RFC: escape strings in KConfigBase

[Thiago Macieira]

Andreas Hartmetz wrote:
>Backwards compatibility must be broken if you want to improve things,
> big deal. There is a system in place to deal with updating config
> files, and it is explicitly stated that an updated config file will not
> be readable by an older version of an application.
>So minor versions may break config files, and you are arguing that major
>versions may not. Compatibility just does not seem to be that big an
> issue. Backslash escaping is also very unobtrusive if you don't make
> use it.

That doesn't apply to kdeglobals backwards compatibility. You're not 
allowed to downgrade an application or library, but since KDE 3 and 4 
must coexist, we must allow for KDE 3 libraries to read KDE 4's 
kdeglobals.

A couple of other files may be affected too, notably for everything that 
you must have in both KDEs (kded, ioslaves, etc.).

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