improved text encoding

base.py

@@ -157,7 +157,34 @@ class rList(rObject):
 		rv += "\n\t}"
 		return rv
 
+
+def _generate_map():
+	map = { x: "\\${:02x}".format(x) for x in range(0, 256) if x < 32 or x > 126 }
+	map[0x0d] = "\\n" # intentionally backwards.
+	map[0x0a] = "\\r" # intentionally backwards.
+	map[0x09] = "\\t"
+	# \b \f \v \? also supported. 
+	map[ord('"')] = '\\"'
+	map[ord("'")] = "\\'"
+	map[ord("\\")] = "\\\\"
+	# map[0x7f] = "\\?" # rubout
+
+	return map
+
 class rTextObject(rObject):
+	# _map = { x: "\\${:02x}".format(x) for x in range(0, 256) if x < 32 or x > 126 }
+
+
+
+	_map = _generate_map()
+
+	@staticmethod
+	def _encode(bb):
+		map = rTextObject._map
+		return "".join([map[x] if x in map else chr(x) for x in bb])
+
+
+
 	def __init__(self, text, *, id=None, attr=None):
 		super().__init__(id=id, attr=attr)
 		# text is a string or bytes.
@@ -165,12 +192,22 @@ class rTextObject(rObject):
 		self.text = text
 		self._text = str_to_bytes(text)
 
+	def __len__(self):
+		return len(self._text)
+
 	def __bytes__(self):
 		return self._text
 
 	def _rez_string(self):
-		# todo - should extended chars be macroman?
+
-		return '\t"' + self._text.decode("ascii") + '"'
+		if not self._text: return '\t""\n'
+
+		bb = self._text
+		data = [bb[x*32:x*32+32] for x in range(0, len(bb)+31>>5)]
+
+		rv = ""
+		rv = "\n".join(['\t"' + self._encode(x) + '"' for x in data])
+		return rv
 
 
 class rText(rTextObject):