Re: What is/are the difference(s) in meaning and use of ' and " in vim?

On 09/04/11 05:50, Rostyslaw Lewyckyj wrote:
> KF wrote:
>> ' is a normal command to jump to a mark where it was mark with m
>> command.
>> " is register selection for copying/moving/yanking text.
>>
>> :help '
>> :help m
>> :help "
>>
>> HTH.
>> KF
>>
> I suppose I should have asked
> What is the difference between ' and ''
> when used as a delimiter?
> 'xxx' vs "xxx"
>
> But you have pointed up another set of overloading
> on the meanings/uses of these characters.
>

:help expr-string
:help literal-string

Between double quotes, but not between single quotes, a backslash
followed by some letters has special meaning. Between single quotes, a
single quote is doubled(1), everything else is taken at face value.

(1) i.e., to represent the value
&é"'(§è
followed on the same line by a carriage return
use
"&é\"'(§è\r"
with double quotes, or
'&é"''(§è^M'
with single quotes (where ^M is one character, entered by Ctrl-V Enter)

HTH,
Tony.
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