EscapeForPlainText

Author: mcmonkey4eva

CommandHandlers/UserCommands.cs

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ private static string ReplaceIfMultiple(string text, char c, char replacement)
             return text;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>Escapes user input for output. Best when wrapped in `backticks`.</summary>
+        /// <summary>Escapes user input for output for when it will be wrapped `backticks`. For non-backtick version, use <see cref="EscapeForPlainText(string)"/>.</summary>
         /// <param name="text">The user input text.</param>
         /// <returns>The escaped result.</returns>
         public static string EscapeUserInput(string text)
@@ -174,6 +174,21 @@ public static string EscapeUserInput(string text)
             return text;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>Escapes user input for when output will NOT be wrapped in backticks. For the backtick-compatible version, use <see cref="EscapeUserInput(string)"/>.</summary>
+        public static string EscapeForPlainText(string text)
+        {
+            if (text is null)
+            {
+                return "(null)";
+            }
+            text = text.Replace("discord.gg", "discord\\.gg");
+            if (NeedsEscapeMatcher.ContainsAnyMatch(text))
+            {
+                text = text.Replace("\\", "\\\\").Replace("`", "\\`").Replace("<", "\\<").Replace("@", "\\@").Replace("#", "\\#").Replace("&", "\\&").Replace("*", "\\*").Replace("~", "\\~").Replace("_", "\\_").Replace("|", "\\|").Replace(":", "\\:");
+            }
+            return text;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>Generates a link to a Discord message.</summary>
         public static string LinkToMessage(IMessage message)
         {