Talk:234: Escape Artist - Revision history

Danshoham at 02:25, 25 September 2015

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108.162.250.180 at 08:02, 22 September 2015

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Monolith at 06:53, 22 September 2015

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So, I'm curious, what is the escape character's other use that "will not be discussed in this explanation"? [[User:Monolith|Monolith]] ([[User talk:Monolith|talk]]) 06:51, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

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	They are also used to add special characters or certain instructions. For example, in LaTeX (a document typesetting system) I could type "\Omega" and in the final document the Greek letter omega will be in its place. I could also type "\newline" and the final document will have a line break at that point. In either case the backslash lets the compiler know that what follows is not to be treated as ordinary text. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.180\|108.162.250.180]] 08:02, 22 September 2015 (UTC)		They are also used to add special characters or certain instructions. For example, in LaTeX (a document typesetting system) I could type "\Omega" and in the final document the Greek letter omega will be in its place. I could also type "\newline" and the final document will have a line break at that point. In either case the backslash lets the compiler know that what follows is not to be treated as ordinary text. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.180\|108.162.250.180]] 08:02, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
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		+	The word "backslash" can also be meaningful in real-life escapes (assuming the escapist has a knife). [[User:Danshoham\|Mountain Hikes]] ([[User talk:Danshoham\|talk]]) 02:25, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

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	So, I'm curious, what is the escape character's other use that wasn't discussed in the comic? [[User:Monolith\|Monolith]] ([[User talk:Monolith\|talk]]) 06:51, 22 September 2015 (UTC)		So, I'm curious, what is the escape character's other use that wasn't discussed in the comic? [[User:Monolith\|Monolith]] ([[User talk:Monolith\|talk]]) 06:51, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
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		+	They are also used to add special characters or certain instructions. For example, in LaTeX (a document typesetting system) I could type "\Omega" and in the final document the Greek letter omega will be in its place. I could also type "\newline" and the final document will have a line break at that point. In either case the backslash lets the compiler know that what follows is not to be treated as ordinary text. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.180\|108.162.250.180]] 08:02, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

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−	So, I'm curious, what is the escape character's other use that ~~"will not be~~ discussed in ~~this explanation"~~? [[User:Monolith\|Monolith]] ([[User talk:Monolith\|talk]]) 06:51, 22 September 2015 (UTC)	+	So, I'm curious, what is the escape character's other use that wasn't discussed in the comic? [[User:Monolith\|Monolith]] ([[User talk:Monolith\|talk]]) 06:51, 22 September 2015 (UTC)