From 72d2f37c9aba1d6952a932bb1377f6b8daff0838 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 09:06:45 -0400
Subject: Intepret \uXXXX and \xYY escapes in replacement text.

---
 modules/textadept/find.lua | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/textadept/find.lua b/modules/textadept/find.lua
index 7fab5429..4657b0c8 100644
--- a/modules/textadept/find.lua
+++ b/modules/textadept/find.lua
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ end
 local function replace(rtext)
   if buffer.selection_empty then return end
   if M.in_files then M.in_files = false end
+  rtext = rtext:gsub('\\[ux](%x+)', function(codepoint)
+    return utf8.char(tonumber(codepoint, 16)) -- interpret \uXXXX or \xYY
+  end)
   buffer:target_from_selection()
   buffer[not M.regex and 'replace_target' or 'replace_target_re'](buffer, rtext)
   buffer:set_sel(buffer.target_start, buffer.target_end)
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