diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_text_syntax.c b/lib/src/clixon_text_syntax.c
index abc29e98..d4ed88b9 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_text_syntax.c
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_text_syntax.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ xml2txt(cxobj            *xn,
     yang_stmt *ymod;
     yang_stmt *ypmod;
     char      *prefix = NULL;
+    char      *value;
 
     if (xn == NULL || fn == NULL){
 	clicon_err(OE_XML, EINVAL, "xn or fn is NULL");
@@ -148,7 +149,12 @@ xml2txt(cxobj            *xn,
     if (!children){ /* If no children print line */
 	switch (xml_type(xn)){
 	case CX_BODY:
-	    (*fn)(f, "%s;\n", xml_value(xn));
+	    value = xml_value(xn);
+	    /* Add quotes if string contains spaces */
+	    if (index(value, ' ') != NULL)
+		(*fn)(f, "\"%s\";\n", xml_value(xn));
+	    else
+		(*fn)(f, "%s;\n", xml_value(xn));
 	    break;
 	case CX_ELMNT:
 	    (*fn)(f, "%*s%s;\n", 4*level, "", xml_name(xn));
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_text_syntax_parse.l b/lib/src/clixon_text_syntax_parse.l
index eb85cb60..66da05b1 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_text_syntax_parse.l
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_text_syntax_parse.l
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ int clixon_text_syntax_parsewrap(void)
 
 %}
 
-%s COMMENT
+%x COMMENT
+%x STRING
 
 %%
 
@@ -89,8 +90,8 @@ int clixon_text_syntax_parsewrap(void)
 <INITIAL>\[               { return *yytext; }
 <INITIAL>\]               { return *yytext; }
 <INITIAL>\;               { return *yytext; }
-<INITIAL>\:               { return *yytext; }
-<INITIAL>[^\n\r \t\[\]\{\}\;\:]+  {
+<INITIAL>\"               { _TS->ts_lex_state =INITIAL; BEGIN(STRING);  return *yytext; }
+<INITIAL>[^\n\r \t\[\]\{\}\;\"]+  {
                           clixon_text_syntax_parselval.string = strdup(yytext);
                             return TOKEN; }
 <INITIAL>.                { return -1; }
@@ -99,6 +100,11 @@ int clixon_text_syntax_parsewrap(void)
 <COMMENT><<EOF>>          { return MY_EOF; }
 <COMMENT>[^\n]+
 
+<STRING>\"                { BEGIN(_TS->ts_lex_state); return *yytext; }
+<STRING>[^\n\r\"]+        { clixon_text_syntax_parselval.string = strdup(yytext);
+                            return TOKEN; }
+<STRING>.                { return -1; }
+
 %%
 
 /*! Initialize XML scanner.
diff --git a/lib/src/clixon_text_syntax_parse.y b/lib/src/clixon_text_syntax_parse.y
index bf2da9d9..14297885 100644
--- a/lib/src/clixon_text_syntax_parse.y
+++ b/lib/src/clixon_text_syntax_parse.y
@@ -119,18 +119,21 @@ text_add_value(cxobj *xn,
 
 static cxobj*
 text_create_node(clixon_text_syntax_yacc *ts,
-		 char                    *module,
 		 char                    *name)
 {
     cxobj     *xn;
     yang_stmt *ymod;
     char      *ns;
+    char      *prefix = NULL;
+    char      *id = NULL;
 
-    if ((xn = xml_new(name, NULL, CX_ELMNT)) == NULL)
+    if (nodeid_split(name, &prefix, &id) < 0)
 	goto done;
-    if (module && ts->ts_yspec){
+    if ((xn = xml_new(id, NULL, CX_ELMNT)) == NULL)
+	goto done;
+    if (prefix && ts->ts_yspec){
 	/* Silently ignore if module name not found */
-	if ((ymod = yang_find(ts->ts_yspec, Y_MODULE, NULL)) != NULL){
+	if ((ymod = yang_find(ts->ts_yspec, Y_MODULE, prefix)) != NULL){
 	    if ((ns = yang_find_mynamespace(ymod)) == NULL){
 		clicon_err(OE_YANG, 0, "No namespace");
 		goto done;
@@ -141,6 +144,10 @@ text_create_node(clixon_text_syntax_yacc *ts,
 	}
     }
  done:
+    if (prefix)
+	free(prefix);
+    if (id)
+	free(id);
     return xn;
 }
  
