===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man_validate.c,v
retrieving revision 1.41
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -p -r1.41 -r1.45
--- mandoc/man_validate.c	2010/05/17 22:11:42	1.41
+++ mandoc/man_validate.c	2010/06/28 14:39:17	1.45
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-/*	$Id: man_validate.c,v 1.41 2010/05/17 22:11:42 kristaps Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: man_validate.c,v 1.45 2010/06/28 14:39:17 kristaps Exp $ */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
  * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "libman.h"
 #include "libmandoc.h"
 
-#define	CHKARGS	  struct man *m, const struct man_node *n
+#define	CHKARGS	  struct man *m, struct man_node *n
 
 typedef	int	(*v_check)(CHKARGS);
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static	const struct man_valid man_valids[MAN_MAX] = {
 
 
 int
-man_valid_pre(struct man *m, const struct man_node *n)
+man_valid_pre(struct man *m, struct man_node *n)
 {
 	v_check		*cp;
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ check_title(CHKARGS) 
 static int
 check_text(CHKARGS) 
 {
-	const char	*p;
+	char		*p;
 	int		 pos, c;
 
 	assert(n->string);
@@ -223,7 +223,12 @@ check_text(CHKARGS) 
 				return(c);
 		}
 
-		if ('\t' == *p || isprint((u_char)*p)) 
+		/* 
+		 * FIXME: we absolutely cannot let \b get through or it
+		 * will destroy some assumptions in terms of format.
+	 	 */
+
+		if ('\t' == *p || isprint((u_char)*p) || ASCII_HYPH == *p) 
 			continue;
 		if ( ! man_pmsg(m, n->line, pos, MANDOCERR_BADCHAR))
 			return(0);