# File lib/rdoc/markup/simple_markup/to_latex.rb, line 64
def escape(str)
# $stderr.print "FE: ", str
s = str.
# sub(/\s+$/, '').
gsub(/([_\${}&%#])/, "#{BS}\\1").
gsub(/\\/, BACKSLASH).
gsub(/\^/, HAT).
gsub(/~/, TILDE).
gsub(/</, LESSTHAN).
gsub(/>/, GREATERTHAN).
gsub(/,,/, ",{},").
gsub(/\`/, BACKQUOTE)
# $stderr.print "-> ", s, "\n"
s
end