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fixes #7089

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Andreas Rumpf 2018-01-24 20:08:17 +01:00
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@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ contain the following `escape sequences`:idx:\ :
================== ===================================================
Escape sequence Meaning
================== ===================================================
``\n`` `newline`:idx:
``\p`` platform specific newline: CRLF on Windows,
LF on Unix
``\r``, ``\c`` `carriage return`:idx:
``\l`` `line feed`:idx:
``\n``, ``\l`` `line feed`:idx: (often called `newline`:idx:)
``\f`` `form feed`:idx:
``\t`` `tabulator`:idx:
``\v`` `vertical tabulator`:idx:
@ -261,7 +262,8 @@ Character literals
------------------
Character literals are enclosed in single quotes ``''`` and can contain the
same escape sequences as strings - with one exception: `newline`:idx: (``\n``)
same escape sequences as strings - with one exception: the platform
dependent `newline`:idx: (``\p``)
is not allowed as it may be wider than one character (often it is the pair
CR/LF for example). Here are the valid `escape sequences`:idx: for character
literals:
@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ literals:
Escape sequence Meaning
================== ===================================================
``\r``, ``\c`` `carriage return`:idx:
``\l`` `line feed`:idx:
``\n``, ``\l`` `line feed`:idx:
``\f`` `form feed`:idx:
``\t`` `tabulator`:idx:
``\v`` `vertical tabulator`:idx: