1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 11c476321..99e56ff52 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -215,12 +215,16 @@ static void parse_escapes(char *dest, const char *string, int len, char from, ch
 
 static char *copy_parsing_escapes(const char *string, int len)
 {
+        const char *s;
         char *dest = xmalloc(len + 1);
 
-        parse_escapes(dest, string, len, 'n', '\n');
+        /* sed recognizes \n */
         /* GNU sed also recognizes \t and \r */
-        parse_escapes(dest, dest, strlen(dest), 't', '\t');
-        parse_escapes(dest, dest, strlen(dest), 'r', '\r');
+        for (s = "\nn\tt\rr"; *s; s += 2) {
+                parse_escapes(dest, string, len, s[1], s[0]);
+                string = dest;
+                len = strlen(dest);
+        }
         return dest;
 }