1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/giscanner/docwriter.py b/giscanner/docwriter.py
index 35ba6f1c..a0052d87 100644
--- a/giscanner/docwriter.py
+++ b/giscanner/docwriter.py
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ class DocFormatter(object):
     def format_type(self, type_, link=False):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def format_value(self, node):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def format_page_name(self, node):
         if isinstance(node, ast.Namespace):
             return node.name
@@ -1091,6 +1094,14 @@ class DevDocsFormatterGjs(DocFormatterGjs):
             return "GLib.Variant"
         return name
 
+    def format_value(self, node):
+        # Constants only have fundamental types?
+        type_ = node.value_type.target_fundamental
+        if type_ in ["utf8", "gunichar", "filename"]:
+            return repr(node.value)
+            # escapes quotes in the string; ought to be the same in Javascript
+        return node.value
+
     def format(self, node, doc):
         if doc is None:
             return ''