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--- config:ini_files [2025/05/01 14:59] – [Value Termination] Clarify key:value is string literal syntax digital man
+++ config:ini_files [2025/05/01 15:00] (current) – [String Literals] Clarify that quotes are strictly required for trailing white-space digital man
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 === Quotes ===
-If the first non-white-space character following the colon key/value separate is a double-quote (''"'') character, then the string will be terminated at the last (right-most) double-quote character. This allows a string value to be specified with trailing white-space:
+If the first non-white-space character following the colon key/value separate is a double-quote (''"'') character, then the string will be terminated at the last (right-most) double-quote character. This allows a string value to be specified with trailing white-space without risk that a text editor might remove it:
   mystring: "a string with trailing white-space "