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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/html.c,v
retrieving revision 1.177
retrieving revision 1.178
diff -u -p -r1.177 -r1.178
--- mandoc/html.c	2014/10/26 17:12:03	1.177
+++ mandoc/html.c	2014/10/27 13:31:04	1.178
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: html.c,v 1.177 2014/10/26 17:12:03 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: html.c,v 1.178 2014/10/27 13:31:04 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2011, 2014 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -457,11 +457,12 @@ print_encode(struct html *h, const char *p, int norecu
 			break;
 		case ESCAPE_SPECIAL:
 			c = mchars_spec2cp(h->symtab, seq, len);
-			if (c > 0)
+			if (c <= 0)
+				break;
+			if (c < 0x20 || c > 0x7e)
 				printf("&#%d;", c);
-			else if (-1 == c && 1 == len &&
-			    !print_escape(*seq))
-				putchar((int)*seq);
+			else if ( ! print_escape(c))
+				putchar(c);
 			break;
 		case ESCAPE_NOSPACE:
 			if ('\0' == *p)