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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index dbe703553..405bf250c 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ the fully qualified variable name of the variable itself is the last dot-separated segment and the section name is everything before the last dot. The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Some -variables may appear multiple times. +variables may appear multiple times; we say then that the variable is +multivalued. Syntax ~~~~~~ @@ -56,9 +57,7 @@ header) are recognized as setting variables, in the form 'name = value'. If there is no equal sign on the line, the entire line is taken as 'name' and the variable is recognized as boolean "true". The variable names are case-insensitive, allow only alphanumeric characters -and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. There can be more -than one value for a given variable; we say then that the variable is -multivalued. +and `-`, and must start with an alphabetic character. Leading and trailing whitespace in a variable value is discarded. Internal whitespace within a variable value is retained verbatim. |