backlashes in href of links/images are not unescaped

[KirilSoshnin]

Some characters, like _, are escaped in markdown as they represent markdown syntax (italics in the case of the underscore). Strings are escaped too, for example the backlash:

puts Kramdown::Document.new("http//test.com/test\\_this/and-that/now\r\n\r\n").to_html

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<p>http//test.com/test_this/and-that/now</p>

However, in the href of links and images, the backlashes stay unescaped. For example:

puts Kramdown::Document.new("[TESTI\\_NG](http://test.com/test\\_this/and-that/now)\r\n\r\n").to_html

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<p><a href="http://test.com/test\_this/and-that/now">TESTI_NG</a></p>

(the alt text is unescaped correctly)

Expected:

<p><a href="http://test.com/test_this/and-that/now">TESTI_NG</a></p>

Using Kramdown 2.3.1

Let me know if there's anything else I should provide.

[gettalong]

So am I right that you are saying: You specify the URL http://test.com/test\_this/and-that/now but you actually want the URL http://test.com/test_this/and-that/now?

If so, why don't you just use the correct URL without the backslash? The URL is not part of the paragraph text so the general escaping doesn't apply to it.