From 6a5f3c39282f606217155459bb251adec003803e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wm4 Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 20:44:41 +0200 Subject: manpage: explain some property expansion restrictions (cherry picked from commit 0468a4ea47cb42de3406dc4e3737c8595cb556bc) --- DOCS/man/input.rst | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/DOCS/man/input.rst b/DOCS/man/input.rst index 068a54829b..efcd32437c 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/input.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/input.rst @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3