Fix: regexp possible roff command and add test for it

git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/docutils/code/trunk/docutils@7046 929543f6-e4f2-0310-98a6-ba3bd3dd1d04

2 files changed, 46 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/docutils/writers/manpage.py b/docutils/writers/manpage.py
index 5f2981930..ec5ceff21 100644
--- a/docutils/writers/manpage.py
+++ b/docutils/writers/manpage.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class Translator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
     """"""
 
     words_and_spaces = re.compile(r'\S+| +|\n')
-    possibly_a_roff_command = re.compile(r'.\w')
+    possibly_a_roff_command = re.compile(r'\.\w')
     document_start = """Man page generated from reStructeredText."""
 
     def __init__(self, document):
diff --git a/test/test_writers/test_manpage.py b/test/test_writers/test_manpage.py
index d3eeb5aa5..b49e33590 100644
--- a/test/test_writers/test_manpage.py
+++ b/test/test_writers/test_manpage.py
@@ -260,6 +260,51 @@ bla bla bla
 ."""],
     ]
 
+totest['definitionlist'] = [
+        ["""
+====================
+Definition List Test
+====================
+
+:Abstract: Docinfo is required.
+
+Section
+=======
+
+:term1:
+
+    Description of Term 1 Description of Term 1 Description of Term 1
+    Description of Term 1 Description of Term 1
+
+    Description of Term 1 Description of Term 1 Description of Term 1
+    Description of Term 1 Description of Term 1
+
+""", 
+'''\
+.TH DEFINITION LIST TEST  "" "" ""
+.SH NAME
+Definition List Test \\- \n\
+.\\" Man page generated from reStructeredText.
+.
+.SS Abstract
+.sp
+Docinfo is required.
+.SH SECTION
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B term1
+.
+Description of Term 1 Description of Term 1 Description of Term 1
+Description of Term 1 Description of Term 1
+.sp
+Description of Term 1 Description of Term 1 Description of Term 1
+Description of Term 1 Description of Term 1
+.UNINDENT
+.\\" Generated by docutils manpage writer.
+.\\" \n\
+.'''],
+    ]
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import unittest