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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Andy Anderson <aanderson@amherst.edu>, pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Backslash Escape Sequences
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Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > OK, then, I hope the following is accurate enough SGML to be more
> > useful. Submitted here per the instructions on
> > <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/bug-reporting.html 
> 
> Good idea --- a table is certainly clearer.  I modified your patch and
> applied the attached version.  Thanks much.

Hmm, I think the \\ and \' stuff should be part of that table too -- the
\<replaceable>a</> as in the patch seemed fine.

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