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Add note on quoting to swaymsg manpage

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Campbell Vertesi 2020-07-13 16:47:20 +02:00 committed by Simon Ser
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@ -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.
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_
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.