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RCS file: /cvs/docbook2mdoc/macro.c,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -p -r1.9 -r1.10
--- docbook2mdoc/macro.c	2019/04/11 04:23:22	1.9
+++ docbook2mdoc/macro.c	2019/04/12 08:48:16	1.10
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: macro.c,v 1.9 2019/04/11 04:23:22 schwarze Exp $ */
+/* $Id: macro.c,v 1.10 2019/04/12 08:48:16 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2019 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
  *
@@ -212,9 +212,12 @@ macro_nodeline(struct format *f, const char *name, str
  * line otherwise.  The flag ARG_SPACE inserts spaces between words.
  */
 void
-print_text(struct format *f, const char *word, int flags) {
+print_text(struct format *f, const char *word, int flags)
+{
 	switch (f->linestate) {
 	case LINE_NEW:
+		if (*word == '.' || *word == '\'')
+			fputs("\\&", stdout);
 		break;
 	case LINE_TEXT:
 		if (flags & ARG_SPACE)
@@ -224,7 +227,11 @@ print_text(struct format *f, const char *word, int fla
 		macro_close(f);
 		break;
 	}
-	fputs(word, stdout);
+	while (*word != '\0') {
+		putchar(*word);
+		if (*word++ == '\\')
+			putchar('e');
+	}
 	f->linestate = LINE_TEXT;
 	f->flags = 0;
 }