[magick-users] escape ....escapes me

[Anthony Thyssen]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:00:29 -0500
"Gabe Schaffer" <magick at gabe.com> wrote:

| On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Jim Shupert, Jr.
| <jshupert at theppsgroup.com> wrote:
| > and it does what I wish -- but - it is all one line. I want to have it (
| > the bat file ) be multiple lines with eascape char.
| >
| > like
| >  convert D:\ss\mich-b.jpg  -fill black -pointsize 24 -draw "text 120,460
| > 'File Name : FName'" \
| > -fill black -pointsize 24 -draw "text 120,490 'Title : TNamejjj'" \
| > D:\ss\mich-b-2.jpg
| >
| > something like that ... somehow i have that wrong ... what is the proper
| > means to use escape char
| 
| To split a command across multiple lines, use the ^ character at the
| end of each line.
| 
Thanks Gabe, I have added that info to the APIs and Scripting   section 
of IM Examples (appears in a day or so).
 http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/api/

  Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer )    <A.Thyssen at griffith.edu.au>
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