From cce755e5da94800fd9dac044acb5e630f423e7bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Beckingham Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:46:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation Update - clarification - Added note about the lack of a need to escape shell metacharacters when they are used in a custom report filter (thanks to Bruce Dillahunty). - Corrected wrong header tag. --- html/shell.html | 11 +++++++---- html/task.html | 2 +- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/html/shell.html b/html/shell.html index 2545e5650..f52ffb118 100644 --- a/html/shell.html +++ b/html/shell.html @@ -69,10 +69,13 @@
% task add "Buy bread & milk"

- Task itself interprets the commands, and it too can make mistakes. - For example, any colon : character will be interpreted by task as a - delimiter between an attribute name and its value. Currently there - is no workaround for this. + Note that if an & character (or any other character that needs + to be escaped for the shell) appears in the + filter of a + custom report + then it does not need to be escaped, as it never gets processed + by the shell. In other words, shell escapes need only be used + when typing task commands at a prompt.

diff --git a/html/task.html b/html/task.html index bb375ebf7..9daa3d759 100644 --- a/html/task.html +++ b/html/task.html @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ -

New in version 1.8.0 (?)

+

New in version 1.8.0 (?)