nroff: Fix the escape of '.'.

[cascardo/ovs.git] / python / build / nroff.py

diff --git a/python/build/nroff.py b/python/build/nroff.py
index 050518c..078ec4b 100644 (file)
--- a/python/build/nroff.py
+++ b/python/build/nroff.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def textToNroff(s, font=r'\fR'):
         elif c == ".":
             # groff(7) says that . can be escaped by \. but in practice groff
             # still gives an error with \. at the beginning of a line.
-            return font + "."
+            return r'\[char46]'
         else:
             raise error.Error("bad escape")