DefaultEnvironment(tools=[]) env = Environment(tools=['textfile']) data0 = ['Goethe', 'Schiller'] data = ['lalala', 42, data0, 'tanteratei'] env.Textfile('foo1', data) env.Textfile('foo2', data, LINESEPARATOR='|*') env.Textfile('foo1a.txt', data + ['']) env.Textfile('foo2a.txt', data + [''], LINESEPARATOR='|*') # recreate the list with the data wrapped in Value() data0 = list(map(Value, data0)) data = list(map(Value, data)) data[2] = data0 env.Substfile('bar1', data) env.Substfile('bar2', data, LINESEPARATOR='|*') data.append(Value('')) env.Substfile('bar1a.txt', data) env.Substfile('bar2a.txt', data, LINESEPARATOR='|*')