Re: Why doesn't this quote properly?

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Akim Demaille wrote on Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 09:15:29AM CET:
> >>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>  > Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> writes:
>  >> Or, if we say that the shell code is ``simple enough'', they need not be
>  >> quoted at all.  (This is what I proposed in my original patch.)
> 
>  > Let's do it that way, then; it is pretty simple, after all, and the
>  > extra quoting distracts from the example.
> 
> IMHO it is simpler to always quote, and the documentation should have
> the reader learn that, so I wouldn't promote this.

Very much seconded.  I find it very much misleading that on the one hand
the manual talks about complicated quoting, and on the other hand shows
examples with merely the minimal quoting only.

New users tend to copy the examples and work from there.  I did that,
too, and it gets you burnt.

Regards,
Ralf