From 7324b1e0849690f6ebb0249e9be2c38184f417ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: speedie <speedie@speedie.site>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 02:10:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add note regarding the FIFO

---
 docs/docs.md | 4 ++++
 spmenu.1     | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/docs.md b/docs/docs.md
index 94ca025..5b0fed9 100644
--- a/docs/docs.md
+++ b/docs/docs.md
@@ -750,6 +750,10 @@ You must append **without** a newline. Otherwise it will be considered invalid.
 It is recommended that you sleep for 0.1 seconds after appending to the file
 for performance reasons.
 
+**NOTE: Please remove /tmp/spmenu.fifo if it exists after usage, especially in
+scripts. Otherwise the FIFO action may be carried over to the user's next
+spmenu use. If you love your users, do not ignore this warning.**
+
 | Name               | Description                                                                       |
 | :----------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | drawmenu           | Draw the menu                                                                     |
diff --git a/spmenu.1 b/spmenu.1
index 1687e28..f811e36 100644
--- a/spmenu.1
+++ b/spmenu.1
@@ -874,6 +874,12 @@ Otherwise it will be considered invalid.
 It is recommended that you sleep for 0.1 seconds after appending to the
 file for performance reasons.
 .PP
+\f[B]NOTE: Please remove /tmp/spmenu.fifo if it exists after usage,
+especially in scripts.
+Otherwise the FIFO action may be carried over to the user\[cq]s next
+spmenu use.
+If you love your users, do not ignore this warning.\f[R]
+.PP
 .TS
 tab(@);
 lw(12.7n) lw(57.3n).