Merge branch 'dd_msg_area_chooser_coloring_fix_and_separator_char_fix' into 'master'

DDMsgAreaChooser fix: Sub-board item colors aligned properly again; also, a fix to properly allow separator characters such as |, etc.

See merge request !551

xtrn/DDAreaChoosers/DDAreaChooserCommon.js

@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ function getAreaHeirarchy(pWhichAreas, pCollapsing, pCollapsingSeparator)
 
 		// A regular expression intended to be used for replacing all double instances
 		// of the separator character with a single instance
-		var doubleSepCharGlobalRegex = new RegExp(pCollapsingSeparator + pCollapsingSeparator, "g"); // "gi" for global case insensitive
+		// Modifiers can be "gi" for global case insensitive
+		var doubleSepCharGlobalRegex = new RegExp(quoteLiteralCharsForRegEx(pCollapsingSeparator + pCollapsingSeparator), "g");
 
 		// Build the heirarchy
 		// For each library, go through each directory
@@ -296,3 +297,27 @@ function splitStrNoSpacesBeforeSeparator(pStr, pSep)
 	}
 	return strArray;
 }
+
+// Adds backslash characters to a string to quote characters as needed
+// to match the literal character in a regular expression
+//
+// Parameters:
+//  pStr: The string to search
+//
+// Return value: The string with special regex characters back-quoted
+function quoteLiteralCharsForRegEx(pStr)
+{
+	if (typeof(pStr) !== "string")
+		return "";
+
+	const specialChars = "^$.*+?()[]{}|\\";
+
+	var newStr = "";
+	for (var i = 0; i < pStr.length; ++i)
+	{
+		if (specialChars.indexOf(pStr[i]) > -1)
+			newStr += "\\";
+		newStr += pStr[i];
+	}
+	return newStr;
+}
\ No newline at end of file

xtrn/DDAreaChoosers/readme.txt

                      Digital Distortion Area Choosers
-                              Version 1.43
-                        Release date: 2025-06-01
+                              Version 1.44
+                        Release date: 2025-06-05
 
                                   by
 

xtrn/DDAreaChoosers/version_history.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Revision History (change log)
 =============================
 Version  Date         Description
 -------  ----         -----------
+1.44     2025-06-05   Fix (message area chooser only): Sub-board item colors
+                      are properly aligned again
 1.43     2025-06-01   *.example.cfg files provided in the Synchronet repo: If
                       DDFileAreaChooser.cfg or DDMsgAreaChooser.cfg don't exist,
                       read the ones with .example.cfg instead. Sysops can copy