From 9511aa34e3d741b04e126f3ec060915ab49190ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Ryan S. Arnold" <ryan.arnold@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 10:33:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add escaping control characters info to readme.md

Add instructions about how to escape control characters in order to use them in task descriptions.
---
 readme.md | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index fef9b9ee..529d00c2 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ $ tb --help
       $ tb
       $ tb --task Make some buttercream
       $ tb --task @coding Improve documentation
+      $ tb --task @coding Improve documentation\'s \"Create Task\" \& \"Create Note\" sections
+      $ tb --task @coding "Improve documentation's \"Create Task\" & \"Create Note\" sections"
       $ tb --task @coding @reviews Review PR #42
       $ tb --note @coding Mergesort worse-case O(nlogn)
       $ tb --check 1 2
@@ -179,6 +181,18 @@ To create a new task use the `--task`/`-t` option with your task's description f
 $ tb -t Improve documentation
 ```
 
+The shell reserves a number of common characters as control characters, e.g., `\`, `'`, `"`, `&`. To use these characters in your description use the shell escape character `\` before the control character.
+
+```
+$tb -t Improve documentation\'s \"Create Task\" \& \"Create Note\" sections
+```
+
+Alternatively you may enclose the text to be escaped in double-quotes making sure to escape any contained double-quotes.
+
+```
+$tb -t "Improve documentation's \"Create Task\" & \"Create Note\" sections"
+```
+
 ### Create Note
 
 To create a new note use the `--note`/`-n` option with your note's body following right after.