===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/texi2mdoc/util.c,v
retrieving revision 1.27
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -p -r1.27 -r1.28
--- texi2mdoc/util.c	2015/03/05 09:36:41	1.27
+++ texi2mdoc/util.c	2015/03/05 15:18:13	1.28
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: util.c,v 1.27 2015/03/05 09:36:41 kristaps Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: util.c,v 1.28 2015/03/05 15:18:13 kristaps Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2015 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  *
@@ -597,7 +597,26 @@ parseword(struct texi *p, size_t *pos, char extra)
 		}
 		if ('\0' != extra && BUF(p)[*pos] == extra)
 			return;
-		if (*pos < BUFSZ(p) - 1 && 
+
+		if (p->literal) {
+			texiputchar(p, BUF(p)[*pos]);
+			advance(p, pos);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (*pos < BUFSZ(p) - 2 && 
+			 '-' == BUF(p)[*pos] && 
+			 '-' == BUF(p)[*pos + 1] && 
+			 '-' == BUF(p)[*pos + 2]) {
+			texiputchars(p, "\\(em");
+			advance(p, pos);
+			advance(p, pos);
+		} else if (*pos < BUFSZ(p) - 1 && 
+			 '-' == BUF(p)[*pos] && 
+			 '-' == BUF(p)[*pos + 1]) {
+			texiputchars(p, "\\(en");
+			advance(p, pos);
+		} else if (*pos < BUFSZ(p) - 1 && 
 			 '`' == BUF(p)[*pos] && 
 			 '`' == BUF(p)[*pos + 1]) {
 			texiputchars(p, "\\(lq");
@@ -609,6 +628,7 @@ parseword(struct texi *p, size_t *pos, char extra)
 			advance(p, pos);
 		} else
 			texiputchar(p, BUF(p)[*pos]);
+
 		advance(p, pos);
 	}