escape

# File lib/yaml/encoding.rb, line 10
        def YAML.escape( value, skip = "" )
                value.gsub( /\\/, "\\\\\\" ).
              gsub( /"/, "\\\"" ).
              gsub( /([\x00-\x1f])/ ) do |x|
                 skip[x] || ESCAPES[ x.unpack("C")[0] ]
             end
        end