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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-01-14 01:58:42 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-01-14 01:58:42 +0000
commitecc9d846a4ae0df37f0d33bddc91056c691e4417 (patch)
treebcd43653eefe2acfa8b4317d6a60fae49c4782f7 /Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi
parent13e12240ca1e2232a10f302e2d030e8eeaa1354b (diff)
make --var-value do ~ expansion
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@6223 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi
index afadd5953d8..faf9b0d1850 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi
+++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/kpathsea.texi
@@ -1220,7 +1220,9 @@ lookup:
@item
@opindex --var-value=@var{variable}
-@samp{--var-value=@var{variable}} output the value of @var{variable}.
+@samp{--var-value=@var{variable}} outputs the value of @var{variable},
+expanding @samp{$} (@pxref{Variable expansion} and @samp{~} (@pxref{Tilde
+expansion}) constructs, but not performing other expansions.
@item
@opindex --expand-braces=@var{string}