Re: use "--" to mark start of command w/ neww etc to avoid quoting

[J Raynor]

I've attached a patch that just updates the man page.  If this patch
is acceptable, let me know if you would like this combined with the
patch for the code into a single patch.

On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 2:41 AM, Nicholas Marriott
<nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This looks good, it needs to go in the man page, but I'm not sure
> where... any ideas?

diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index c05eacf..d35f88c 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -482,12 +482,16 @@ It may be used alone to target a pane or the window 
containing it.
 arguments are
 .Xr sh 1
 commands.
-These must be passed as a single item, which typically means quoting them, for
+These may be passed as a single item, which typically means quoting them, for
 example:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 new-window 'vi /etc/passwd'
 .Ed
 .Pp
+If passed as a single item, the SHELL will receive them as a single argument,
+and will parse the command according to its rules.  If not passed as a single
+item, the command will be spawned directly, without the use of the SHELL.
+.Pp
 .Ar command
 .Op Ar arguments
 refers to a

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