Re: [mi, doc] mention escape sequences

[Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com>]

On Wednesday 11 June 2008 23:06:22 Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com>
> > Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:07:25 +0400
> > 
> > Note that parse_escape function supports more than C language escape
> > sequences, it seems, but given that the function has no comments on
> > those sequences, and given that manual does not say anything about
> > that either, I don't feel like reverse-engineering the code to
> > document the exact rules. "As in C" as sufficient, I think, for MI
> > manual.
> 
> Maybe not all exact rules, but a single example would be good, I
> think.  After all ``escape sequences'' is a heavily overloaded term,
> even with the "C" qualifier, and without an example, the reader might
> be left in doubt.

Okay, which texinfo markup should I wrap "\r" in?

> 
> > Escape sequences are not allowed in @var{non-blank-sequence}.
> 
> How do you mean ``not allowed''?  Perhaps you mean ``not
> interpreted'', i.e. output verbatim?

Right; I'll adjust the text accordingly.

- Volodya