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diff --git a/runtime/doc/os_win32.txt b/runtime/doc/os_win32.txt index 3c7ca4e36a..5dc276c9df 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/os_win32.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/os_win32.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*os_win32.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2014 Sep 25 +*os_win32.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2016 Mar 05 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by George Reilly @@ -75,6 +75,31 @@ The directory of the Vim executable is appended to $PATH. This is mostly to make "!xxd" work, as it is in the Tools menu. And it also means that when executable() returns 1 the executable can actually be executed. +Quotes in file names *win32-quotes* + +Quotes inside a file name (or any other command line argument) can be escaped +with a backslash. E.g. > + vim -c "echo 'foo\"bar'" + +Alternatively use three quotes to get one: > + vim -c "echo 'foo"""bar'" + +The quotation rules are: + +1. A `"` starts quotation. +2. Another `"` or `""` ends quotation. If the quotation ends with `""`, a `"` + is produced at the end of the quoted string. + +Examples, with [] around an argument: + "foo" -> [foo] + "foo"" -> [foo"] + "foo"bar -> [foobar] + "foo" bar -> [foo], [bar] + "foo""bar -> [foo"bar] + "foo"" bar -> [foo"], [bar] + "foo"""bar" -> [foo"bar] + + ============================================================================== 3. Using the mouse *win32-mouse* |