1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/emparse b/emparse
index 5fb9397..0f86ee3 100755
--- a/emparse
+++ b/emparse
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ expectblock && /^===== .* =====$/	{ heading(5, $0); next }
 expectblock && /^====== .* ======$/	{ heading(6, $0); next }
 expectblock { newblock("p") }
 
-openblock == "pre" { sub("^	", ""); escape(); printf "%s\n", $0; next }
+openblock == "pre" { sub("^	", ""); $0 = escape($0); printf "%s\n", $0; next }
 
 openblock == "ul" && /^ - /					{ item(1, "ul", line) }
 openblock == "ol" && /^ [0-9a-z]+\. /			{ item(1, "ol", line) }
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ openblock == "dl" && /^ .*: /					{ term(line) }
 { format($0) } # inline formatting
 
 function format(line) {
-	escape(line)
+	line = escape(line)
 	n = split(line, w, "[ 	]")
 	for (i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
 		if (w[i] == "") continue;
@@ -206,13 +206,8 @@ function ref(v) {
 }
 
 function escape(s) {
-	if (s == "") {
-		gsub("&", "\\&amp;")
-		gsub("<", "\\&lt;")
-		gsub(">", "\\&gt;")
-	} else {
-		gsub("&", "\\&amp;", s)
-		gsub("<", "\\&lt;", s)
-		gsub(">", "\\&gt;", s)
-	}
+	gsub("&", "\\&amp;", s)
+	gsub("<", "\\&lt;", s)
+	gsub(">", "\\&gt;", s)
+	return s
 }