From: Eric Covener
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:59:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: comment feedback -- flow is confusing
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comment feedback -- flow is confusing
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diff --git a/docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml b/docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml
index 3b1ff57d05..798bd00e93 100644
--- a/docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml
@@ -145,8 +145,18 @@ the expression.
CondPattern, back-references are internally created
which can be used with the strings $N
and
%N
(see below). These are available for creating
- the strings Substitution and TestString as
- outlined in the following chapters. Figure 1 shows to which
+ the Substitution parameter of a
+ RewriteRule or
+ the TestString parameter of a
+ RewriteCond.
+ Captures in the RewriteRule patterns are (counterintuitively) available to
+ all preceding
+ RewriteCond directives,
+ because the RewriteRule
+ expression is evaluated before the individual conditions.
+
+ Figure 1 shows to which
locations the back-references are transferred for expansion as
well as illustrating the flow of the RewriteRule, RewriteCond
matching. In the next chapters, we will be exploring how to use