escape leading periods

diff --git a/mdwn2man b/mdwn2man
index d3db4316505f6fa79500d032269b28b39245b7fe..420cd4ef31831ca22812976821ec9ffebf8380f9 100755 (executable)
--- a/mdwn2man
+++ b/mdwn2man
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ print ".TH $prog $section\n";
 
 while (<>) {
        s{(\\?)\[\[([^\s\|\]]+)(\|[^\s\]]+)?\]\]}{$1 ? "[[$2]]" : $2}eg;
+       s/\`//g;
+       s/^\./\\./g;
        if (/^#\s/) {
                s/^#\s/.SH /;
                <>; # blank;
@@ -16,7 +18,6 @@ while (<>) {
        s/-/\\-/g;
        s/^Warning:.*//g;
        s/^$/.PP\n/;
-       s/\`//g;
        s/^\*\s+(.*)/.IP "$1"/;
        next if $_ eq ".PP\n" && $skippara;
        if (/^.IP /) {