From dd15a1b48ed55272e21d078fce0cbe8d03c4f5b0 2020-01-31 20:15:55 From: Matthias Bussonnier Date: 2020-01-31 20:15:55 Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #12106 from ras44/patch-1 Escape character now displays on readthedocs --- diff --git a/docs/source/interactive/reference.rst b/docs/source/interactive/reference.rst index 08ac186..ccd3773 100644 --- a/docs/source/interactive/reference.rst +++ b/docs/source/interactive/reference.rst @@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ prompt. What follows is a list of these. Caution for Windows users ------------------------- -Windows, unfortunately, uses the '\\' character as a path separator. This is a -terrible choice, because '\\' also represents the escape character in most +Windows, unfortunately, uses the ``\`` character as a path separator. This is a +terrible choice, because ``\`` also represents the escape character in most modern programming languages, including Python. For this reason, using '/' character is recommended if you have problems with ``\``. However, in Windows commands '/' flags options, so you can not use it for the root directory. This