Add highlighting, missing hyphens, and version string prefix

John Gardner
2021-12-22 16:59:19 +11:00
parent 42d6b1986b
commit 9cf4fd70ab

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
## This backslash+linefeed is literal. Break outside single quotes if you just want to break the line. ## This backslash+linefeed is literal. Break outside single quotes if you just want to break the line.
(This warning was retired after 0.7.2 due to low signal-to-noise ratio) (This warning was retired after v0.7.2 due to low signal-to-noise ratio)
### Problematic code: ### Problematic code:
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ var='This is a long '\
``` ```
### Rationale: ### Rationale:
You have a single quoted string containing a backslash followed by a linefeed (newline). Unlike double quotes or unquoted strings, this has no special meaning. The string will contain a literal backslash and a linefeed. You have a single-quoted string containing a backslash followed by a linefeed (newline). Unlike double-quotes or unquoted strings, this has no special meaning. The string will contain a literal backslash and a linefeed.
If you wanted to break the line but not add a linefeed to the string, stop the single quote, break the line, and reopen it. This is demonstrated in the correct code. If you wanted to break the line but not add a linefeed to the string, stop the single quote, break the line, and reopen it. This is demonstrated in the correct code.
If you wanted to break the line and also include the linefeed as a literal, you don't need a backslash: If you wanted to break the line and also include the linefeed as a literal, you don't need a backslash:
``` ```sh
var='This is a multi-line string var='This is a multi-line string
with an embedded linefeed' with an embedded linefeed'
``` ```