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@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
texinode(Prompt Expansion)(Expansion)(Conditional Expressions)(Top)
chapter(Prompt Expansion)
-ifzman(\
-sect(Prompt Expansion)
-)\
+sect(Expansion of Prompt Sequences)
cindex(prompt expansion)
cindex(expansion, prompt)
Prompt sequences undergo a special form of expansion. This type of expansion
@@ -31,9 +29,13 @@ represented as `tt(!!)'.
pindex(PROMPT_PERCENT, use of)
If the tt(PROMPT_PERCENT) option is set, certain escape sequences that
start with `tt(%)' are expanded.
-Some escapes take an optional integer argument, which
+Many escapes are followed by a single character, although some of these
+take an optional integer argument that
should appear between the `tt(%)' and the next character of the
-sequence. The following escape sequences are recognized:
+sequence. More complicated escape sequences are available to provide
+conditional expansion.
+
+sect(Simple Prompt Escapes)
subsect(Special characters)
startitem()
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ position. Brace pairs can nest.
)
enditem()
-subsect(Conditional substrings)
+sect(Conditional Substrings in Prompts)
startitem()
item(tt(%v))(
vindex(psvar, use of)