I think that the escaping is really due to it being in a properties file.
On May 28, 2014 12:42 AM, "Peter Butkovic" <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In src/main/assembly/individualFiles/spy.properties:
>
> >  # (default is false)
> >  #filter=false
> >
> > -# comma separated list of tables to include when filtering
> > +# comma separated list of strings to include when filtering
> > +# please note that special characters escaping (used in java) has to be done for the provided regular expression
>
> well, in fact they are, correct?
> anyway, I added also text showing internals in the configandusage.md in
> the sections pointing to regular expressions via:
>
> Please note, that internally following regex would be used for particular
> expression matching
>
> Still proposals for other wording are welcome.
>
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