[Doc-SIG] Not escaping the escape leaves no escape ;)

Tony J Ibbs (Tibs) tony@lsl.co.uk
Tue, 14 Aug 2001 11:10:46 +0100


Juergen Hermann wrote:
> OK, so how do I get a single backslash followed by an
> asterisk, in the output?!

Well, my first guess would be ``\\*`` - but let's see what David says it
*actually* is, to see how good my guessing is...

Tibs

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