03:37:24 (GMT) |
| commit | cca1a4b07b393e76d3280b4dedb1cde044f3d567 (patch) | |
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| parent | 10c47ef3bef009b3a36cb557cc9dcd4b48e967b7 (diff) | |
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add $: to docs
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diff --git a/doc/manual.asciidoc b/doc/manual.asciidoc index fcabdc9..f6c1dda 100644 --- a/doc/manual.asciidoc +++ b/doc/manual.asciidoc @@ -521,7 +521,11 @@ across a line break). `${varname}`:: alternate syntax for `$varname`. -`$` followed by space:: a space. +`$` followed by space:: a space. (This is only necessary in lists of +paths, where a space would otherwise separate filenames. See below.) + +`$:` :: a colon. (This is only necessary in `build` lines, where a colon +would otherwise terminate the list of inputs.) `$$`:: a literal `$`. |