Author: bdubbs Date: 2008-10-05 15:14:52 -0600 (Sun, 05 Oct 2008) New Revision: 8579
Modified: trunk/BOOK/prologue/typography.xml Log: Add explaination of backslash in typography Modified: trunk/BOOK/prologue/typography.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/prologue/typography.xml 2008-10-05 21:06:25 UTC (rev 8578) +++ trunk/BOOK/prologue/typography.xml 2008-10-05 21:14:52 UTC (rev 8579) @@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used in the explanation sections to identify which of the commands is being referenced.</para> + <para>In some cases, a logical line is extended to two or more physical lines + with a backslash at the end of the line.</para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>CC="gcc -B/usr/bin/" ../binutils-2.18/configure \ + --prefix=/tools --disable-nls --disable-werror</userinput></screen> + + <para>Note that the backslash must be followed by an immediate return. Other + whitespace charaters like spaces or tab characters will create incorrect + results.</para> + + + + <screen><computeroutput>install-info: unknown option '--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</computeroutput></screen> <para>This form of text (fixed-width text) shows screen output, probably as -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
