diff --git a/twander.1 b/twander.1 index 0eb79bf..0be181a 100644 --- a/twander.1 +++ b/twander.1 @@ -3057,9 +3057,19 @@ Notice that Execution Variables are delimited by backticks, not single-quotes. .IP \(bu 4 -If you have something like \fC[\`program\`]\fP in a Command Definition, -it will be replaced with any text that "program" produces as it runs. -That text will have any trailing newline stripped. +If you have something like \fC[\`program\`]\fP in a Command +Definition, it will be replaced with any text that "program" produces +as it runs. That text will have any trailing newline stripped. +Notice that this is different that most \fCtwander\fP variables that +are evaluated once when the configuration file is first read in. + +This is true wherever the execution variable appears - either as the +right-hand-side of a variable statement or explicitly inline within a +command definition. You can confirm this by looking at the +\fCUser-Defined Variables\fP and \fCCommand Definitions\fP help menus. +Anything referencing an execution variable will show the command to be +executed when the variable is actually referenced at command +invocation time. .IP \(bu 4 Suppose you want to populate an Execution Variable with a program that @@ -4819,4 +4829,4 @@ .ft \" revert .SH DOCUMENT REVISION INFORMATION -$Id: twander.1,v 1.131 2006/12/14 08:24:28 tundra Exp $ \ No newline at end of file +$Id: twander.1,v 1.132 2006/12/14 08:47:30 tundra Exp $ \ No newline at end of file