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Date:      Thu, 31 May 2012 22:29:22 +0100
From:      Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org>
To:        d@delphij.net
Cc:        freebsd-rc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Script style: ` or $()?
Message-ID:  <CADLo83-FhG13uwspUd=JmjO%2BrY=D5rMW4F5hEbnmHqkjQaq40Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On 30 May 2012 22:44, Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Is there any rule of style for new code that ` or $() is preferred?
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Seems that either no preference or $() is the rule, but if you're
documenting a code example that is designed to be copy/pasted to a
shell then you should use `` -- otherwise you make life very difficult
for t?csh users.

Chris



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