===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/roff.c,v
retrieving revision 1.287
retrieving revision 1.288
diff -u -p -r1.287 -r1.288
--- mandoc/roff.c	2017/01/10 21:59:47	1.287
+++ mandoc/roff.c	2017/01/12 18:02:20	1.288
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: roff.c,v 1.287 2017/01/10 21:59:47 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: roff.c,v 1.288 2017/01/12 18:02:20 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2012, 2014 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2010-2015, 2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -1223,16 +1223,12 @@ deroff(char **dest, const struct roff_node *n)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/* Skip leading whitespace and escape sequences. */
+	/* Skip leading whitespace. */
 
-	cp = n->string;
-	while (*cp != '\0') {
-		if ('\\' == *cp) {
+	for (cp = n->string; *cp != '\0'; cp++) {
+		if (cp[0] == '\\' && strchr(" %&0^|~", cp[1]) != NULL)
 			cp++;
-			mandoc_escape((const char **)&cp, NULL, NULL);
-		} else if (isspace((unsigned char)*cp))
-			cp++;
-		else
+		else if ( ! isspace((unsigned char)*cp))
 			break;
 	}