translation: ESCAPE
The new escape character to be used.
To avoid interference with low level input processing,
the escape character may not be set to any of the
following symbols:
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Symbol Reserved as
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single quote ' Word delimiter
double quote " Word delimiter
reverse quote ` Character string
blank ( ) Word separator
comma , Word separator
equal sign = Word separator
ampersand & Section header
commercial at @ Algebra sub-header
percent sign % Dataset sub-header
question mark ? Help
exclamation mark ! Graphics sub-header
dollar sign $ Shell commands
number sign # Minimal abbreviations
asterisk * Comment lines
smaller < Input redirection
larger > Output redirection
round brackets () Formulae
square brackets [] Matrix indices
curly brackets {} Formula evaluation
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[The escape character is initially set to \.]
Keyword index.
Formatted on 10/11/98.