Replace Debug formatting with minimal escaping

helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs

@@ -990,9 +990,20 @@ fn get_character_info(
     }
 
     let grapheme = text.slice(grapheme_start..grapheme_end).to_string();
-
     let encoding = doc.encoding();
 
+    let printable = grapheme.chars().fold(String::new(), |mut s, c| {
+        match c {
+            '\0' => s.push_str("\\0"),
+            '\t' => s.push_str("\\t"),
+            '\n' => s.push_str("\\n"),
+            '\r' => s.push_str("\\r"),
+            _ => s.push(c),
+        }
+
+        s
+    });
+
     // Convert to Unicode codepoints if in UTF-8
     let unicode = if encoding == encoding::UTF_8 {
         let mut unicode = " (".to_owned();
@@ -1080,7 +1091,7 @@ fn get_character_info(
     };
 
     cx.editor
-        .set_status(format!("{grapheme:?}{unicode}{dec} Hex{hex}"));
+        .set_status(format!("\"{printable}\"{unicode}{dec} Hex{hex}"));
 
     Ok(())
 }