[exim-cvs] Docs: clarify quoting for $pipe_addresses

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Subject: [exim-cvs] Docs: clarify quoting for $pipe_addresses
Gitweb: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff/3f9700ab53b9f4fa4a2667957afb249f5639da9d
Commit:     3f9700ab53b9f4fa4a2667957afb249f5639da9d
Parent:     77b0ec2d0a1f29612f5af6843a92856a45dbaf98
Author:     Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
AuthorDate: Tue Jan 29 15:27:26 2019 +0000
Committer:  Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
CommitDate: Tue Jan 29 15:27:26 2019 +0000


    Docs: clarify quoting for $pipe_addresses


    The texinfo output version has single-quotes round a variable,
    so the sentence saying "precisely the text" was difficult to
    interpret.
---
 doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)


diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index c53a392..4d4bab7 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -23581,7 +23581,8 @@ command = /bin/sh -c ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{/some/file}}
.cindex "filter" "transport filter"
.vindex "&$pipe_addresses$&"
Special handling takes place when an argument consists of precisely the text
-&`$pipe_addresses`&. This is not a general expansion variable; the only
+&`$pipe_addresses`& (no quotes).
+This is not a general expansion variable; the only
place this string is recognized is when it appears as an argument for a pipe or
transport filter command. It causes each address that is being handled to be
inserted in the argument list at that point &'as a separate argument'&. This