1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/roff.c b/roff.c
index b30add22..08d10ffb 100644
--- a/roff.c
+++ b/roff.c
@@ -971,12 +971,20 @@ roffdata(struct rofftree *tree, int space, char *buf)
 {
 	int		 tok;
 
+	if (0 == *buf)
+		return(1);
+
 	if (-1 == (tok = rofftok_scan(buf))) {
 		roff_err(tree, buf, "invalid character sequence");
 		return(0);
-	} else if (ROFFTok_MAX != tok) 
+	} else if (ROFFTok_MAX != tok) {
+		if (ROFFTok_Null == tok) { /* FIXME */
+			buf += 2;
+			return(roffdata(tree, space, buf));
+		}
 		return((*tree->cb.rofftoken)
 				(tree->arg, space != 0, tok));
+	}
 
 	return((*tree->cb.roffdata)(tree->arg, 
 				space != 0, tree->cur, buf));