diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/help/commands.asciidoc | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | qutebrowser/browser/commands.py | 5 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/help/commands.asciidoc b/doc/help/commands.asciidoc index bbe5a6f3d..80d2ca848 100644 --- a/doc/help/commands.asciidoc +++ b/doc/help/commands.asciidoc @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ possible to run or bind multiple commands by separating them with `;;`. |<<set,set>>|Set an option. |<<set-cmd-text,set-cmd-text>>|Preset the statusbar to some text. |<<set-mark,set-mark>>|Set a mark at the current scroll position in the current tab. -|<<spawn,spawn>>|Spawn a command in a shell. +|<<spawn,spawn>>|Spawn an external command. |<<stop,stop>>|Stop loading in the current/[count]th tab. |<<tab-clone,tab-clone>>|Duplicate the current tab. |<<tab-close,tab-close>>|Close the current/[count]th tab. @@ -1256,7 +1256,9 @@ Syntax: +:spawn [*--userscript*] [*--verbose*] [*--output*] [*--output-messages* [*--detach*] 'cmdline'+ -Spawn a command in a shell. +Spawn an external command. + +Note that the command is *not* run in a shell, so things like `$VAR` or `> output` won't have the desired effect. ==== positional arguments * +'cmdline'+: The commandline to execute. diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py index afa78df01..cf79672ca 100644 --- a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py +++ b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py @@ -1005,7 +1005,10 @@ class CommandDispatcher: @cmdutils.argument('output_messages', flag='m') def spawn(self, cmdline, userscript=False, verbose=False, output=False, output_messages=False, detach=False, count=None): - """Spawn a command in a shell. + """Spawn an external command. + + Note that the command is *not* run in a shell, so things like `$VAR` or + `> output` won't have the desired effect. Args: userscript: Run the command as a userscript. You can use an |