because that turned it into a bogus line continuation.
-/* $OpenBSD: roff.c,v 1.206 2018/08/18 21:36:53 schwarze Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: roff.c,v 1.207 2018/08/18 22:04:32 schwarze Exp $ */
/*
* Copyright (c) 2008-2012, 2014 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
* Copyright (c) 2010-2015, 2017, 2018 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
/* Discard normal comments. */
- while (stesc > start && stesc[-1] == ' ')
+ while (stesc > start && stesc[-1] == ' ' &&
+ (stesc == start + 1 || stesc[-2] != '\\'))
stesc--;
*stesc = '\0';
break;