From 23c7dace129e78cdc1c6aa9155fc1690750431d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "(quasar) nebula" <qznebula@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 21:03:22 -0400
Subject: replacer: squash non-markdown single backslashes

---
 src/util/replacer.js | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/util/replacer.js b/src/util/replacer.js
index c1d13c7..9544328 100644
--- a/src/util/replacer.js
+++ b/src/util/replacer.js
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ function parseNodes(input, i, stopAt, textOnly) {
       string = string.trimEnd();
     }
 
+    string = squashBackslashes(string);
+
     if (string.length) {
       nodes.push({i: iString, iEnd: i, type: 'text', data: string});
       string = '';
@@ -418,6 +420,15 @@ function parseNodes(input, i, stopAt, textOnly) {
   return nodes;
 }
 
+export function squashBackslashes(text) {
+  // Squash backslashes which aren't themselves escaped into
+  // the following character, unless that character is one of
+  // a set of characters where the backslash carries meaning
+  // into later formatting (i.e. markdown). Note that we do
+  // NOT compress double backslashes into single backslashes.
+  return text.replace(/([^\\](?:\\{2})*)\\(?![\\*_-])/g, '$1');
+}
+
 export function postprocessImages(inputNodes) {
   const outputNodes = [];
 
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