X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/275bf4c13ab7f4b041b0d5c78cfdece709800d14..903f689bf7c3c379cba45881373aa9bdd15d6e70:/src/common/config.cpp

diff --git a/src/common/config.cpp b/src/common/config.cpp
index 5b3de33e72..b7c4a11854 100644
--- a/src/common/config.cpp
+++ b/src/common/config.cpp
@@ -222,11 +222,12 @@ wxString wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString& str)
           // check the closing bracket
           if ( bracket != Bracket_None ) {
             if ( m == str.Len() || str[m] != (char)bracket ) {
-              wxLogWarning(_("missing '%c' at position %d in '%s'."),
+              wxLogWarning(_("Environment variables expansion failed: "
+                             "missing '%c' at position %d in '%s'."),
                            (char)bracket, m + 1, str.c_str());
             }
             else {
-              // skip closing bracket
+              // skip closing bracket unless the variables wasn't expanded
               if ( pszValue == NULL )
                 strResult << (char)bracket;
               m++;
@@ -237,6 +238,15 @@ wxString wxExpandEnvVars(const wxString& str)
         }
         break;
 
+      case '\\':
+        // backslash can be used to suppress special meaning of % and $
+        if ( n != str.Len() && (str[n + 1] == '%' || str[n + 1] == '$') ) {
+          strResult += str[++n];
+
+          break;
+        }
+        //else: fall through
+
       default:
         strResult += str[n];
     }