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A simple web tool that helps visualize escape sequences in text, built with Hono framework.
- Side-by-side interface with input and output panels
- Real-time conversion of escape sequences to their actual characters
- Handles common escape sequences like
\n,\t,\r, etc. - Responsive design that works on mobile and desktop
- Built with Hono framework following recommended project structure
├── backend/
│ └── index.ts # Main Hono app entry point
├── frontend/
│ ├── index.html # Main HTML template
│ └── index.js # Frontend JavaScript
├── shared/
│ └── utils.ts # Shared types and utilities
└── README.md
- Enter text with escape sequences in the left panel
- See the unescaped result in the right panel in real-time
- Copy the visualized output as needed
- Backend uses Hono framework to serve the frontend files
- Frontend uses vanilla JavaScript for the escape sequence conversion
- The tool uses JavaScript's
JSON.parse()with a string wrapper to handle the conversion of escape sequences to their actual characters - This approach handles all standard JSON escape sequences
Input: Hello\nWorld
Output:
Hello
World
Input: Tab:\tIndented
Output: Tab: Indented