Definitions
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- noun computing The symbol
` . - verb computing, transitive To
enclose (text) in backquotes.
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Examples
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You can use ctrl - ` (that's backquote, as in the same key as ~ is on in a US layout) and ctrl-shift - ` to cycle forwards and backwards through tab groups. voracity
Planet Mozilla 2010
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Changed the entrybar 'leader' key from a backquote to F5 to avoid conflicts for those who need the backquote to enter special characters.
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So, see the docs on (wcmatch), which explains that the backquote ` character causes the character that follows it to not be treated as having special meaning
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` pkg-config -- cflags -- libs gtk+-2. 0 ` to the command line (note these are backquote ` characters and not single quotes ')
Ubuntu Forums tjw09003 2010
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