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Re: [PATCH] zformat: replace -qn by spec quoting indicator syntax



On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM dana <dana@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> instead of index-based quoting with -qn, allow each spec to explicitly
> indicate its quoting behaviour with the syntax %d: (quoted) and %%d:
> (unquoted). this is similar to how you can toggle the effect of certain
> options in parameter expansion (e.g. ^ and ^^).

Do we really never need "%%" to mean a literal "%" ?

Maybe something like %.d or %*d ?




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