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Manual: Make '' a bit clearer

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Issue #162.
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Eelco Dolstra 2013-09-02 13:23:07 +02:00
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doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml
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@ -720,12 +720,12 @@ configureFlags = "
<para>Since <literal>${</literal> and <literal>''</literal> have
special meaning in indented strings, you need a way to quote them.
<literal>${</literal> can be escaped by prefixing it with
<literal>''</literal>, i.e., <literal>''${</literal>.
<literal>''</literal> can be escaped by prefixing it with
<literal>'</literal>, i.e., <literal>'''</literal>. Finally,
linefeed, carriage-return and tab characters can be written as
<literal>''\n</literal>, <literal>''\r</literal>,
<literal>''\t</literal>.</para>
<literal>''</literal> (that is, two single quotes), i.e.,
<literal>''${</literal>. <literal>''</literal> can be escaped by
prefixing it with <literal>'</literal>, i.e.,
<literal>'''</literal>. Finally, linefeed, carriage-return and
tab characters can be written as <literal>''\n</literal>,
<literal>''\r</literal>, <literal>''\t</literal>.</para>
<para>Indented strings are primarily useful in that they allow
multi-line string literals to follow the indentation of the