def __escape_placeholders(self):
		"""
		Tag placeholders in templates.

		@param self: Reference to the TemplateManager instance.
		@type self: A TemplateManager object.

		@param result: A list of placeholders in the template.
		@type result: A List object.

		@param begin_mark: The beginning position of a template.
		@type begin_mark: A gtk.TextMark object.

		@param end_mark: The end position of a template.
		@type end_mark: A gtk.TextMark object.
		"""
		begin_position = self.editor.textbuffer.get_iter_at_mark(self.begin_mark)
		from gtk import TEXT_SEARCH_VISIBLE_ONLY
		from cursor import get_cursor_iterator
		count = 0
		for placeholder in self.result:
			end_position = self.editor.textbuffer.get_iter_at_mark(self.end_mark)
			begin, end = begin_position.forward_search(placeholder, TEXT_SEARCH_VISIBLE_ONLY, end_position)
			self.editor.textbuffer.place_cursor(begin)
			self.editor.textbuffer.begin_user_action()
			self.editor.textbuffer.delete(begin, end)
			self.editor.textbuffer.end_user_action()
			cursor_position = get_cursor_iterator(self.editor.textbuffer)
			#variables
			escaped_variable = self.__replace_variable(placeholder)
			if placeholder == "${cursor}":
				emark = self.editor.textbuffer.create_mark(None, cursor_position, False)
				emark.set_visible(True)
				self.placeholder_dictionary["cursor"] = (emark,)
			elif escaped_variable != "":
				bmark = self.editor.textbuffer.create_mark(None, cursor_position, True)
				emark = self.editor.textbuffer.create_mark(None, cursor_position, False)
				self.editor.textbuffer.begin_user_action()
				self.editor.textbuffer.insert_at_cursor(escaped_variable)
				self.editor.textbuffer.end_user_action()
			else:
				bmark = self.editor.textbuffer.create_mark(None, cursor_position, True)
				emark = self.editor.textbuffer.create_mark(None, cursor_position, False)
				self.placeholder_dictionary[count] = (bmark, emark)
				count += 1
				escaped_placeholder = self.__escape_placeholder(placeholder)
				if escaped_placeholder in self.mirror_list:
					self.mirror_dictionary[(bmark, emark)] = escaped_placeholder
				self.editor.textbuffer.begin_user_action()
				if escaped_placeholder == "":
					escaped_placeholder = " "
				self.editor.textbuffer.insert_at_cursor(escaped_placeholder)
				self.editor.textbuffer.end_user_action()
			begin_position = self.editor.textbuffer.get_iter_at_mark(emark)
		return