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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2008-10-05 21:14:52 +0000
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2008-10-05 21:14:52 +0000
commit941fe5c7634ecd8ac003e959283cac957b66abc2 (patch)
tree95b9882349190f9e6833e0a10104248c1360a7de
parenta9836bc786cb1b696d627dacc18b1ee17ecf2599 (diff)
Add explaination of backslash in typography
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8579 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/prologue/typography.xml b/prologue/typography.xml
index b4f4bf357..1492cd494 100644
--- a/prologue/typography.xml
+++ b/prologue/typography.xml
@@ -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