[Doc-SIG] Field lists for directive attributes?

David Goodger goodger@users.sourceforge.net
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 20:57:52 -0500


Garth Kidd wrote:
> How does someone specify \n in a field?

::

    :name: field
           body

There's a newline between "field" and "body".

So let me anticipate the next question: "How does someone specify
*only* \n in a field?" Can't. Not without some directive/substitution
trickery, anyhow.

Hmm. Maybe this? ::

    :name: \

I don't know what the parser as written would do with it.

> <grins, ducks, runs>

You cheeky devil.

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