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Add explaination of backslash in typography

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Bruce Dubbs 2008-10-05 21:14:52 +00:00
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otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used in the explanation otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used in the explanation
sections to identify which of the commands is being referenced.</para> 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> <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 <para>This form of text (fixed-width text) shows screen output, probably as