Document Debconf's escape capability.

[debian/debian-policy.git] / debconf_spec / include / commands.xml

diff --git a/debconf_spec/include/commands.xml b/debconf_spec/include/commands.xml
index d5bad36e0c5fbc2bf10f5bf473e1740c169b4d5f..b8d30c27cadc339bbe461f255c56acc389a620fb 100644 (file)
--- a/debconf_spec/include/commands.xml
+++ b/debconf_spec/include/commands.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@
            Backing up to a previous step is supported.
          </entry>
         </row>
+       <row>
+         <entry>escape</entry>
+         <entry>
+           The frontend expects commands sent to it to have backslashes and
+           newlines quoted as <literal>\\</literal> and <literal>\n</literal>
+           respectively and will in turn quote backslashes and newlines in its
+           replies.  See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>debconf-escape</refentrytitle>
+           <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+         </entry>
+       </row>
        <row>
          <entry>multiselect</entry>
          <entry>