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diff --git a/README b/README index 0c4929127..53e50c4f3 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ The `=prog' facility for expanding command paths (provided the EQUALS option is enabled, as it is by default) no longer expands aliases. It was felt this feature was underused and confusing. +In 4.0, a literal `/' was quoted in the `src' text of a substitution of the +form `${foo/src/rep}' or ${foo//src/rep} with two backslashes. This was +documented, but inconsistent with normal quoting conventions and poorly +implemented. The `/' now requires only one backslash to quote it whether +or not the expression occurs in double quotes. For example: + % foo=word/bird + % print ${foo/\//-} "${foo/\//+}" + word-bird word+bird + Documentation ------------- |