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authorwm4 <wm4@nowhere>2015-05-13 20:44:41 +0200
committerDiogo Franco (Kovensky) <diogomfranco@gmail.com>2015-05-15 19:15:43 +0900
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manpage: explain some property expansion restrictions
(cherry picked from commit 0468a4ea47cb42de3406dc4e3737c8595cb556bc)
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@@ -1805,7 +1805,10 @@ Property Expansion
------------------
All string arguments to input commands as well as certain options (like
-``--term-playing-msg``) are subject to property expansion.
+``--term-playing-msg``) are subject to property expansion. Note that property
+expansion does not work in places where e.g. numeric parameters are expected.
+(For example, the ``add`` command does not do property expansion. The ``set``
+command is an exception and not a general rule.)
.. admonition:: Example for input.conf