diff --git a/org_mode_samples/object/macro/escape.org b/org_mode_samples/object/macro/escape.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..312f3d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org_mode_samples/object/macro/escape.org
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{{{foo}}}
+
+{{{fo\o}}}
+
+{{{foo(b\ar)}}}
+
+{{{foo(b\,r)}}}
diff --git a/src/compare/compare_field.rs b/src/compare/compare_field.rs
index 3173ea8..8cc4138 100644
--- a/src/compare/compare_field.rs
+++ b/src/compare/compare_field.rs
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ pub(crate) fn compare_property_list_of_quoted_string<
                 if e != r {
                     let this_status = DiffStatus::Bad;
                     let message = Some(format!(
-                        "{} mismatch (emacs != rust) {:?} != {:?}",
-                        emacs_field, value, rust_value
+                        "{} mismatch (emacs != rust) {:?} != {:?}. Full list: {:?} != {:?}",
+                        emacs_field, e, r, value, rust_value
                     ));
                     return Ok(Some((this_status, message)));
                 }
diff --git a/src/types/util.rs b/src/types/util.rs
index bb7deda..e8980ea 100644
--- a/src/types/util.rs
+++ b/src/types/util.rs
@@ -243,3 +243,149 @@ enum CoalesceWhitespace {
     Normal,
     HasWhitespace { in_whitespace: bool, ret: String },
 }
+
+/// Removes all whitespace from a string and handle escaping characters.
+///
+/// Example: "foo bar" => "foobar" and "foo \n bar" => "foobar" but if the escape character is backslash and comma is an escapable character than "foo\,bar" becomes "foo,bar".
+pub(crate) fn coalesce_whitespace_escaped<'c, C: Fn(char) -> bool>(
+    escape_character: char,
+    escapable_characters: C,
+) -> impl for<'s> Fn(&'s str) -> Cow<'s, str> {
+    move |input| impl_coalesce_whitespace_escaped(input, escape_character, &escapable_characters)
+}
+
+fn impl_coalesce_whitespace_escaped<'s, C: Fn(char) -> bool>(
+    input: &'s str,
+    escape_character: char,
+    escapable_characters: C,
+) -> Cow<'s, str> {
+    let mut state = CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::Normal;
+    for (offset, c) in input.char_indices() {
+        state = match (state, c) {
+            (CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::Normal, c) if c == escape_character => {
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::NormalEscaping {
+                    escape_offset: offset,
+                }
+            }
+            (CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::Normal, ' ' | '\t' | '\r' | '\n') => {
+                let mut ret = String::with_capacity(input.len());
+                ret.push_str(&input[..offset]);
+                ret.push(' ');
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutation {
+                    in_whitespace: true,
+                    ret,
+                }
+            }
+            (CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::Normal, _) => CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::Normal,
+            (CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::NormalEscaping { escape_offset }, c)
+                if escapable_characters(c) =>
+            {
+                // We escaped a character so we need mutation
+                let mut ret = String::with_capacity(input.len());
+                ret.push_str(&input[..escape_offset]);
+                ret.push(c);
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutation {
+                    in_whitespace: false,
+                    ret,
+                }
+            }
+
+            (
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::NormalEscaping { escape_offset: _ },
+                ' ' | '\t' | '\r' | '\n',
+            ) => {
+                // We didn't escape the character but we hit whitespace anyway.
+                let mut ret = String::with_capacity(input.len());
+                ret.push_str(&input[..offset]);
+                ret.push(' ');
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutation {
+                    in_whitespace: true,
+                    ret,
+                }
+            }
+            (CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::NormalEscaping { escape_offset: _ }, _) => {
+                // We didn't escape the character so continue as normal.
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::Normal
+            }
+
+            (
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutation {
+                    in_whitespace: _,
+                    ret,
+                },
+                c,
+            ) if c == escape_character => {
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutationEscaping { ret }
+            }
+            (
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutation {
+                    mut in_whitespace,
+                    mut ret,
+                },
+                ' ' | '\t' | '\r' | '\n',
+            ) => {
+                if !in_whitespace {
+                    in_whitespace = true;
+                    ret.push(' ');
+                }
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutation { in_whitespace, ret }
+            }
+            (
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutation {
+                    in_whitespace,
+                    mut ret,
+                },
+                _,
+            ) => {
+                ret.push(c);
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutation {
+                    in_whitespace: false,
+                    ret,
+                }
+            }
+            (CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutationEscaping { mut ret }, c)
+                if escapable_characters(c) =>
+            {
+                ret.push(c);
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutation {
+                    in_whitespace: false,
+                    ret,
+                }
+            }
+            (
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutationEscaping { mut ret },
+                ' ' | '\t' | '\r' | '\n',
+            ) => {
+                ret.push(' ');
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutation {
+                    in_whitespace: true,
+                    ret,
+                }
+            }
+            (CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutationEscaping { mut ret }, c) => {
+                ret.push(escape_character);
+                ret.push(c);
+                // TODO
+                CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutation {
+                    in_whitespace: false,
+                    ret,
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // match state {
+    //     CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::Normal => Cow::Borrowed(input),
+    //     CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped::RequiresMutation {
+    //         in_whitespace: _,
+    //         ret,
+    //     } => Cow::Owned(ret),
+    // }
+    todo!()
+}
+
+enum CoalesceWhitespaceEscaped {
+    Normal,
+    NormalEscaping { escape_offset: usize },
+    RequiresMutation { in_whitespace: bool, ret: String },
+    RequiresMutationEscaping { ret: String },
+}