diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1 b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1
index 098e4d1e..f7fddc83 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
 .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
 .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
-.TH XORRISO 1 "Nov 07, 2008"
+.TH XORRISO 1 "Nov 11, 2008"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .\"
 .\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@@ -2292,11 +2292,11 @@ Enable or disable the interpretation of symbolic representations of special
 characters with quoted input, or with program arguments, or with program
 text output. If enabled the following translations apply:
 .br
- \\a=bell(007) \\b=backspace(008) \\e=Escape(033) \\f=formfeed(014)
+ \\a=bell(007) \\b=backspace(010) \\e=Escape(033) \\f=formfeed(014)
 .br
  \\n=linefeed(012) \\r=carriage_return(015) \\t=tab(011)
 .br
- \\v=vtab(013) \\\\=backslash(134) \\[0-9][0-9][0-9]=octal_code
+ \\v=vtab(013) \\\\=backslash(134) \\[0-7][0-7][0-7]=octal_code
 .br
  \\\\x[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]=hex_code \\cC=control-C
 .br
@@ -2313,9 +2313,12 @@ With the start program arguments there is mode:
  "with_program_arguments" translates all program arguments.
 .br
 .br
-Mode "encode_output" encodes output characters inside single or double
-quotation marks. It combines "encode_results" with "encode_infos". Encoding
-applies to ASCII characters 1 to 31 and 127 to 255.
+Mode "encode_output" encodes output characters. It combines "encode_results"
+with "encode_infos". Inside single or double quotation marks encoding applies
+to ASCII characters octal 001 to 037 , 177 to 377 and to backslash(134).
+Outside quotation marks some harmless control characters stay unencoded:
+bell(007), backspace(010), tab(011), linefeed(012), formfeed(014),
+carriage_return(015).
 .br
 Mode "off" is default and disables any translation.
 Mode "on" is
@@ -2595,12 +2598,13 @@ This example assumes that the existing ISO image was written with character
 set ISO-8859-1 but that the readers expected UTF-8. Now a new session with
 the same files gets added with converted file names.
 In order to avoid any weaknesses of the local character set this command
-pretends that it is already the final target set UTF-8.
-Therefore strange file names may appear in eventual error messages.
+pretends that it uses already the final target set UTF-8.
+Therefore strange file names may appear in eventual error messages which
+will be made terminal-safe by option -backslash_codes.
 .br
 \fB$\fR xorriso -in_charset ISO-8859-1 -local_charset UTF-8 \\
 .br
-   -out_charset UTF-8 -dev /dev/sr0 \\
+   -out_charset UTF-8 -backslash_codes on -dev /dev/sr0 \\
 .br
    -alter_date m +0 / -- -commit -eject all
 .SS
diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.c b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.c
index 9ff3d4ee..9a0e0685 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.c
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ int Sfile_off_t_text(char text[80], off_t num, int flag)
 */
 int Sfile_bsl_interpreter(char *text, int upto, int *eaten, int flag)
 {
- char *rpt, *wpt, num_text[4], wdummy[8];
+ char *rpt, *wpt, num_text[8], wdummy[8];
  unsigned int num= 0;
 
  *eaten= 0;
@@ -542,13 +542,14 @@ int Sfile_bsl_interpreter(char *text, int upto, int *eaten, int flag)
        *(wpt++)= 11;
      } else if(*rpt == '\\') {
        *(wpt++)= '\\';
-     } else if(rpt[0] >= '0' && rpt[0] <= '9' &&
-               rpt[1] >= '0' && rpt[1] <= '9' &&
-               rpt[2] >= '0' && rpt[2] <= '9') {
-       num_text[0]= *(rpt + 0);
-       num_text[1]= *(rpt + 1);
-       num_text[2]= *(rpt + 2);
-       num_text[3]= 0;
+     } else if(rpt[0] >= '0' && rpt[0] <= '7' &&
+               rpt[1] >= '0' && rpt[1] <= '7' &&
+               rpt[2] >= '0' && rpt[2] <= '7') {
+       num_text[0]= '0';
+       num_text[1]= *(rpt + 0);
+       num_text[2]= *(rpt + 1);
+       num_text[3]= *(rpt + 2);
+       num_text[4]= 0;
        sscanf(num_text, "%o", &num);
        if(num > 0 && num <= 255) {
          rpt+= 2;
@@ -626,6 +627,8 @@ ex:;
 
 
 /* @param flag bit0= only encode inside quotes
+               bit1= encode < 32 outside quotes except 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13
+               bit2= encode in any case above 126
 */
 int Sfile_bsl_encoder(char **result, char *text, int flag)
 {
@@ -650,8 +653,16 @@ int Sfile_bsl_encoder(char **result, char *text, int flag)
      sq_open= !(sq_open || dq_open);
    if(*rpt == '"')
      dq_open= !(sq_open || dq_open);
-   if((*rpt >= 32 && *rpt <= 126 && *rpt != '\\') ||
-      ((flag & 1) && !(sq_open || dq_open))) {
+   if(*rpt >= 32 && *rpt <= 126 && *rpt != '\\') {
+     *(wpt++)= *rpt;
+ continue;
+   }
+   if( ((flag & 1) && !(sq_open || dq_open)) &&
+      !((flag & 2) && (*rpt >= 1 && * rpt <= 31 &&
+        !(*rpt == 7 || *rpt == 8 || *rpt == 9 || *rpt == 10 ||
+          *rpt == 12 || *rpt == 13))) &&
+      !((flag & 4) && (*rpt > 126 || *rpt < 0)) &&
+      !((flag & 6) && *rpt == '\\')) {
      *(wpt++)= *rpt;
  continue;
    }
@@ -4360,7 +4371,7 @@ bit15= with bit1 or bit2: close depicted log file
  /* Eventually perform backslash encoding of non-printable characters */
  if(((xorriso->bsl_interpretation & 32) && channel_no == 1) ||
     ((xorriso->bsl_interpretation & 64) && channel_no == 2)) {
-   ret= Sfile_bsl_encoder(&text, text, 1);
+   ret= Sfile_bsl_encoder(&text, text, 1 | 2 | 4);
    if(ret <= 0)
      {ret= -1; goto ex;}
  }
diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
index 5d7fb6a4..57b156bb 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Xorriso_timestamP "2008.11.10.123332"
+#define Xorriso_timestamP "2008.11.10.123713"