| escape | encoding |
|---|---|
| \' | single quote |
| \" | double quote |
| \\ | slosh (backslash) |
| \a | ASCII Bell (BEL) |
| \b | ASCII Backspace (BS) |
| \f | ASCII Form Feed (FF) |
| \n | ASCII Line Feed (LF) |
| \r | ASCII Carriage Return (CR) |
| \t | ASCII Horizontal Tab (HT) |
| \v | ASCII Vertical Tab (VT) |
| \ooo | Single byte with octal value ooo |
| \xhhh .. | Single byte with hex value xxx, modulo 256 |
| \uXXXX | ISO-10646/UTF-8 short |
| \UXXXXXXXX | ISO-10646/UTF-8 long |
Bimodal compatibility support is not fully operational yet.
4.7.1. ISO-10646 escapes