APPROVE COMMIT NOTE: This patch has been committed. man/ChangeLog addition: 2007-11-14 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea(a)parhasard.net&gt; * lispref/objects.texi (String Type): Describe how one can include a trailing backslash in a raw string, by means of the Unicode escape syntax. XEmacs Trunk source patch: Diff command: cvs -q diff -Nu Files affected: man/lispref/objects.texi =================================================================== RCS Index: man/lispref/objects.texi =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/man/lispref/objects.texi,v retrieving revision 1.9 diff -u -u -r1.9 objects.texi --- man/lispref/objects.texi 2006/08/04 22:55:10 1.9 +++ man/lispref/objects.texi 2007/11/14 18:17:54 ＠＠ -1084,10 +1084,13 ＠＠ a string, each character following a backslash is included literally in the string, and all backslashes are left in the string. This means that ＠code{#r"\""} is a valid string literal with two characters, a backslash and a -double-quote. It also means that a string with this syntax ＠emph{cannot end -in a single backslash}. As with Python, from where this syntax was +double-quote. It also means that a string with this syntax cannot end +in a single backslash. As with Python, from where this syntax was taken, you can specify ＠code{u} or ＠code{U} after the ＠code{#r} to -specify that interpretation of Unicode escapes should be done. +specify that interpretation of Unicode escapes should be +done---＠pxref{Character Type}---and if you use ＠code{#ru} for your raw +strings, the restriction on the trailing backslash can be worked around +like so: ＠code{#ru"Backslash: \u005C"}. The newline character is not special in the read syntax for strings; if you write a new line between the double-quotes, it becomes a -- On the quay of the little Black Sea port, where the rescued pair came once more into contact with civilization, Dobrinton was bitten by a dog which was assumed to be mad, though it may only have been indiscriminating. (Saki) _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Patches mailing list XEmacs-Patches(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-patches