Re: Dodekalogue comment

Hi Gerry,
I think you got a point here. While terseness is appropriate here, I
think that adding a couple of words won't hurt.
>The dodekalogue states:
>
>If the first character of a word is double quote (``"'') then
> the word is terminated by the next double quote character....
> Command substitution, variable substitution, and backslash
> substitution are performed on the characters between the
> quotes as described below.
>
>Would it be more accurate for the first sentence to end with
>?the next double quote character seen by the parser at the
>same recursion level? or something similar?
I think that "same recursion level" is too technical here. How about
---
If the first character of a word is double quote (``"'') then
the word is terminated by the next double quote character
found outside any command invocation.
Command substitution, variable substitution, and backslash
substitution are performed on the characters between the
quotes as described below.
Just my 0.02
Helmut Giese
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