Fix some sequences not printing in titles/filenames

This fixes issue #51: for example "temp\home" is shown as "temp ome".
Eisa01 · Jul 17, 2022 · 6826747 · 6826747
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diff --git a/scripts/SimpleHistory.lua b/scripts/SimpleHistory.lua
@@ -860,6 +860,12 @@ function draw_list()
 			end
 		end
 
+		-- example in the mpv source suggests this escape method for set_osd_ass:
+		-- https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/94677723624fb84756e65c8f1377956667244bc9/player/lua/stats.lua#L145
+		local ESC_BACKSLASH = "\\" .. string.char(0xE2, 0x81, 0xA0)
+		p = p:gsub("\\", ESC_BACKSLASH)
+		   :gsub("{", "\\{")
+		   :gsub("^ ", "\\h")
 		osd_msg = osd_msg .. osd_color .. osd_key .. osd_index .. p
 
 		if list_contents[#list_contents - i][osd_time_type] and tonumber(list_contents[#list_contents - i][osd_time_type]) > 0 then