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diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index 47ee2612b..1154c4065 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -11565,13 +11565,24 @@ text... If {marker} is not supplied, then "." is used as the default marker. - Any white space characters in the lines of text are - preserved. If "trim" is specified before {marker}, - then all the leading indentation exactly matching the - leading indentation before `let` is stripped from the - input lines and the line containing {marker}. Note - that the difference between space and tab matters - here. + Without "trim" any white space characters in the lines + of text are preserved. If "trim" is specified before + {marker}, then indentation is stripped so you can do: > + let text =<< trim END + if ok + echo 'done' + endif + END +< Results in: ["if ok", " echo 'done'", "endif"] + The marker must line up with "let" and the indentation + of the first line is removed from all the text lines. + Specifically: all the leading indentation exactly + matching the leading indentation of the first + non-empty text line is stripped from the input lines. + All leading indentation exactly matching the leading + indentation before `let` is stripped from the line + containing {marker}. Note that the difference between + space and tab matters here. If {var-name} didn't exist yet, it is created. Cannot be followed by another command, but can be |