Strip out the `\z' escape. This is the first recursive sequence,

getting mandoc ready to handle pod2man's complex escapes.

4 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/man.7 b/man.7
index da2c30f5..52a8917b 100644
--- a/man.7
+++ b/man.7
@@ -936,6 +936,8 @@ The
 .Pq text colour ,
 .Sq \eM
 .Pq text filling colour ,
+.Sq \ez
+.Pq zero-length character ,
 and
 .Sq \es
 .Pq text size
diff --git a/mandoc.c b/mandoc.c
index 24e3d554..cd12a966 100644
--- a/mandoc.c
+++ b/mandoc.c
@@ -171,6 +171,13 @@ mandoc_special(char *p)
 	case ('['):
 		term = ']';
 		break;
+	case ('z'):
+		len = 1;
+		if ('\\' == *p) {
+			p += mandoc_special(p);
+			return(*p ? (int)(p - sv) : 0);
+		}
+		break;
 	default:
 		len = 1;
 		p--;
diff --git a/mdoc.7 b/mdoc.7
index c6f7303d..1cc2a0bf 100644
--- a/mdoc.7
+++ b/mdoc.7
@@ -2844,6 +2844,8 @@ The
 .Pq text colour ,
 .Sq \eM
 .Pq text filling colour ,
+.Sq \ez
+.Pq zero-length character ,
 and
 .Sq \es
 .Pq text size
diff --git a/out.c b/out.c
index 15ffd5e4..fa3049e0 100644
--- a/out.c
+++ b/out.c
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ a2roffdeco(enum roffdeco *d, const char **word, size_t *sz)
 	int		 i, j, lim;
 	char		 term, c;
 	const char	*wp;
+	enum roffdeco	 dd;
 
 	*d = DECO_NONE;
 	lim = i = 0;
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ a2roffdeco(enum roffdeco *d, const char **word, size_t *sz)
 				return(i);
 			i++;
 		} 
-		
+
 		break;
 	case ('['):
 		*d = DECO_SPECIAL;
@@ -284,6 +285,14 @@ a2roffdeco(enum roffdeco *d, const char **word, size_t *sz)
 	case ('c'):
 		*d = DECO_NOSPACE;
 		return(i);
+	case ('z'):
+		*d = DECO_NONE;
+		if ('\\' == wp[i]) {
+			*word = &wp[++i];
+			return(i + a2roffdeco(&dd, word, sz));
+		} else
+			lim = 1;
+		break;
 	default:
 		*d = DECO_SSPECIAL;
 		i--;