improved period escape

diff --git a/mdwn2man b/mdwn2man
index 420cd4ef31831ca22812976821ec9ffebf8380f9..e4ba5aadfea3a04a00552a5cb90b81d34963aa9b 100755 (executable)
--- a/mdwn2man
+++ b/mdwn2man
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ print ".TH $prog $section\n";
 while (<>) {
        s{(\\?)\[\[([^\s\|\]]+)(\|[^\s\]]+)?\]\]}{$1 ? "[[$2]]" : $2}eg;
        s/\`//g;
-       s/^\./\\./g;
+       s/^\./\\&./g;
        if (/^#\s/) {
                s/^#\s/.SH /;
                <>; # blank;