aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffhomepage
path: root/src/spawn.cpp
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'src/spawn.cpp')
-rw-r--r--src/spawn.cpp5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/spawn.cpp b/src/spawn.cpp
index 9ea3919..0722180 100644
--- a/src/spawn.cpp
+++ b/src/spawn.cpp
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ parse_shell_command_line(const gchar *cmdline, GError **error)
* \(lq0,128ED\(rq, and is recommended when writing cross-platform
* macros using the EC command.
*
+ * When using an UNIX-compatible shell or the UNIX98 shell emulation,
+ * you might want to use the \fB^E@\fP string-building character
+ * to pass Q-Register contents reliably as single arguments to
+ * the spawned process.
+ *
* The spawned process inherits both \*(ST's current working
* directory and its environment variables.
* More precisely, \*(ST uses its environment registers