On closer examination, the workaround is: realname 'Paul \"TBBle\" Hampson'
The config file is not being parsed as a python escaped-string, I realise now. -- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, paul.hamp...@pobox.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org