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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions Help/markdown/NLP_PP_Stuff/Pass_Files.md
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Expand Up @@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ Optionally, each element can be followed by a list of key=values *pairs* enclose
| **"XXX"** | Strings get double quoted. Everything within string taken literally (except backslashed characters). |
| **\X** | Backslash any nonalphanumeric char you want taken literally. |
| **\\** | Literal backslash character. |
| **“ ” « » ¿ ¡ —** | Non-ASCII punctuation is literal as written, with or without a backslash: `_quote <- “ _xWILD [fail=(”)] ” @@`. Only ASCII punctuation has a role in rule syntax and needs the backslash. **NEW 4.2.7** -- before this, any non-ASCII punctuation in a rule file was a syntax error. |
| **\** | At end of line, escapes end of line to NOTHING. [Unimplemented] |
| **\X** | where X=abnrftv special escapes in C/C++. |
| **@AAA** | Reserved start-of-region markers in the pass file (e.g., @RULES). |
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| **"XXX"** | Strings get double quoted. Everything within string taken literally (except backslashed characters). |
| **\X** | Backslash any nonalphanumeric char you want taken literally. If X = one of a b n r f t v, these are special escapes analogous to C/C++. |
| **\\** | Literal backslash character. |
| **“ ” « » ¿ ¡ —** | Non-ASCII punctuation is literal as written, with or without a backslash: `_quote <- “ _xWILD [fail=(”)] ” @@`. Only ASCII punctuation has a role in rule syntax and needs the backslash. **NEW 4.2.7** -- before this, any non-ASCII punctuation in a rule file was a syntax error. |

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