1 files changed, 23 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/lua/denote/util.lua b/lua/denote/util.lua
index bd237eb..643e2e7 100644
--- a/lua/denote/util.lua
+++ b/lua/denote/util.lua
@@ -1,27 +1,32 @@
 local M = {}
 
+
 function M.splitspace(str)
-	local chunks = {}
-	for substring in str:gmatch("%S+") do
-		table.insert(chunks, #chunks, substring)
-	end
-	return chunks
+  local chunks = {}
+  for substring in str:gmatch("%S+") do
+    table.insert(chunks, #chunks, substring)
+  end
+  return chunks
 end
 
 function M.splitstring(str, delim)
-	local items = {}
-	local fulldelim = nil
-	if delim == "." or delim == "-" then
-		fulldelim = "%" .. delim
-	else
-		fulldelim = delim
-	end
-	print("fulldelim: ", fulldelim)
-	str = str .. delim
-	for w in str:gmatch("(.-)" .. fulldelim) do
-		items[#items + 1] = w
-	end
-	return items
+  local items = {}
+  local fulldelim = nil
+  if delim == "." or delim == "-" then
+    fulldelim = "%" .. delim
+  else
+    fulldelim = delim
+  end
+  str = str .. delim
+  for w in str:gmatch("(.-)" .. fulldelim) do
+    items[#items + 1] = w
+  end
+  return items
+end
+
+--- Escape a string to use as a lua pattern
+function M.escape(str)
+    return str:gsub("(%W)", "%%%1")
 end
 
 return M