Comment 2 for bug 2020812

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StevenT (steventhompson) wrote : Re: [Bug 2020812] Re: Unable to change color highlight in apt output

On 5/26/23 12:27 AM, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> I think you need to url encode the sequence, but not sure. I don't think
> there's anything we can do here about handling backslashes, the problem
> is backspaces do happen in actual config items and we can't introduce a
> behavior change for them as that would cause regressions.
>
> You should be free to also printf the actual special character into the
> config option or the command line argument.
>

Thanks, the printf worked.