[svnbook commit] r1831 - trunk/src/en/book
sussman
svnbook-dev at red-bean.com
Thu Nov 17 21:59:41 CST 2005
Author: sussman
Date: Thu Nov 17 21:59:39 2005
New Revision: 1831
Modified:
trunk/src/en/book/ch07.xml
Log:
Explain property-name restrictions. Patch from Jim Blandy <jimb at red-bean.com>.
* src/en/book/ch07.xml
(Manipulating Properties): describe characters allowed in a property name.
Modified: trunk/src/en/book/ch07.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/src/en/book/ch07.xml (original)
+++ trunk/src/en/book/ch07.xml Thu Nov 17 21:59:39 2005
@@ -791,6 +791,18 @@
$
</screen>
+ <para>There are some restrictions on the names you can use for
+ properties. A property name must start with a letter, a colon
+ (<literal>:</literal>), or an underscore
+ (<literal>_</literal>); after that, you can also use digits,
+ hyphens (<literal>-</literal>), and periods
+ (<literal>.</literal>).
+ <footnote>
+ <para>If you're familiar with XML, this is pretty much the
+ ASCII subset of the syntax for XML "Name".</para>
+ </footnote>
+ </para>
+
<para>In addition to the <command>propset</command> command, the
<command>svn</command> program supplies the
<command>propedit</command> command. This command uses the
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