Merge pull request #132 from melak/doc/clarify_color_cmds

Clarify color and cellcolor arguments

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/doc b/src/doc
index 944f63f..351ce3f 100644
--- a/src/doc
+++ b/src/doc
@@ -627,12 +627,23 @@ Commands for handling cell content:
                      a. the .scimrc file stored in $HOME
                      b. the current .sc file.
 
+                Note that the arguments to the color command, when specified
+                in a file, must be fully quoted, i.e.:
+
+                color "type=HEADINGS fg=WHITE bg=CYAN"
+
     :cellcolor {key}={arg} ..
                 Change the color of the current cell or range.
                 Example:   :cellcolor "bg=CYAN fg=WHITE"
                            :cellcolor "fg=RED bold=1 underline=1"
                            :cellcolor A2:A6 "fg=CYAN bold=1 underline=1"
 
+                Note that the arguments to the cellcolor command, when specified
+                in a file, must include a cell or cell range specification, and
+                the color specification must be fully quoted, i.e.:
+
+                cellcolor A0 "fg=WHITE bg=CYAN"
+
     :redefine_color "{color}" {R} {G} {B}
                 Change the RGB values of the colors defined by ncurses.
                 RGB values range from 0 to 1000.