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diff --git a/doc/misc/auth.texi b/doc/misc/auth.texi index 2de4cfdab7f..976143e8e39 100644 --- a/doc/misc/auth.texi +++ b/doc/misc/auth.texi @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ @set VERSION 0.3 -@setfilename ../../info/auth +@setfilename ../../info/auth.info @settitle Emacs auth-source Library @value{VERSION} @documentencoding UTF-8 @@ -106,12 +106,17 @@ The @code{user} is the user name. It's known as @var{:user} in @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{\}. +You can use spaces inside a password or other token by surrounding the +token with either single or double quotes. -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 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} |