fix(client): don't break LaTeX when replacing carriage returns

Fixes #917

src/client/constants.ts

@@ -44,3 +44,11 @@ export const CASE_SENSITIVE_TAG_NAMES_MAP = CASE_SENSITIVE_TAG_NAMES.reduce(
   },
   {} as Record<string, string>,
 );
+
+export const CARRIAGE_RETURN = '\r';
+export const CARRIAGE_RETURN_REGEX = new RegExp(CARRIAGE_RETURN, 'g');
+export const CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER = `__HTML_DOM_PARSER_CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER_${Date.now()}__`;
+export const CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER_REGEX = new RegExp(
+  CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER,
+  'g',
+);

src/client/utilities.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { Comment, Element, ProcessingInstruction, Text } from 'domhandler';
 
 import type { DOMNode } from '../types';
-import { CASE_SENSITIVE_TAG_NAMES_MAP } from './constants';
+import {
+  CARRIAGE_RETURN,
+  CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER,
+  CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER_REGEX,
+  CARRIAGE_RETURN_REGEX,
+  CASE_SENSITIVE_TAG_NAMES_MAP,
+} from './constants';
 
 /**
  * Gets case-sensitive tag name.
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ function formatTagName(tagName: string): string {
  * @returns - HTML string with escaped special characters.
  */
 export function escapeSpecialCharacters(html: string): string {
-  return html.replace(/\r/g, '\\r');
+  return html.replace(CARRIAGE_RETURN_REGEX, CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -68,7 +74,7 @@ export function escapeSpecialCharacters(html: string): string {
  * @returns - Text with escaped characters reverted.
  */
 export function revertEscapedCharacters(text: string): string {
-  return text.replace(/\\r/g, '\r');
+  return text.replace(CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER_REGEX, CARRIAGE_RETURN);
 }
 
 /**

test/cases/html.js

@@ -327,6 +327,16 @@ module.exports = [
     data: '<div>Hello\r<span>Beautiful\r</span>World</div>',
   },
 
+  // LaTeX
+  {
+    name: 'LaTeX',
+    data: '<span class="math">\\left(\\right)\\rD\\rightarrow\\reals\\ni</span>',
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'LaTeX with carriage return',
+    data: '<span class="math">\\left(\\right)\\rD\\rightarrow\\reals\\ni</span>\r\n',
+  },
+
   // custom tag
   {
     name: 'custom tag',

test/cases/index.js

@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ module.exports = {
   html,
   svg,
 };
+
+module.exports.default = module.exports;

test/server/client.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 
+import { CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER } from '../../src/client/constants';
 import { formatDOM } from '../../src/client/utilities';
 import { revertEscapedCharacters } from '../../src/client/utilities';
 import { escapeSpecialCharacters } from '../../src/client/utilities';
@@ -15,59 +16,67 @@ describe('client utilities', () => {
 
   describe('escapeSpecialCharacters', () => {
     it('escapes carriage return characters', () => {
-      const input = 'Hello\rWorld';
-      const expected = 'Hello\\rWorld';
-      expect(escapeSpecialCharacters(input)).to.equal(expected);
+      expect(escapeSpecialCharacters('Hello\rWorld')).to.equal(
+        `Hello${CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER}World`,
+      );
     });
 
     it('does not modify strings without special characters', () => {
-      const input = 'Hello World';
-      expect(escapeSpecialCharacters(input)).to.equal(input);
+      const text = 'Hello World';
+      expect(escapeSpecialCharacters(text)).to.equal(text);
     });
 
     it('handles empty strings', () => {
-      expect(escapeSpecialCharacters('')).to.equal('');
+      const text = '';
+      expect(escapeSpecialCharacters(text)).to.equal(text);
     });
 
     it('handles multiple carriage returns', () => {
-      const input = 'Hello\rDear\rWorld';
-      const expected = 'Hello\\rDear\\rWorld';
-      expect(escapeSpecialCharacters(input)).to.equal(expected);
+      expect(escapeSpecialCharacters('Hello\rDear\rWorld')).to.equal(
+        `Hello${CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER}Dear${CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER}World`,
+      );
     });
 
     it('only escapes carriage returns', () => {
-      const input = 'Hello\rWorld\n'; // \n should not be affected
-      const expected = 'Hello\\rWorld\n';
-      expect(escapeSpecialCharacters(input)).to.equal(expected);
+      // `\n` and `\right` should not be affected
+      expect(escapeSpecialCharacters('Hello\rWorld\n\right')).to.equal(
+        `Hello${CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER}World\n${CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER}ight`,
+      );
     });
   });
 
   describe('revertEscapedCharacters', () => {
     it('reverts escaped carriage return characters', () => {
-      const input = 'Hello\\rWorld';
-      const expected = 'Hello\rWorld';
-      expect(revertEscapedCharacters(input)).to.equal(expected);
+      expect(
+        revertEscapedCharacters(`Hello${CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER}World`),
+      ).to.equal('Hello\rWorld');
     });
 
     it('does not modify strings without escaped characters', () => {
-      const input = 'Hello World';
-      expect(revertEscapedCharacters(input)).to.equal(input);
+      const text = 'Hello World';
+      expect(revertEscapedCharacters(text)).to.equal(text);
     });
 
     it('handles empty strings', () => {
-      expect(revertEscapedCharacters('')).to.equal('');
+      const text = '';
+      expect(revertEscapedCharacters(text)).to.equal(text);
     });
 
     it('handles multiple escaped carriage returns', () => {
-      const input = 'Hello\\rDear\\rWorld';
-      const expected = 'Hello\rDear\rWorld';
-      expect(revertEscapedCharacters(input)).to.equal(expected);
+      expect(
+        revertEscapedCharacters(
+          `Hello${CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER}Dear${CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER}World`,
+        ),
+      ).to.equal('Hello\rDear\rWorld');
     });
 
     it('only reverts escaped carriage returns', () => {
-      const input = 'Hello\\rWorld\\n'; // \n should not be affected
-      const expected = 'Hello\rWorld\\n';
-      expect(revertEscapedCharacters(input)).to.equal(expected);
+      // `\n` and `\right` should not be affected
+      expect(
+        revertEscapedCharacters(
+          `Hello${CARRIAGE_RETURN_PLACEHOLDER}World\\n\\right`,
+        ),
+      ).to.equal('Hello\rWorld\\n\\right');
     });
   });
 });