1 global=value

     2 

     3 [section][section-tag]

     4 ; section tags are currently supported by the parser (do not generate error)

     5 ; but do not generate any output

     6 section-tag-support=partial

     7 

     8 [quoting]

     9 

    10 quoted = "some text in quotes"

    11 apostrophed = 'some text in apostrophes'

    12 

    13 unquoted =     values are trimmed    

    14 we-need = "    quotes or apostrophes"

    15 to-keep = 'the leading/trailing whitespace    '

    16 

    17 [multiline]

    18 

    19 quoted = "first line

    20 second line"

    21 

    22 apostrophed = 'first line

    23 second line'

    24 

    25 ; unlike quoted/apostrophed strings, there is no line end inside the value:

    26 backslashed = first line \

    27 continues here

    28 

    29 [comments] ; we can comment also secions

    30 

    31 ini = "true" ; and even values

    32 unix = true

    33 

    34 ; classic INI comment

    35 # unix-style comments are also supported

    36 

    37 but = be aware that ; this is part of the value, not a comment

    38 ; we need '' or "" to put comment on the same line as the value

    39 

    40 [subkeys]

    41 

    42 ; we may specify subkeys in [] brackets:

    43 a[x] = AX

    44 a[y] = AY

    45 

    46 ; because this feature is quite uncommon, it is disabled by default

    47 ; and whole key+subkey becomes a key

    48 ; but we can turn on the subkey support by the CLI option: --enable-sub-keys true

    49 ; and get separete key and sub_key attributes on the output

    50 

    51 [escaping]

    52 

    53 escaped-multiline = first line\nsecond line

    54 backslash = back\\slash

    55 quotes = "quoted text with \"quotes\" inside"

    56 tab = how\tvery

    57 

    58