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bug#8935: 24.0.50; `substitute-command-keys' doc
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Drew Adams |
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bug#8935: 24.0.50; `substitute-command-keys' doc |
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Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:23:08 -0700 |
> > This is wrong, because \ by itself has no special meaning,
> > so you don't need to precede it by \=.
>
> I see. I thought it worked the normal way, in that "\e" would be "e".
It does. That is correct.
Andreas was wrong in saying it is wrong.
What is true is that \ by itself (not followed by [, =, etc.) does not _NEED_ to
be escaped. But it is certainly true that \= escapes \, whether it needs to in
any given context (e.g. \[) or not (e.g. \ abc). If it escapes a \ that does
not need escaping, the effect is a no-op.
bug#8935: 24.0.50; `substitute-command-keys' doc, Stefan Monnier, 2011/07/18