From 7e32b83d779fec08fa055ece6bd936f9efa929a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iarizc Leuname <Notase.Cretagen@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:49:56 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Manual: rephrase definition for indented strings
Closes #15076
---
nixos/doc/manual/configuration/config-file.xml | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/config-file.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/config-file.xml
index 9b240979273d..3d1cdaf4c4ab 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/config-file.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/config-file.xml
@@ -106,11 +106,15 @@ networking.extraHosts =
'';
</programlisting>
- The main difference is that preceding whitespace is
- automatically stripped from each line, and that characters like
+ The main difference is that it strips from each line
+ a number of spaces equal to the minimal indentation of
+ the string as a whole (disregarding the indentation of
+ empty lines), and that characters like
<literal>"</literal> and <literal>\</literal> are not special
(making it more convenient for including things like shell
- code).</para>
+ code).
+ See more info about this in the Nix manual <link
+ xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#ssec-values">here</link>.</para>
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