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: gtk_source_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.
Use this function before gtk_source_search_settings_set_search_text(), to unescape the following sequences of characters: \n, \r, \t and \\. The purpose is to easily write those characters in a search entry. Note that unescaping the search text is not needed for regular expression searches. See also: gtk_source_utils_escape_search_text().
Utilities functions.