===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc_validate.c,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -p -r1.10 -r1.11
--- mandoc/mdoc_validate.c	2009/06/16 19:45:51	1.10
+++ mandoc/mdoc_validate.c	2009/06/17 09:41:00	1.11
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mdoc_validate.c,v 1.10 2009/06/16 19:45:51 kristaps Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mdoc_validate.c,v 1.11 2009/06/17 09:41:00 kristaps Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
  *
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ enum	mwarn {
 	WNOWIDTH,
 	WMISSWIDTH,
 	WESCAPE,
+	WDEPESC,
 	WDEPCOL,
 	WWRONGMSEC,
 	WSECOOO,
@@ -478,6 +479,9 @@ pwarn(struct mdoc *m, int line, int pos, enum mwarn ty
 	case (WESCAPE):
 		p = "invalid escape sequence";
 		break;
+	case (WDEPESC):
+		p = "deprecated special-character escape";
+		break;
 	case (WNOLINE):
 		p = "suggested no line arguments";
 		break;
@@ -717,8 +721,6 @@ check_text(struct mdoc *mdoc, int line, int pos, const
 {
 	size_t		 c;
 
-	/* FIXME: indicate deprecated escapes \*(xx and \*x. */
-
 	for ( ; *p; p++) {
 		if ('\t' == *p) {
 			if ( ! (MDOC_LITERAL & mdoc->flags))
@@ -733,6 +735,10 @@ check_text(struct mdoc *mdoc, int line, int pos, const
 
 		c = mdoc_isescape(p);
 		if (c) {
+			/* See if form is deprecated. */
+			if ('*' == p[1]) 
+				if ( ! pwarn(mdoc, line, pos, WDEPESC))
+					return(0);
 			p += (int)c - 1;
 			continue;
 		}