From b01b6241cbe3d58393bde197c3550fe3f3872681 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kris Yotam <krisyotam@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:50:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] clarify that add text must be quoted in usage and man page

---
 stask.1 | 6 ++++--
 stask.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stask.1 b/stask.1
index 7b129dce3717763a5017373123c36e613355104d..c0a4306ed0b3d6d5ec19f3b8350e339ad954625a 100644
--- a/stask.1
+++ b/stask.1
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stask \- simple task manager with markdown documents
 .B stask
 .I list
 .B add
-.I text
+.I \(dqtext\(dq
 .br
 .B stask
 .I list
@@ -99,11 +99,13 @@ Show all tasks in
 displaying their done status, ID, title, and date.
 .SS Task Operations
 .TP
-.IB list " add " text
+.IB list " add " \(dqtext\(dq
 Add a new task to
 .I list
 with the given
 .IR text .
+The text must be quoted if it contains spaces (e.g.,
+.BR """On the Modern Professor""" ).
 Creates a markdown document with YAML frontmatter at
 .IR ~/.local/share/stask/docs/<list>/<id>.md .
 Prints the assigned task ID.
diff --git a/stask.c b/stask.c
index 654bfc9299425b84a21548178951d37a4e2919c0..af73edaa0cd4a6916e018c7da6c892961f108d82 100644
--- a/stask.c
+++ b/stask.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ usage(void)
 		"       stask new <list>\n"
 		"       stask rm <list>\n"
 		"       stask <list>\n"
-		"       stask <list> add <text>\n"
+		"       stask <list> add \"<text>\"\n"
 		"       stask <list> done <id>\n"
 		"       stask <list> undo <id>\n"
 		"       stask <list> del <id>\n"