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authorBrian Ashworth <bosrsf04@gmail.com>2018-09-27 20:44:36 -0400
committerBrian Ashworth <bosrsf04@gmail.com>2018-09-28 13:30:54 -0400
commitcc6544c538c5f493cc4cbff4364db79205f210c3 (patch)
tree566439d0979fdd3e688d11656fb1eef66acdb000
parentca7084cb52bd5a27a847e43320490b7a5ee5ef73 (diff)
downloadsway-cc6544c538c5f493cc4cbff4364db79205f210c3.tar.xz
sway.5: update set command information
-rw-r--r--sway/sway.5.scd12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sway/sway.5.scd b/sway/sway.5.scd
index 927bf55c..5ed20609 100644
--- a/sway/sway.5.scd
+++ b/sway/sway.5.scd
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ The following commands may only be used in the configuration file.
*wordexp*(3) for details). The same include file can only be included once;
subsequent attempts will be ignored.
-*set* $<name> <value>
- Sets variable $_name_ to _value_. You can use the new variable in the
- arguments of future commands.
-
*swaybg\_command* <command>
Executes custom background _command_. Default is _swaybg_. Refer to
*output* below for more information.
@@ -536,6 +532,14 @@ You can get a list of output names with *swaymsg -t get\_outputs*. You may also
match any output by using the output name "\*". Be sure to add this output
config after the others, or it will be matched instead of the others.
+*set* $<name> <value>
+ Sets variable $_name_ to _value_. You can use the new variable in the
+ arguments of future commands. When the variable is used, it can be escaped
+ with an additional $ (ie $$_name_) to have the replacement happen at run
+ time instead of when reading the config. However, it does not always make
+ sense for the variable to be replaced at run time since some arguments do
+ need to be known at config time.
+
*show\_marks* yes|no
If *show\_marks* is yes, marks will be displayed in the window borders.
Any mark that starts with an underscore will not be drawn even if