From 05ba428749c65b36e9c6f51166fdc3297e367052 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: codepuncher <lee.hanbury@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:50:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: preserve escaped pipes in nexus page table cells

---
 scripts/generate-nexus-page.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/generate-nexus-page.py b/scripts/generate-nexus-page.py
index fd8a791..d56d103 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-nexus-page.py
+++ b/scripts/generate-nexus-page.py
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ def md_to_bbcode(md: str) -> str:
                 i += 1
             output.append("[list]")
             for row in table_lines[2:]:  # skip header row [0] and separator row [1]
-                cells = [convert_inline(c.strip()) for c in row.strip("|").split("|")]
+                # Split on unescaped pipes only, then unescape `\|` within each cell.
+                raw = re.split(r"(?<!\\)\|", row.strip().strip("|"))
+                cells = [convert_inline(c.strip().replace("\\|", "|")) for c in raw]
                 output.append(f"[*]{' — '.join(cells)}")
             output.append("[/list]")
             continue