Editing Backslash (section)

===Text markup===

The backslash is used in the [[TeX]] [[typesetting]] system and in [[Rich Text Format|RTF]] files to begin markup tags.

In [[Unified Standard Format Markers|USFM]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://paratext.org/usfm|title=USFM – Unified Standard Format Markers|work=paratext.org|date=18 April 2017|access-date=30 June 2013|archive-date=13 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813060533/https://paratext.org/usfm/|url-status=live}}</ref> the backslash is used to mark format features for editing [[Bible translations]].

In [[caret notation]], {{code|^\}} represents the control character 0x1C, [[file separator]].<ref>{{cite web    |title=C0 control characters set, 1987    |url=http://wwwcdf.pd.infn.it/AppuntiLinux/a2138.htm#almlanchor1706    |website=pd.infn.it    |access-date=2021-03-14    |archive-date=2019-09-06    |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906020303/http://wwwcdf.pd.infn.it/AppuntiLinux/a2138.htm#almlanchor1706    |url-status=live    }}</ref> This is entirely a coincidence and has nothing to do with its use in file paths.