=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man_validate.c,v retrieving revision 1.44 retrieving revision 1.45 diff -u -p -r1.44 -r1.45 --- mandoc/man_validate.c 2010/06/19 20:46:28 1.44 +++ mandoc/man_validate.c 2010/06/28 14:39:17 1.45 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* $Id: man_validate.c,v 1.44 2010/06/19 20:46:28 kristaps Exp $ */ +/* $Id: man_validate.c,v 1.45 2010/06/28 14:39:17 kristaps Exp $ */ /* * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons * @@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ check_text(CHKARGS) if ( ! (MAN_IGN_ESCAPE & m->pflags) && ! c) return(c); } + + /* + * 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;