From 056936eafc927e8770acdc6f70bf2971cca4f4d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MarkKoz <KozlovMark@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:49:26 -0700
Subject: Escape Markdown in reddit post titles

Use a Unicode look-alike character to replace square brackets, since
they'd otherwise interfere with the Markdown.

Fixes #1030
---
 bot/cogs/reddit.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bot/cogs/reddit.py b/bot/cogs/reddit.py
index d853ab2ea..5d9e2c20b 100644
--- a/bot/cogs/reddit.py
+++ b/bot/cogs/reddit.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from aiohttp import BasicAuth, ClientError
 from discord import Colour, Embed, TextChannel
 from discord.ext.commands import Cog, Context, group
 from discord.ext.tasks import loop
+from discord.utils import escape_markdown
 
 from bot.bot import Bot
 from bot.constants import Channels, ERROR_REPLIES, Emojis, Reddit as RedditConfig, STAFF_ROLES, Webhooks
@@ -187,6 +188,8 @@ class Reddit(Cog):
             author = data["author"]
 
             title = textwrap.shorten(data["title"], width=64, placeholder="...")
+            # Normal brackets interfere with Markdown.
+            title = escape_markdown(title).replace("[", "⦋").replace("]", "⦌")
             link = self.URL + data["permalink"]
 
             embed.description += (
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