Escape Sequences Escape sequences, consisting of a backslash followed by a lower case letter or by a combination of digits, should be used to encode binary data and certain other special characters and character combinations. The result of each escape sequence is parsed as if it were a single character. Quote and backslash characters inside a string must always be preceded by a backslash character. Binary data in key values should be encoded using one of the octal or hexadecimal notations described below. For example, the digit 8 would terminate an octal stream, and be interpreted as a separate character.
F are acceptable for hexadecimal.
Applications should ignore such codes if they are not applicable to the context. All escape sequences consisting of a backslash character plus a character that does not appear in the table listed above are ignored. A backslash followed by any combination of CR and LF characters is considered a continuation character. In this case, the backslash is ignored, and the new line beginning after the sequence of CR and LF characters ends is treated as the continuation of the previous line. It is safe to link to this page.