gtksource/org.gtkkn.bindings.gtksource/GtkSource/utilsEscapeSearchText

utilsEscapeSearchText

fun utilsEscapeSearchText(text: String): String(source)

Use this function to escape the following characters: \n, \r, \t and \.

For a regular expression search, use g_regex_escape_string() instead.

One possible use case is to take the #GtkTextBuffer's selection and put it in a search entry. The selection can contain tabulations, newlines, etc. So it's better to escape those special characters to better fit in the search entry.

See also: func@utils_unescape_search_text.

Warning: the escape and unescape functions are not reciprocal! For example, escape (unescape (\)) = \\. So avoid cycles such as: search entry -> unescape -> search settings -> escape -> search entry. The original search entry text may be modified.

Return

the escaped @text.

Parameters

text

the text to escape.