===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/term.c,v
retrieving revision 1.271
retrieving revision 1.272
diff -u -p -r1.271 -r1.272
--- mandoc/term.c	2017/06/14 17:51:15	1.271
+++ mandoc/term.c	2017/06/14 18:23:37	1.272
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: term.c,v 1.271 2017/06/14 17:51:15 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: term.c,v 1.272 2017/06/14 18:23:37 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2010-2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ term_word(struct termp *p, const char *word)
 			}
 			continue;
 		case ESCAPE_HLINE:
-			if ((seq = a2roffsu(seq, &su, SCALE_EM)) == NULL)
+			if ((cp = a2roffsu(seq, &su, SCALE_EM)) == NULL)
 				continue;
 			uc = term_hen(p, &su);
 			if (uc <= 0) {
@@ -556,10 +556,10 @@ term_word(struct termp *p, const char *word)
 				lsz = p->tcol->rmargin - p->tcol->offset;
 			} else
 				lsz = uc;
-			if (*seq == '\0')
+			if (*cp == seq[-1])
 				uc = -1;
-			else if (*seq == '\\') {
-				seq++;
+			else if (*cp == '\\') {
+				seq = cp + 1;
 				esc = mandoc_escape(&seq, &cp, &sz);
 				switch (esc) {
 				case ESCAPE_UNICODE:
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ term_word(struct termp *p, const char *word)
 					break;
 				}
 			} else
-				uc = *seq;
+				uc = *cp;
 			if (uc < 0x20 || (uc > 0x7E && uc < 0xA0))
 				uc = '_';
 			if (p->enc == TERMENC_ASCII) {