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Subject: Re: comments, newlines

I am in favour of John's view.  I always getting caught by special
characters ([=~#]) always being special and having to quote them which
makes commands look really ugly and less readable sometimes.  For
example, the 

    	What's wrong with
    		lpr -Gr2 -#3 foo.ps
    	? Why doesn't it print anything ? Do you really prefer
    		lpr -Gr2 -'#'3 foo.ps
    	? Is that better syntax ? Is it more readable ?
	
that Emin mentioned.

					Matty.