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| author | John MacFarlane <[email protected]> | 2024-10-17 08:57:07 -0700 |
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| committer | John MacFarlane <[email protected]> | 2024-10-17 08:57:21 -0700 |
| commit | 3dee7b56d85dd63ef51c066c73587e764db59d5e (patch) | |
| tree | 4dfdc2a1c2a1ef02727535ebbd58c2349c30f0c8 /MANUAL.txt | |
| parent | d1063860af21f152093d0e4fabef9d7a5cb5a590 (diff) | |
Clarify that `--variable` can only assign string values.
See #10298.
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| -rw-r--r-- | MANUAL.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt index e104f930a..6ebe458d4 100644 --- a/MANUAL.txt +++ b/MANUAL.txt @@ -770,9 +770,11 @@ header when requesting a document from a URL: `-V` *KEY*[`=`*VAL*], `--variable=`*KEY*[`:`*VAL*] -: Set the template variable *KEY* to the value *VAL* when rendering the - document in standalone mode. If no *VAL* is specified, the - key will be given the value `true`. +: Set the template variable *KEY* to the string value *VAL* when rendering + the document in standalone mode. If no *VAL* is specified, the + key will be given the value `true`. Structured values (lists, maps) + cannot be assigned using this option, but they can be assigned in + the `variables` section of a [defaults file][Defaults files]. `--sandbox[=true|false]` |