escape LaTeX characters #2

rendercv/data_model.py

@@ -138,14 +138,19 @@ def escape_latex_characters(sentence: str) -> str:
         "~": r"\textasciitilde{}",
         "_": r"\_",
         "^": r"\textasciicircum{}",
-        "{": r"\{",
-        "}": r"\}",
-        "\\": r"\textbackslash{}",
     }
+    # Handle backslash and curly braces separately because the other characters are
+    # escaped with backslash and curly braces:
+    sentence = sentence.replace("{", ">>{")
+    sentence = sentence.replace("}", ">>}")
+    sentence = sentence.replace("\\", "\\textbackslash{}")
+    sentence = sentence.replace(">>{", "\\{")
+    sentence = sentence.replace(">>}", "\\}")
 
     # Loop through the letters of the sentence and if you find an escape character,
     # replace it with its LaTeX equivalent:
-    for character in sentence:
+    copy_of_the_sentence = sentence
+    for character in copy_of_the_sentence:
         if character in escape_characters:
             sentence = sentence.replace(character, escape_characters[character])
 

tests/test_data_model.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class TestDataModel(unittest.TestCase):
 
         str_with_latex_characers = r"asdf#asdf$asdf%asdf& ~ fd_ \ ^aa aa{ bb}"
         expected = (
-            r"asdf\#asdf\$asdf\%asdf\& \textasciitilde{}\ fd\_ \textbackslash{}"
+            r"asdf\#asdf\$asdf\%asdf\& \textasciitilde{} fd\_ \textbackslash{}"
             r" \textasciicircum{}aa aa\{ bb\}"
         )
         with self.subTest(msg="string with LaTeX characters"):