On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 09:22:24PM +0200, Eric Smith wrote:
> According to Sven Guckes on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 07:58:28PM +0200:
> > * Eric Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-06-23 15:36]:
> > > How do I quote within a quote more than once?
> > >
> > > A specific example is that I want my default setting for $editor
> > > to be: set editor=" vim -c '/^$/+1' -c 'se tw=65' "
> >
> > set editor="vim -u setupfile"
> >
> good idea (but still wondering how one would nest commands
> with only `'' amd `"' as quote chars - a problem not unique to
> mutt I know.
By trial and error I've found two sequences of quote characters that
create a third level of nesting.
1. ' " \"
2. ' " '\''
I always use single-quotes (') at the outermost level, then
double-quotes (") for the next level, then a backslash-quoted
double-quote if I need a double quote, or a triplet of single-quote,
backslash-quoted single-quote, single-quote if I need a single-quote.
HTH,
Gary
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