don't escape regex metacharacters when writing apps file

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/ClientPattern.cc b/src/ClientPattern.cc
index d2c809c..339092d 100644
--- a/src/ClientPattern.cc
+++ b/src/ClientPattern.cc
@@ -170,11 +170,6 @@ string ClientPattern::toString() const {
     for (; it != it_end; ++it) {
 
         pat.append(" (");
-        // replace special chars like ( ) and [ ] with \( \) and \[ \]
-        string orig = FbTk::StringUtil::replaceString((*it)->orig, "(", "\\(");
-        orig = FbTk::StringUtil::replaceString(orig, ")", "\\)");
-        orig = FbTk::StringUtil::replaceString(orig, "[", "\\[");
-        orig = FbTk::StringUtil::replaceString(orig, "]", "\\]");
 
         switch ((*it)->prop) {
         case NAME:
@@ -190,7 +185,7 @@ string ClientPattern::toString() const {
             pat.append("role=");
         }
 
-        pat.append(orig);
+        pat.append((*it)->orig);
         pat.append(")");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Remember.cc b/src/Remember.cc
index 6f41528..d39cd3e 100644
--- a/src/Remember.cc
+++ b/src/Remember.cc
@@ -302,8 +302,17 @@ Application* Remember::find(WinClient &winclient) {
 Application * Remember::add(WinClient &winclient) {
     ClientPattern *p = new ClientPattern();
     Application *app = new Application(false);
+
     // by default, we match against the WMClass of a window.
-    p->addTerm(p->getProperty(ClientPattern::NAME, winclient), ClientPattern::NAME);
+    string win_name = p->getProperty(ClientPattern::NAME, winclient);
+
+    // replace special chars like ( ) and [ ] with \( \) and \[ \]
+    win_name = FbTk::StringUtil::replaceString(win_name, "(", "\\(");
+    win_name = FbTk::StringUtil::replaceString(win_name, ")", "\\)");
+    win_name = FbTk::StringUtil::replaceString(win_name, "[", "\\[");
+    win_name = FbTk::StringUtil::replaceString(win_name, "]", "\\]");
+
+    p->addTerm(win_name, ClientPattern::NAME);
     m_clients[&winclient] = app;
     p->addMatch();
     m_pats->push_back(make_pair(p, app));