Re: Printing \\= in the docstring

[Heime]

On Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 at 11:10 AM, Stephen Berman 
<stephen.berman@gmx.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 22:43:26 +0000 Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com wrote:
> 
> > On Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 at 9:22 AM, Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > How can I print \\= in the docstring ?
> > 
> > When I try \\= the = does not display. Neither does \\\\= or \\\=
> 
> 
> To print the sequence "\\=" as a string but not as a doc string escape
> sequence, using "\\\\=" does work. But if you want to print it in the
> context of a doc string escape sequence, you have to double it, just
> like you have to double "\" in normal Lisp strings. For example, this
> in a doc string:
> 
> "\\\\=\\=\\=`\\\\(\\\\s-\\\\\\\\=\\\\=\\\\=\\\\[\\\\-\\\\]\\\\s-\\\\)\\\\(.*\\\\)
>  uses \\\\\\\\=" appears like this in a "*Help*" buffer: 
> \\\\=`\(\s-\\=\[\-\]\s-\)\(.*\) uses \\=
> 
> Steve Berman

If I use "\\\\=" the only thing that is displayed is "\" when using "C-h v 
myvar".