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diff --git a/man/man1/fzf.1 b/man/man1/fzf.1 index 0cf9f242..0802127e 100644 --- a/man/man1/fzf.1 +++ b/man/man1/fzf.1 @@ -1938,6 +1938,17 @@ e.g. echo "change\-header:Invalid selection"' \fR +A common mistake when writing a \fBtransform\fR action is not escaping +placeholder expressions when passing them back to fzf. In the following +example, if you don't escape \fB{}\fR, fzf will immediately replace it with the +single-quoted string of the current item. This causes single quotes to appear +in the header and footer, and the script will break if any item contains +double-quote characters. + + \fBfzf \-\-bind 'focus:transform:[[ $FZF_ACTION =~ up ]] && + echo "change\-header()+transform\-footer:echo \\{}" || + echo "change\-footer()+transform\-header:echo \\{}"'\fR + .SS TRANSFORM IN THE BACKGROUND Transform actions are synchronous, meaning fzf becomes unresponsive while the |