$OpenBSD: patch-util_cpp,v 1.2 2008/01/24 11:49:21 ajacoutot Exp $
--- util.cpp.orig	Fri Nov  5 19:47:06 2004
+++ util.cpp	Thu Jan 24 09:43:07 2008
@@ -1031,10 +1031,28 @@ QString XxUtil::escapeChars( const QString& format )
 QString XxUtil::unescapeChars( const QString& format )
 {
    QString newFormat = format;
+   uint ix = 0;
 
-   newFormat.replace( "\\n", "\n" );
-   newFormat.replace( "\\r", "\r" );
-   newFormat.replace( "\\\"", "\"" );
+   while ( ix < newFormat.length() ) {
+       int found = newFormat.find( QChar( '\\' ), ix );
+       if ( found < 0 )
+         break;
+       // use at() in case found+1 is past the end of the string
+       QChar escapedChar = newFormat.at( found+1 );
+       switch( escapedChar ) {
+       case 'n':
+         newFormat = newFormat.replace( found, 2, QChar( '\n' ) );
+         break;
+       case 'r':
+         newFormat = newFormat.replace( found, 2, QChar( '\r' ) );
+         break;
+       default:
+         newFormat = newFormat.remove( found, 1 );
+         break;
+       }
+       ix = found + 1;
+   }
+
    return newFormat;
 }