From 93b1edff9d3f853bb61104f5f497fe0b66b619a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: karl Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:12:04 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Note for editing constraints on one line. FIX #199 --- docs/usage.rst | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst index eb36decd..865ede80 100644 --- a/docs/usage.rst +++ b/docs/usage.rst @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Composing mode is entered by either starting ``jrnl`` without any arguments -- w jrnl today at 3am: I just met Steve Buscemi in a bar! He looked funny. +Note that a shell contains a certain number of reserved characters. Unbalanced quotes, paranthesis, etc will get into the way of your editing. If you need to edit a text which is a bit longer and is likely to contain the reserved characters, you are better to just type `jrnl`and `return`. Only then enter the text of your journal entry. Or you might want to use an external editor (see below). + You can also import an entry directly from a file:: jrnl < my_entry.txt