Failed Building (menuconfig) on Windows: "Invalid character escape '\E'" (TZ-1140)

[FutureCow]

Checklist

• Checked the issue tracker for similar issues to ensure this is not a duplicate
• Read the documentation to confirm the issue is not addressed there and your configuration is set correctly
• Tested with the latest version to ensure the issue hasn't been fixed

How often does this bug occurs?

always

Expected behavior

Getting into menuconfig to setup the build

Actual behavior (suspected bug)

get an error before getting into the setup menu

Error logs or terminal output

C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-thread-br-main\examples\basic_thread_border_router>idf.py menuconfig
Executing action: menuconfig
Running cmake in directory C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-thread-br-main\examples\basic_thread_border_router\build
Executing "cmake -G Ninja -DPYTHON_DEPS_CHECKED=1 -DPYTHON=C:\Espressif\python_env\idf5.3_py3.11_env\Scripts\python.exe -DESP_PLATFORM=1 -DCCACHE_ENABLE=1 C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-thread-br-main\examples\basic_thread_border_router"...
-- IDF_TARGET is not set, guessed 'esp32s3' from sdkconfig 'C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-thread-br-main/examples/basic_thread_border_router/sdkconfig.defaults'
-- Found Git: C:/Espressif/tools/idf-git/2.44.0/cmd/git.exe (found version "2.44.0.windows.1")
-- ccache will be used for faster recompilation
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 13.2.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 13.2.0
-- The ASM compiler identification is GNU
-- Found assembler: C:/Espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20240530/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32s3-elf-gcc.exe
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: C:/Espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20240530/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32s3-elf-gcc.exe - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20240530/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32s3-elf-g++.exe - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- git rev-parse returned 'fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git'
-- Could not use 'git describe' to determine PROJECT_VER.
-- Building ESP-IDF components for target esp32s3
Dependencies lock doesn't exist, solving dependencies.
Using component placed at C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-thread-br-main\components\esp_ot_cli_extension for dependency "espressif/esp_ot_cli_extension", specified in C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-thread-br-main\examples\basic_thread_border_router\main\idf_component.yml
Using component placed at C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-thread-br-main\components\esp_rcp_update for dependency "espressif/esp_rcp_update", specified in C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-thread-br-main\examples\basic_thread_border_router\main\idf_component.yml
..........NOTICE: Updating lock file at C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-thread-br-main\examples\basic_thread_border_router\dependencies.lock
Processing 6 dependencies:
[1/6] espressif/esp-serial-flasher (0.0.11)
[2/6] espressif/esp_ot_cli_extension (1.2.3) (C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-thread-br-main\components\esp_ot_cli_extension)
[3/6] espressif/esp_rcp_update (1.3.1) (C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-thread-br-main\components\esp_rcp_update)
[4/6] espressif/iperf (0.1.3)
[5/6] espressif/mdns (1.4.0)
[6/6] idf (5.3.1)
-- Project sdkconfig file C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-thread-br-main/examples/basic_thread_border_router/sdkconfig
Loading defaults file C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-thread-br-main/examples/basic_thread_border_router/sdkconfig.defaults...
-- Compiler supported targets: xtensa-esp-elf
-- Found Python3: C:/Espressif/python_env/idf5.3_py3.11_env/Scripts/python.exe (found version "3.11.2") found components: Interpreter
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD - Success
-- Found Threads: TRUE
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WFORMAT_SIGNEDNESS
-- Performing Test C_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WFORMAT_SIGNEDNESS - Success
-- App "esp_ot_br" version: 1
-- Adding linker script C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-thread-br-main/examples/basic_thread_border_router/build/esp-idf/esp_system/ld/memory.ld
-- Adding linker script C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-thread-br-main/examples/basic_thread_border_router/build/esp-idf/esp_system/ld/sections.ld.in
-- Adding linker script C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-idf-v5.3.1/components/esp_rom/esp32s3/ld/esp32s3.rom.ld
-- Adding linker script C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-idf-v5.3.1/components/esp_rom/esp32s3/ld/esp32s3.rom.api.ld
-- Adding linker script C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-idf-v5.3.1/components/esp_rom/esp32s3/ld/esp32s3.rom.libgcc.ld
-- Adding linker script C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-idf-v5.3.1/components/esp_rom/esp32s3/ld/esp32s3.rom.wdt.ld
-- Adding linker script C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-idf-v5.3.1/components/esp_rom/esp32s3/ld/esp32s3.rom.version.ld
-- Adding linker script C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-idf-v5.3.1/components/esp_rom/esp32s3/ld/esp32s3.rom.newlib.ld
-- Adding linker script C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-idf-v5.3.1/components/soc/esp32s3/ld/esp32s3.peripherals.ld
CMake Error at C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-idf-v5.3.1/tools/cmake/component.cmake:311 (foreach):
  Syntax error in cmake code at

    C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-idf-v5.3.1/tools/cmake/component.cmake:311

  when parsing string

    include;C:\Espressif\frameworks\esp-idf-v5.3.1/examples/common_components/protocol_examples_common/include

  Invalid character escape '\E'.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-idf-v5.3.1/tools/cmake/component.cmake:482 (__component_add_include_dirs)
  C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-thread-br-main/components/esp_ot_cli_extension/CMakeLists.txt:34 (idf_component_register)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/Espressif/frameworks/esp-thread-br-main/examples/basic_thread_border_router/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
cmake failed with exit code 1

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Following the steps from: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-thread-br/en/latest/dev-guide/build_and_run.html

Project release version

v5.3.1 ESP IDF with esp-thread-br-main

System architecture

Intel/AMD 64-bit (modern PC, older Mac)

Operating system

Windows

Operating system version

Windows 11

Shell

CMD

Additional context

No response

[elgerg]

I get this on Windows 11 as well. I had to switch to Linux to get it to compile.

I was going to say work but this is the ticket I had to raise after I got compilations working:
#96

[SMCorey]

I'm getting the same issue with the same setup.

I will try to do it on Linux tomorrow.

[chshu]

@FutureCow @elgerg @SMCorey The compile issue on Windows should be fixed by 1318595, could you try again? The change has been uploaded to the component managemen, so you don't need to download the latest code base, just clean the build history and re-build again.

[SMCorey]

@chshu It worked. Thank you