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authorEvan Martin <martine@danga.com>2011-05-22 17:15:11 (GMT)
committerEvan Martin <martine@danga.com>2011-05-27 02:35:39 (GMT)
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switch to $ as the line continuation char
This means that backslashes are passed through without interpretation, allowing us to support Windows paths without worrying about escaping.
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@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ A file is a series of declarations. A declaration can be one of:
Comments begin with `#` and extend to the end of the line.
-Newlines are significant, but they can be escaped by putting a `\`
+Newlines are significant, but they can be escaped by putting a `$`
before them.
Other whitespace is only significant if it's at the beginning of a