===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docbook2mdoc/macro.c,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -p -r1.2 -r1.4
--- docbook2mdoc/macro.c	2019/03/28 20:41:33	1.2
+++ docbook2mdoc/macro.c	2019/04/03 13:42:35	1.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: macro.c,v 1.2 2019/03/28 20:41:33 schwarze Exp $ */
+/* $Id: macro.c,v 1.4 2019/04/03 13:42:35 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2019 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
  *
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ macro_open(struct format *f, const char *name)
 void
 macro_close(struct format *f)
 {
-	assert(f->linestate == LINE_MACRO);
+	if (f->linestate == LINE_NEW)
+		return;
 	putchar('\n');
 	f->linestate = LINE_NEW;
 }
@@ -161,9 +162,10 @@ macro_addnode(struct format *f, struct pnode *pn, int 
 	 * that text, letting macro_addarg() decide about quoting.
 	 */
 
-	if (pn->node == NODE_TEXT ||
+	if (pn->node == NODE_TEXT || pn->node == NODE_ESCAPE ||
 	    ((pn = TAILQ_FIRST(&pn->childq)) != NULL &&
-	     pn->node == NODE_TEXT && TAILQ_NEXT(pn, child) == NULL)) {
+	     (pn->node == NODE_TEXT || pn->node == NODE_ESCAPE) &&
+	     TAILQ_NEXT(pn, child) == NULL)) {
 		macro_addarg(f, pn->b, flags);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -239,7 +241,7 @@ print_textnode(struct format *f, struct pnode *n)
 {
 	struct pnode	*nc;
 
-	if (n->node == NODE_TEXT)
+	if (n->node == NODE_TEXT || n->node == NODE_ESCAPE)
 		print_text(f, n->b, ARG_SPACE);
 	else
 		TAILQ_FOREACH(nc, &n->childq, child)