From 8cfbaf545ab4215ccc9820ba905f502387d1de1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas <134181853+bo2themax@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 19:45:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] config: formatted action should be parsable into the
 original

---
 src/input/Binding.zig | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/input/Binding.zig b/src/input/Binding.zig
index 8c706027a..16f632c53 100644
--- a/src/input/Binding.zig
+++ b/src/input/Binding.zig
@@ -4611,12 +4611,14 @@ test "action: format" {
     const testing = std.testing;
     const alloc = testing.allocator;
 
-    const a: Action = .{ .text = "👻" };
+    const a: Action = .{ .text = "👻Ghostty'\"" };
 
     var buf: std.Io.Writer.Allocating = .init(alloc);
     defer buf.deinit();
     try a.format(&buf.writer);
-    try testing.expectEqualStrings("text:\\xf0\\x9f\\x91\\xbb", buf.written());
+
+    const b = try Binding.Action.parse(buf.written());
+    try testing.expect(a.equal(b));
 }
 
 test "action: format set title" {

From b67f8ef51d8092ff3aaf52574a89c98f9f46b0ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas <134181853+bo2themax@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 19:45:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] config: don't escape Binding.Action.String

---
 src/input/Binding.zig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/input/Binding.zig b/src/input/Binding.zig
index 16f632c53..5b14067db 100644
--- a/src/input/Binding.zig
+++ b/src/input/Binding.zig
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ pub const Action = union(enum) {
         const value_info = @typeInfo(Value);
         switch (Value) {
             void => {},
-            []const u8 => try std.zig.stringEscape(value, writer),
+            []const u8 => try writer.print("{s}", .{value}),
             else => switch (value_info) {
                 .@"enum" => try writer.print("{t}", .{value}),
                 .float => try writer.print("{d}", .{value}),