escpe backslash in search results; fixes #1279

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - Added explicit support for favicons, you only need to add a `favicon.ico` file to the root directory
 - The footer of a page always sticks to the bottom, even on short pages (#576)
 - Added `author` YAML parameter to allow specifying the author(s) of a post (#1220)
+- Fixed bug where search results broke if a post title had a backslash (#1279)
 - Fixed bug where hovering over search results showed the text "{desc}" (#1156)
 - Added social network links for GitLab, Bluesky, Whatsapp, Untappd (#1168, #1218, #1299, #1307)
 - Use CSS variables (#661)

_includes/search.html

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
     var searchjson = '[ \
       {% for post in site.posts %} \
         { \
-          "title"    : "{% if post.title != "" %}{{ post.title | strip_html | escape }}{% else %}{{ post.excerpt | strip_html | escape | strip }}{%endif%}", \
-          "desc"     : "{% if post.title != "" %}{{ post.title | strip_html | escape }}{% else %}{{ post.excerpt | strip_html | escape | strip }}{%endif%}", \
+          "title"    : "{% if post.title != "" %}{{ post.title | strip_html | escape | replace: "\", "\\\"  }}{% else %}{{ post.excerpt | strip_html | escape | strip | replace: "\", "\\\" }}{%endif%}", \
+          "desc"     : "{% if post.title != "" %}{{ post.title | strip_html | escape | replace: "\", "\\\" }}{% else %}{{ post.excerpt | strip_html | escape | strip | replace: "\", "\\\" }}{%endif%}", \
           "category" : "{{ post.tags | join: \', \' }}", \
           "url"      : "{{ site.baseurl }}{{ post.url | escape }}", \
           "date"     : "{{ post.date | date: "%B %e, %Y" | default: "January 1, 1970" }}" \