Both \ and " are escaped with \ in the output formatter. See OUTPUT_FORMATTER::Quotes() in common/richio.cpp for all of the escaped characters.
On 1/25/2017 5:02 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: > While we're on the subject of the s-expr formatting; can we ensure that > all writers use quotes on literal strings rather than using the unnecessary > 'no quotes are necessary if there is no space' rule? I haven't read the file > format docs for a long time now - but does '\' escape " only, or both " and \, > or does it have other meanings? > > - Cirilo > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Chris Pavlina <[email protected]> > wrote: >> In the file format specification at [1] via [2], we specify the >> following for string escapes: >> >>> Here is a legal string with an embedded quote: leg"23 >>> Here is the same string quoted, and because it is quoted the internal >>> quote must be duplicated: "leg""23" >> >> This is NOT how we are actually quoting strings: we are using \". >> >> I suggest updating the format document rather than the code, because: >> >> 1) This avoids changing any actual files we write >> 2) Escaping quotes with "" is weird, especially considering we use >> backslash escapes in other places - be consistent >> >> But no matter how we fix it, this should be fixed; people are using >> these format documents to implement parsers (I just spoke to one). >> >> [1] >> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~stambaughw/kicad/doc-read-only/download/head:/1115%4016bec504-3128-0410-b3e8-8e38c2123bca:trunk%252Fkicad-doc%252Fdoc%252Fhelp%252Ffile_formats%252Ffile_formats.pdf/file_formats.pdf >> [2] http://kicad-pcb.org/help/file-formats/ >> >> -- >> Chris >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
