[Emacs-diffs] trunk r118277: doc/misc/auth.texi (Help for users): Explain quoting rules better

[Katsumi Yamaoka]

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revno: 118277
revision-id: address@hidden
parent: address@hidden
author: Teodor Zlatanov <address@hidden>
committer: Katsumi Yamaoka <address@hidden>
branch nick: trunk
timestamp: Mon 2014-11-03 22:21:25 +0000
message:
  doc/misc/auth.texi (Help for users): Explain quoting rules better
modified:
  doc/misc/ChangeLog             changelog-20091113204419-o5vbwnq5f7feedwu-6331
  doc/misc/auth.texi             auth.texi-20091113204419-o5vbwnq5f7feedwu-8826

=== modified file 'doc/misc/ChangeLog'
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog        2014-11-01 18:05:30 +0000
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog        2014-11-03 22:21:25 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-11-02  Teodor Zlatanov  <address@hidden>
+
+       * auth.texi (Help for users): Explain quoting rules better.
+
 2014-10-30  Glenn Morris  <address@hidden>
 
        * efaq.texi (Gnus does not work with NNTP): Remove; ancient.

=== modified file 'doc/misc/auth.texi'
--- a/doc/misc/auth.texi        2014-06-10 02:20:31 +0000
+++ b/doc/misc/auth.texi        2014-11-03 22:21:25 +0000
@@ -106,12 +106,17 @@
 @code{auth-source-search} queries.  You can also use @code{login} and
 @code{account}.
 
-Spaces are always OK as far as auth-source is concerned (but other
-programs may not like them).  Just put the data in quotes, escaping
-quotes as you'd expect with @samp{\}.
-
-All these are optional.  You could just say (but we don't recommend
-it, we're just showing that it's possible)
+You can use spaces inside a password or other token by surrounding the
+token with either single or double quotes.
+
+You can use single quotes inside a password or other token by
+surrounding it with double quotes, e.g. @code{"he'llo"}. Similarly you
+can use double quotes inside a password or other token by surrounding
+it with single quotes, e.g. @code{'he"llo'}. You can't mix both (so a
+password or other token can't have both single and double quotes).
+
+All this is optional. You could just say (but we don't recommend it,
+we're just showing that it's possible)
 
 @example
 password @var{mypassword}