escape

# File lib/rdoc/markup/to_latex.rb, line 65
  def escape(str)
    $stderr.print "FE: ", str if $DEBUG_RDOC
    s = str.
       sub(/\s+$/, '').
      gsub(/([_\${}&%#])/, "#{BS}\\1").
      gsub(/\\/, BACKSLASH).
      gsub(/\^/, HAT).
      gsub(/~/,  TILDE).
      gsub(/</,  LESSTHAN).
      gsub(/>/,  GREATERTHAN).
      gsub(/,,/, ",{},").
      gsub(/\`/,  BACKQUOTE)
    $stderr.print "-> ", s, "\n" if $DEBUG_RDOC
    s
  end