Add q: format prefix to escape sh(1) special characters. Suggested by

someone ages ago and then more recently in GitHub issue 1449.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index f84f1282..8eb5aae4 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -3676,6 +3676,10 @@ prefixes are
 and
 .Xr dirname 3
 of the variable respectively.
+.Ql q:
+will escape
+.Xr sh 1
+special characters.
 A prefix of the form
 .Ql s/foo/bar/:
 will substitute