</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
- <para>Most of the fields support shell glob pattern matching. The following
- pattern characters are supported:</para>
+ <para>Most of the fields support shell glob pattern matching and
+ alternate patterns. The following special characters are supported:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>*</literal></term>
any characters not enclosed are matched.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>|</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Separates alternative patterns. For example, the pattern string
+ <literal>abc|x*</literal> would match either <literal>abc</literal>
+ or <literal>x*</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>The following keys can get values assigned:</para>