--- a/ui/common/utils.c Wed Dec 10 22:22:55 2025 +0100 +++ b/ui/common/utils.c Thu Dec 11 19:52:44 2025 +0100 @@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ #include "utils.h" #include "properties.h" +#include <stdio.h> +#include <string.h> + #include <cx/string.h> +#include <cx/buffer.h> UiPathElm* ui_default_pathelm_func(const char* full_path, size_t len, size_t* ret_nelm, void* data) { cxstring *pathelms; @@ -83,3 +87,65 @@ } } } + +// from UCX json.c +static cxmutstr escape_string(cxstring str, bool escape_slash) { + // note: this function produces the string without enclosing quotes + // the reason is that we don't want to allocate memory just for that + CxBuffer buf = {0}; + + bool all_printable = true; + for (size_t i = 0; i < str.length; i++) { + unsigned char c = str.ptr[i]; + bool escape = c < 0x20 || c == '\\' || c == '"' + || (escape_slash && c == '/'); + + if (all_printable && escape) { + size_t capa = str.length + 32; + char *space = cxMallocDefault(capa); + if (space == NULL) return cx_mutstrn(NULL, 0); + cxBufferInit(&buf, space, capa, NULL, CX_BUFFER_AUTO_EXTEND); + cxBufferWrite(str.ptr, 1, i, &buf); + all_printable = false; + } + if (escape) { + cxBufferPut(&buf, '\\'); + if (c == '\"') { + cxBufferPut(&buf, '\"'); + } else if (c == '\n') { + cxBufferPut(&buf, 'n'); + } else if (c == '\t') { + cxBufferPut(&buf, 't'); + } else if (c == '\r') { + cxBufferPut(&buf, 'r'); + } else if (c == '\\') { + cxBufferPut(&buf, '\\'); + } else if (c == '/') { + cxBufferPut(&buf, '/'); + } else if (c == '\f') { + cxBufferPut(&buf, 'f'); + } else if (c == '\b') { + cxBufferPut(&buf, 'b'); + } else { + char code[6]; + snprintf(code, sizeof(code), "u%04x", (unsigned int) c); + cxBufferPutString(&buf, code); + } + } else if (!all_printable) { + cxBufferPut(&buf, c); + } + } + cxmutstr ret; + if (all_printable) { + // don't copy the string when we don't need to escape anything + ret = cx_mutstrn((char*)str.ptr, str.length); + } else { + ret = cx_mutstrn(buf.space, buf.size); + } + cxBufferDestroy(&buf); + return ret; +} + +cxmutstr ui_escape_string(cxstring str) { + return escape_string(str, FALSE); +}