@@ -166,6 +173,10 @@ stmt       : id value ';'      { _PARSE_DEBUG("stmt-> id value ;");
                                  if (text_add_value($1, $2) < 0) YYERROR;
 				 $$ = $1;
                                }
+           | id '"' value '"' ';' { _PARSE_DEBUG("stmt-> id \" value \" ;");
+                                 if (text_add_value($1, $3) < 0) YYERROR;
+				 $$ = $1;
+                               }
            | id '{' stmts '}'  { _PARSE_DEBUG("stmt-> id { stmts }");
 				 if (clixon_child_xvec_append($1, $3) < 0) YYERROR;
 				 clixon_xvec_free($3);
@@ -176,11 +187,8 @@ stmt       : id value ';'      { _PARSE_DEBUG("stmt-> id value ;");
            ;
 
 id         : TOKEN             { _PARSE_DEBUG("id->TOKEN");
-                                  if (($$ = text_create_node(_TS, NULL, $1)) == NULL) YYERROR;;
+                                  if (($$ = text_create_node(_TS, $1)) == NULL) YYERROR;;
                                }
-           | TOKEN ':' TOKEN   { _PARSE_DEBUG("id->TOKEN : TOKEN");
-                                 if (($$ = text_create_node(_TS, $1, $3)) == NULL) YYERROR;;
-	                       }
            ;
 
 values     : values TOKEN      { _PARSE_DEBUG("values->values TOKEN"); } 
diff --git a/test/test_openconfig_interfaces.sh b/test/test_openconfig_interfaces.sh
index 771af6f6..00cbde53 100755
--- a/test/test_openconfig_interfaces.sh
+++ b/test/test_openconfig_interfaces.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fi
 OCDIR=$OPENCONFIG/release/models
 
 # Generate autocli for these modules
-AUTOCLI=$(autocli_config clixon-example kw-nokey false)
+AUTOCLI=$(autocli_config openconfig* kw-nokey false)
 
 cat <<EOF > $cfg
 <clixon-config xmlns="http://clicon.org/config">
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ if [ $BE -ne 0 ]; then
     stop_backend -f $cfg
 fi
 
-
 rm -rf $dir
 
 new "endtest"
diff --git a/test/test_text_syntax.sh b/test/test_text_syntax.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9dae9db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_text_syntax.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Test: TEX syntax parser tests. 
+
+# Magic line must be first in script (see README.md)
+s="$_" ; . ./lib.sh || if [ "$s" = $0 ]; then exit 0; else return 0; fi
+
+: ${clixon_util_text_syntax:=clixon_util_text_syntax}
+: ${clixon_util_xml:=clixon_util_xml}
+
+fyang=$dir/example.yang
+
+cat <<EOF > $fyang
+module example{
+   prefix ex;
+   namespace "urn:example:clixon";
+    /* Generic config data */
+   container table{
+      list parameter{
+         key name;
+	    leaf name{
+	       type string;
+	    }
+	    leaf value{
+		type string;
+	    }
+        }
+    }
+}
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF > $dir/x1.xml
+<table xmlns="urn:example:clixon">
+   <parameter>
+      <name>a</name>
+      <value>foo bar</value>
+   </parameter>
+   <parameter>
+      <name>b</name>
+      <value>bar:fie</value>
+   </parameter>
+</table>
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF > $dir/x1.txt
+example:table {
+    parameter {
+        name a;
+        value "foo bar";
+    }
+    parameter {
+        name b;
+        value bar:fie;
+    }
+}
+EOF
+
+new "test params: -y $fyang"
+
+# No yang
+new "xml to txt"
+expectpart "$($clixon_util_xml -f $dir/x1.xml -y $fyang -oX -D $DBG > $dir/x2.txt)" 0 ""
+
+ret=$(diff $dir/x1.txt $dir/x2.txt)
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    err1 "$ret" 
+fi
+
+new "txt to xml"
+expectpart "$($clixon_util_text_syntax -f $dir/x1.txt -y $fyang -D $DBG > $dir/x2.xml)" 0 ""
+
+ret=$(diff $dir/x1.xml $dir/x2.xml)
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    err1 "XML" "$ret"
+fi
+
+rm -rf $dir
+
+# unset conditional parameters 
+unset clixon_util_text_syntax
+unset clixon_util_xml
+
+new "endtest"
+endtest