From d61f58ee972073332cf3f66d928c2852c770042f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Koerismo <koerismo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:18:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Unescape newlines and tabs on response creation

---
 src/commands/guild/responses.ts | 4 +++-
 src/utils/utils.ts              | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/guild/responses.ts b/src/commands/guild/responses.ts
index 7612de7..1eaa17a 100644
--- a/src/commands/guild/responses.ts
+++ b/src/commands/guild/responses.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { LogLevelColor } from '../../utils/log';
 import { PermissionLevel } from '../../utils/permissions';
 
 import * as persist from '../../utils/persist';
+import { unescapeSpecialCharacters } from '../../utils/utils';
 
 const Responses: Command = {
 	permissionLevel: PermissionLevel.MODERATOR,
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ const Responses: Command = {
 				return interaction.reply({ content: `There is already a response with ID "${responseID}"!`, ephemeral: true });
 			}
 
-			data.responses[responseID] = interaction.options.getString('contents', true);
+			const responseContents = interaction.options.getString('contents', true);
+			data.responses[responseID] = unescapeSpecialCharacters(responseContents);
 			persist.saveData(interaction.guild.id);
 
 			return interaction.reply({ content: 'Added response.', ephemeral: true });
diff --git a/src/utils/utils.ts b/src/utils/utils.ts
index 854e020..1847141 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ export function escapeSpecialCharacters(raw: string) {
 		.replaceAll('-', '\\-');  // list
 }
 
+export function unescapeSpecialCharacters(escaped: string) {
+	return escaped
+		.replaceAll('\\n', '\n')
+		.replaceAll('\\t', '\t');
+}
+
 export async function streamToBuffer(stream: Stream) {
 	return new Promise<Buffer>((resolve, reject) => {
 		const buf = Array<Uint8Array>();