===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mandoc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.117
retrieving revision 1.118
diff -u -p -r1.117 -r1.118
--- mandoc/mandoc.c	2020/01/19 16:44:50	1.117
+++ mandoc/mandoc.c	2020/10/24 22:57:39	1.118
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mandoc.c,v 1.117 2020/01/19 16:44:50 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mandoc.c,v 1.118 2020/10/24 22:57:39 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2011, 2014 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2011-2015, 2017-2020 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -203,7 +203,18 @@ mandoc_escape(const char **end, const char **start, in
 	case 'O':
 	case 'V':
 	case 'Y':
-		gly = (*start)[-1] == 'f' ? ESCAPE_FONT : ESCAPE_IGNORE;
+	case '*':
+		switch ((*start)[-1]) {
+		case 'f':
+			gly = ESCAPE_FONT;
+			break;
+		case '*':
+			gly = ESCAPE_DEVICE;
+			break;
+		default:
+			gly = ESCAPE_IGNORE;
+			break;
+		}
 		switch (**start) {
 		case '(':
 			if ((*start)[-1] == 'O')
@@ -238,13 +249,6 @@ mandoc_escape(const char **end, const char **start, in
 			break;
 		}
 		break;
-	case '*':
-		if (strncmp(*start, "(.T", 3) != 0)
-			abort();
-		gly = ESCAPE_DEVICE;
-		*start = ++*end;
-		*sz = 2;
-		break;
 
 	/*
 	 * These escapes are of the form \X'Y', where 'X' is the trigger
@@ -458,6 +462,9 @@ mandoc_escape(const char **end, const char **start, in
 		if ((int)strspn(*start + 1, "0123456789ABCDEFabcdef")
 		    + 1 == *sz)
 			gly = ESCAPE_UNICODE;
+		break;
+	case ESCAPE_DEVICE:
+		assert(*sz == 2 && (*start)[0] == '.' && (*start)[1] == 'T');
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;