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| author | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2016-08-14 15:11:04 +0100 |
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| committer | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2016-08-14 15:11:04 +0100 |
| commit | 3367f8c2e08bf998efc84050e39d5a9fbdffb5dd (patch) | |
| tree | 03f0de306aac8c835b7324678e7610be60ce0588 /doc | |
| parent | 5bde3efabfec675b323501cae5e3a99784afcc31 (diff) | |
Expansions: new ${escape8bit:<string>} operator. Bug 1863
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/NewStuff | 2 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 7b5e3ccd5..3ab63e5ec 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -10158,6 +10158,15 @@ escape sequences starting with a backslash. Whether characters with the most significant bit set (so-called &"8-bit characters"&) count as printing or not is controlled by the &%print_topbitchars%& option. +.new +.vitem &*${escape8bit:*&<&'string'&>&*}*& +.cindex "expansion" "escaping 8-bit characters" +.cindex "&%escape8bit%& expansion item" +If the string contains and characters with the most significant bit set, +they are converted to escape sequences starting with a backslash. +Backslashes and DEL characters are also converted. +.wen + .vitem &*${eval:*&<&'string'&>&*}*&&~and&~&*${eval10:*&<&'string'&>&*}*& .cindex "expansion" "expression evaluation" diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index cf1cf6d56..219c3c3fb 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Version 4.88 8. LMDB lookup support, as Experimental. Patch supplied by Andrew Colin Kissa. + 9. Expansion operator escape8bit, like escape but not touching newline etc.. + Version 4.87 ------------ |