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Re: [PATCH] docs: Expand documentation of $histchars[1]. Joint with Matthew Martin.

On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 8:11 AM, Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  A history expansion begins with the first character of the tt(histchars)
>  parameter, which is `tt(!)' by default, and may occur anywhere on the
> +command line, including inside double quotes (but not inside single quotes
> +tt('...') or C-style quotes tt($'...')).  A literal `tt(!)' may be
> +obtained by escaping it with a backslash.

Minor quibble: You're referring to "the first character of the
tt(histchars)" everywhere except in that sentence about obtaining a
literal tt(!).
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