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| author | Furkan Sahin <furkan-dev@proton.me> | 2020-07-13 16:47:20 +0200 |
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| committer | Furkan Sahin <furkan-dev@proton.me> | 2020-07-13 16:47:20 +0200 |
| commit | 0bf1ab1d3ea644b1802a1140057d8f5265fd7742 (patch) | |
| tree | 3c6e165985599b3d623522c33a208fcb1ce722ed | |
| parent | bd9b4d0e9fa9d88a9e39afabddb857b7d1e39c0c (diff) | |
Add note on quoting to swaymsg manpage
(cherry picked from commit acbe9028157c67eb3937299ff86e5ee26816a408)
| -rw-r--r-- | swaymsg/swaymsg.1.scd | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.scd b/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.scd index b8a38b54..4228a0f0 100644 --- a/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.scd +++ b/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.scd @@ -44,12 +44,18 @@ _swaymsg_ [options...] [message] The message is a sway command (the same commands you can bind to keybindings in your sway config file). It will be executed immediately. - See **sway**(5) for a list of commands. - - Tip: If you are proving a command that contains a leading hyphen (_-_), - insert two hyphens (_--_) before the command to signal to swaymsg not to - parse anything beyond that point as an option. For example, use - _swaymsg -- mark --add test_ instead of _swaymsg mark --add test_ + See *sway*(5) for a list of commands. + + Tips: + - Command expansion is performed twice: once by swaymsg, and again by sway. + If you have quoted multi-word strings in your command, enclose the entire + command in single-quotes. For example, use + _swaymsg 'output "Foobar Display" enable'_ instead of + _swaymsg output "Foobar Display" enable_. + - If you are proving a command that contains a leading hyphen (_-_), insert + two hyphens (_--_) before the command to signal to swaymsg not to parse + anything beyond that point as an option. For example, use + _swaymsg -- mark --add test_ instead of _swaymsg mark --add test_. *get\_workspaces* Gets a JSON-encoded list of workspaces and their status. |
