Merge pull request #2828 from a3a3el/bugfix/man-page-quoting-fixes/v1

man: fix some single-quoted strings
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Dirk-Jan C. Binnema
2025-05-04 16:23:53 +03:00
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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ See the *ANALYZING QUERIES* section for further details.
*NOTE:* if you use queries on the command-line (say, for *mu find*), you need to
quote any characters that would otherwise be interpreted by the shell, such as
'"', '*', '(' and ')'. The details are shell-specific. In case of doubt, the
`"', `*', `(' and `)'. The details are shell-specific. In case of doubt, the
*--analyze* option can be useful.
* TERMS
@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ $ mu find "hello*"
#+end_example
Quoting the "hello*" is recommended; some shells (but not all) would otherwise
expand the '*' to all files in the current directory.
expand the `*' to all files in the current directory.
* REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ whitespace, so the search for a message with subject "hello world", you can writ
#+begin_example
mu find 'subject:/hello\\040world/'
#+end_example
(with the \040 specifying a space in the regular expression, and and extra '\'
(with the \\040 specifying a space in the regular expression, and and extra `\\'
to escape it). In many cases,
#+begin_example
mu find 'subject:/hello.world/'