1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/apt-panopticommon.lua b/apt-panopticommon.lua
index 99dbeaf..42da301 100644
--- a/apt-panopticommon.lua
+++ b/apt-panopticommon.lua
@@ -250,7 +250,22 @@ dumpTableSub = function (table, space)
         if type(v) == "table" then
             r = r .. APT.dumpTable(v, space, k)
         elseif type(v) == "string" then
-            r = r .. space .. "[" .. k .. "] = '" .. v .. "';\n"
+            local bq = '"'
+            local eq = '"'
+            if nil ~= v:match(bq) then
+                bq, eq = '"', '"'
+                if nil ~= v:match(bq) then
+                    bq, eq = '[[', ']]'
+                    mbq, meq = '%[%[', '%]%]'
+                    while (nil ~= v:match(mbq)) or (nil ~= v:match(meq)) do
+                        bq = '[' .. '=' .. bq:sub(2, -1)
+                        eq = ']' .. '=' .. eq:sub(2, -1)
+                        mbq = '%[' .. '=' .. bq:sub(3, -1)
+                        meq = '%]' .. '=' .. eq:sub(3, -1)
+                    end
+                end
+            end
+            r = r .. space .. "[" .. k .. "] = " .. bq .. v .. eq .. ";\n"
         elseif type(v) == "function" then
             r = r .. space .. "[" .. k .. "] = function ();\n"
         elseif type(v) == "userdata" then