clarify unescaped chars

Signed-off-by: arades79 <scravers@protonmail.com>
svenstaro · Oct 8, 2023 · 22c65d7 · 22c65d7
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commit 22c65d7
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diff --git a/src/calc.c b/src/calc.c
@@ -407,7 +407,9 @@ static void execsh(char* cmd, char* entry)
             NULL);
     g_free(parts);
 
-    gchar *escaped_cmd = g_strescape(user_cmd, "·−×√²³⊻↊↋¬°");
+    // don't escape these utf-8 runes which appear in qalc output, the escape sequences are not recognized by shell (#108)
+    static const char *unescaped_chars = "·−×√²³⊻↊↋¬°";
+    gchar *escaped_cmd = g_strescape(user_cmd, unescaped_chars);
     gchar *complete_cmd = g_strdup_printf("/bin/sh -c \"%s\"", escaped_cmd);
     g_free(user_cmd);
     g_free(escaped_cmd);