From 00da0468e64cb6a3224adfbdb04ece6880d11033 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Ballinger <thomasballinger@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 17:07:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] larger kludge for escaped characters

---
 hy/lex/states.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hy/lex/states.py b/hy/lex/states.py
index 51255bd..9c81967 100644
--- a/hy/lex/states.py
+++ b/hy/lex/states.py
@@ -255,8 +255,9 @@ class String(State):
         """
         if self.escaped:
             self.escaped = False
-            if char == "n":
-                self.nodes.append("\n")
+            simple_escapables = tuple('abfnrtv')
+            if char in simple_escapables:
+                self.nodes.append(eval('"\\'+char+'"'))
                 return
             if char == "\\":
                 self.nodes.append("\\")