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| author | lePerdu <zdpeltzer@gmail.com> | 2019-01-30 16:17:45 -0500 |
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| committer | lePerdu <zdpeltzer@gmail.com> | 2019-01-30 16:17:45 -0500 |
| commit | a7320a01aace280117d81a52dab2fa4162ef2d24 (patch) | |
| tree | 07e287946aee76d2ff7b1ec934ccae86fd51a554 | |
| parent | 5a4ba0b35ff80a8de44adda4f7c7235b93b852d4 (diff) | |
Specify only lists can expand to multiple args
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pages/expansions.asciidoc | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pages/expansions.asciidoc b/doc/pages/expansions.asciidoc index 56bda28a..5907911d 100644 --- a/doc/pages/expansions.asciidoc +++ b/doc/pages/expansions.asciidoc @@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ Like "variable expansion" and "command substitution" in shell programming, Kakoune expansions can expand to multiple "words" - that is, separate arguments on the resulting command-line. However, unlike shell programming, Kakoune expansions cannot _accidentally_ expand to multiple words, even if -the expansion contains whitespace or other special characters. While in -shell-programming it's good practice to always wrap expansions in -double-quotes, in Kakoune it's perfectly safe to leave expansions unquoted. +the expansion contains whitespace or other special characters: only list types +can expand to multiple arguments. While in shell-programming it's good practice +to always wrap expansions in double-quotes, in Kakoune it's perfectly safe to +leave expansions unquoted. == Argument expansions |