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Re: mutt/1561: parsing of end-of-line backslash in muttrc differs from common shells' behaviour



Synopsis: parsing of end-of-line backslash in muttrc differs from common 
shells' behaviour

State-Changed-From-To: open->chatting
State-Changed-By: rado
State-Changed-When: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:14:20 +0200
State-Changed-Why:
Questionable whether this is a bug or a feature
(although definitely not sufficiently documented!).



**** Comment added by rado on Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:14:20 +0200 ****
 It stands to be discussed whether this is a bug or a feature.

I don't know about the history of/ reasoning behind this, but being able to 
un-/comment a complex
multi-liner with a single # can be handy if you know that it works that way.

On the other hand, SHELLs' behaviour is known to many people and they might 
expect "conformity",
which could be avoided if difference were well documented.

As long as this isn't changed it should at least be prominently mentionend in 
the manual!