From ba3d76078aa88c7d1bb730c251dc36e29e94065b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antoine Martin <antoine@xpra.org>
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 20:50:22 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] #4378 don't quote strings if we don't have to

---
 xpra/client/base/command.py | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xpra/client/base/command.py b/xpra/client/base/command.py
index 6e38fe9c71..0851e3e99e 100644
--- a/xpra/client/base/command.py
+++ b/xpra/client/base/command.py
@@ -228,7 +228,9 @@ def prettify(k, v):
                 if len(eltypes) == 1 and tuple(eltypes)[0] in (int, bool, float):
                     return str(v)
                 return type(v)(prettify(k, x) for x in v)
-            return v
+            elif isinstance(v, str) and v.isprintable():
+                return v
+            return repr(v)
 
         def print_dict(d: dict, path=""):
             for k in sorted_nicely(d.keys()):
@@ -238,8 +240,8 @@ def print_dict(d: dict, path=""):
                 if isinstance(v, dict):
                     print_dict(v, kpath)
                     continue
-                fv = str(prettify(k, v))
-                print_fn(f"{kpath}={repr(fv)}")
+                fv = prettify(k, v)
+                print_fn(f"{kpath}={fv}")
 
         exit_code = ExitCode.OK
         try: