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Detail command quoting/escaping in man page
Add some text to the note about commands being executed in a shell explaining that they need to be quoted or escaped if they contain whitespace or special characters.
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session after <timeout> seconds. Adding an idlehint event will also cause
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swayidle to call SetIdleHint(false) when run, on resume, unlock, etc.
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All commands are executed in a shell.
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All commands are executed in a shell, and should be quoted or escaped appropriately if the command contains whitespace of other special shell characters.
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# SIGNALS
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