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-rw-r--r--util/format.lua17
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/util/format.lua b/util/format.lua
index 1ce670f3..d9d771ea 100644
--- a/util/format.lua
+++ b/util/format.lua
@@ -13,6 +13,21 @@ end
-- In Lua 5.3+ these formats throw an error if given a float
local expects_integer = { c = true, d = true, i = true, o = true, u = true, X = true, x = true, };
+-- Printable Unicode replacements for control characters
+local control_symbols = {
+ -- 0x00 .. 0x1F --> U+2400 .. U+241F, 0x7F --> U+2421
+ ["\000"] = "\226\144\128", ["\001"] = "\226\144\129", ["\002"] = "\226\144\130",
+ ["\003"] = "\226\144\131", ["\004"] = "\226\144\132", ["\005"] = "\226\144\133",
+ ["\006"] = "\226\144\134", ["\007"] = "\226\144\135", ["\008"] = "\226\144\136",
+ ["\009"] = "\226\144\137", ["\010"] = "\226\144\138", ["\011"] = "\226\144\139",
+ ["\012"] = "\226\144\140", ["\013"] = "\226\144\141", ["\014"] = "\226\144\142",
+ ["\015"] = "\226\144\143", ["\016"] = "\226\144\144", ["\017"] = "\226\144\145",
+ ["\018"] = "\226\144\146", ["\019"] = "\226\144\147", ["\020"] = "\226\144\148",
+ ["\021"] = "\226\144\149", ["\022"] = "\226\144\150", ["\023"] = "\226\144\151",
+ ["\024"] = "\226\144\152", ["\025"] = "\226\144\153", ["\026"] = "\226\144\154",
+ ["\027"] = "\226\144\155", ["\028"] = "\226\144\156", ["\029"] = "\226\144\157",
+ ["\030"] = "\226\144\158", ["\031"] = "\226\144\159", ["\127"] = "\226\144\161",
+};
local function format(formatstring, ...)
local args = pack(...);
@@ -45,7 +60,7 @@ local function format(formatstring, ...)
args[i] = dump(arg);
spec = "%s";
elseif option == "s" then
- args[i] = tostring(arg);
+ args[i] = tostring(arg):gsub("[%z\1-31\127]", control_symbols);
elseif type(arg) ~= "number" then -- arg isn't number as expected?
args[i] = tostring(arg);
spec = "[%s]";