Re: Should Use Straight Single Quote instead of Curved

[G. Branden Robinson]

At 2023-05-06T08:06:40+0000, Shynur Xie wrote:
> Should Use Straight Single Quote instead of Curved
> 
> View this page
> <www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/ANSI_002dC-Quoting.html>
> in browser:
> 
> > Character sequences of the form $’string’ are treated as a special
> > kind of single quotes.
> 
> should be
> 
> > Character sequences of the form $'string' are treated as a special
> > kind of single quotes.

Here's a patch.

diff --git a/doc/bashref.texi b/doc/bashref.texi
index 3263a73c..74548126 100644
--- a/doc/bashref.texi
+++ b/doc/bashref.texi
@@ -475,8 +475,8 @@ @node Top
 @subsubsection ANSI-C Quoting
 @cindex quoting, ANSI

-Character sequences of the form $'@var{string}' are treated as a special
-kind of single quotes.
+Character sequences of the form @code{$'@var{string}'} are treated as a
+special kind of single quotes.
 The sequence expands to @var{string}, with backslash-escaped characters
 in @var{string} replaced as specified by the ANSI C standard.
 Backslash escape sequences, if present, are decoded as follows:

Regards,
Branden

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