Index: src/util.c
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--- src/util.c	(revision 4906)
+++ src/util.c	(working copy)
@@ -267,6 +267,25 @@
 			return ret;
 		}
 
+		/* take care of escape sequences */
+		if (p[0] == '\\') 
+		{
+			char ltemp;
+			switch (p[1]) 
+			{
+				case 'a':	ltemp = '\a'; break;
+				case 'b':	ltemp = '\b'; break;
+				case 't':	ltemp = '\t'; break;
+				case 'n':	ltemp = '\n'; break;
+				case 'v':	ltemp = '\v'; break;
+				case 'f':	ltemp = '\f'; break;
+				case 'r':	ltemp = '\r'; break;
+				default:	ltemp = p[1]; break;
+			}
+			ret = appendToString(ret, &ltemp, 1);
+			p+=2;
+		}
+
 		/* pass-through non-escaped portions of the format string */
 		if (p[0] != '#' && p[0] != '%')
 		{