# File lib/bluecloth.rb, line 391 def escape_special_chars( str ) @log.debug " Escaping special characters" text = '' # The original Markdown source has something called '$tags_to_skip' # declared here, but it's never used, so I don't define it. tokenize_html( str ) {|token, str| @log.debug " Adding %p token %p" % [ token, str ] case token # Within tags, encode * and _ when :tag text += str. gsub( /\*/, EscapeTable['*'][:md5] ). gsub( /_/, EscapeTable['_'][:md5] ) # Encode backslashed stuff in regular text when :text text += encode_backslash_escapes( str ) else raise TypeError, "Unknown token type %p" % token end } @log.debug " Text with escapes is now: %p" % text return text end