Specials are special sequences of characters that have a specific sematics in the target language. They are encoded with two character sequences, a start and a closing, and have contents between these two.
- See also
- Decorations: specials for line starts only
Specials valid for all languages
string literals that are mandatory for eĿlipsis
Special include paths for all languages
Pointing angle brackets (code points U2329 and U232A) are accepted as general syntax to determine include paths.
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"〈" | "〉" | string | |
C specials
C comments
Special include paths for C
In C, less and greater signs are accepted complementing pointing angle brackets to determine include paths.
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"<" | ">" | string | |
Character constants and wide strings
- See also
- c_directives
Html specials
Html constructs with different syntax elements
Html comments
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"<!--" | "-->" | comment | |
Directives in html
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"<!--#" | "-->" | directive | |
Markdown specials
Verbatim code inclusion
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"`" | "`" | code | |
- See also
- Markdown special that starts at the beginning of lines
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Html comments
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Directives in html
Decorations: specials for line starts only
A generic directive and comment starter
These two special directives on entire lines are recognized for all languages.
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"⎔" | "\n" | directive | U2394, Software-Function Symbol |
"⎔⎔" | "\n" | comment | two times U2394 |
C directives
Markdown special that starts at the beginning of lines
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"```" | "```" | codeblock | |