Javascript escaping not compatible with Rails

[joe1chen]

Hi,
I'm looking into a bug (brianmario/escape_utils#43) with the escape_utils gem, which relies on houdini.

The problem is that escape_utils relies on houdini's escape javascript function, which currently doesn't seem to be compatible with the typical Rails use-case.

The Rail's escape_javascript function currently escapes carriage returns and single and double quotes for JavaScript segments. The typical use case is something like this:

$('some_element').replaceWith('<%=escape_javascript render 'some/element_template' %>');

The HTML output of the render call is escaped so that it is valid as a Javascript string.

Is it possible to change the current houdini javascript escape function to behave similarly? Or add options so that a Rails-compatible javascript escape is exposed? This would fix the bug in escape_utils.

Or if not, can you explain what the typical use case is for the existing escape javascript function?