[js] add a selector string escaping function
will help use id strings in jquery selector expressions, e.g:
"foo.[subject]:42" -> "foo\.\[subject\]\:42"
Related to #3154531.
\.svn
^build$
^dist$
\.pyc$
\.pyo$
\.bak$
\.old$
\~$
\#.*?\#$
\.swp$
^doc/book/en/apidoc$
\.old$
syntax: regexp
.*/data/database/.*\.sqlite
.*/data/database/.*\.config
.*/data/database/tmpdb.*
.*/data/ldapdb/.*
^doc/html/
^doc/doctrees/
^doc/book/en/devweb/js_api/