From: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 12:35:06 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Docs: ${listitem }
X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/heiko/exim.git/commitdiff_plain/e1d3ae66a94db62082632898fab0e1659be27882

Docs: ${listitem }

(cherry picked from commit 29f5141e7cb1ee65369d8e49250134edc4e6120a)
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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 2774f6d4d..c2cc43b15 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -10170,6 +10170,18 @@ extracted is used.
 You can use &`fail`& instead of {<&'string3'&>} as in a string extract.
 
 
+.new
+.vitem &*${listquote{*&<&'separator'&>&*}{*&<&'string'&>&*}}*"
+.citem quoting "for list"
+.citem list quoting
+This item doubles any occurrence of the separator character
+in the given string.
+An empty string is replaced with a single space.
+This converts the string into a safe form for use as a list element,
+in a list using the given separator.
+.wen
+
+
 .vitem "&*${lookup{*&<&'key'&>&*}&~*&<&'search&~type'&>&*&~&&&
         {*&<&'file'&>&*}&~{*&<&'string1'&>&*}&~{*&<&'string2'&>&*}}*&"
 This is the first of one of two different types of lookup item, which are both
@@ -11922,15 +11934,12 @@ request, for a password, so the data consists of just two strings.
 
 There can be problems if any of the strings are permitted to contain colon
 characters. In the usual way, these have to be doubled to avoid being taken as
-separators. If the data is being inserted from a variable, the &%sg%& expansion
-item can be used to double any existing colons. For example, the configuration
+separators.
+The &%listquote%& expansion item can be used for this.
+For example, the configuration
 of a LOGIN authenticator might contain this setting:
 .code
-server_condition = ${if pam{$auth1:${sg{$auth2}{:}{::}}}}
-.endd
-For a PLAIN authenticator you could use:
-.code
-server_condition = ${if pam{$auth2:${sg{$auth3}{:}{::}}}}
+server_condition = ${if pam{$auth1:${listquote{:}{$auth2}}}}
 .endd
 In some operating systems, PAM authentication can be done only from a process
 running as root. Since Exim is running as the Exim user when receiving