# Conventionally, preprocessor declarations should start with
#     '\"
# rather than
#     .\"
# Current man-db only supports the first (and recommended) syntax.

diff -urNad trunk~/perl/db2x_manxml.pl trunk/perl/db2x_manxml.pl
--- trunk~/perl/db2x_manxml.pl	2006-04-22 17:21:32.000000000 +0200
+++ trunk/perl/db2x_manxml.pl	2007-11-24 01:27:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -342,6 +342,25 @@
     $self->{line_start} = 1;
 }
 
+#
+# Print a comment in the output, without causing a break.
+# Params: comment - the comment text.  
+#                   May use any characters; they need not be escaped.
+#
+sub comment_nobreak
+{
+    my ($self, $comment) = @_;
+    $self->write("\n") unless $self->{line_start};
+
+    foreach my $line (split(/\n/, $comment)) {
+        $self->write('\'\" ');
+        $self->write($line);
+        $self->write("\n");
+    }
+
+    $self->{line_start} = 1;
+}
+
 
 #
 # Use a roff "escape" i.e. commands embedded in text starting with \
@@ -510,16 +529,20 @@
 
     $self->{'adjust-stack'} = [ 'b' ];
 
-    $self->{rw}->comment($elem->attr('preprocessors'))
-        if($elem->attr('preprocessors') ne '');
-
+    my $preprocessors = $elem->attr('preprocessors');
     # I've dug through the Internet to see if there was any
     # standard way to specify encoding with man pages.
     # The following seems to be a reasonable proposal:
     # <URL:http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/2001-04/msg00168.html>
     my $encoding = $self->{options}->{'encoding'};
     $encoding =~ s#//TRANSLIT$##i;
-    $self->{rw}->comment("-*- coding: $encoding -*-");
+    $encoding = "-*- coding: $encoding -*-";
+    if ($preprocessors eq '') {
+        $preprocessors = $encoding;
+    } else {
+        $preprocessors = "$preprocessors $encoding";
+    }
+    $self->{rw}->comment_nobreak($preprocessors);
     
     # Define escapes for switching to and from monospace fonts (groff only)
     $self->{rw}->request(qw{ .if \n(.g .ds T< \\\\FC});
diff -urNad trunk~/xslt/backend/db2x_manxml.xsl trunk/xslt/backend/db2x_manxml.xsl
--- trunk~/xslt/backend/db2x_manxml.xsl	2006-04-23 16:44:52.000000000 +0200
+++ trunk/xslt/backend/db2x_manxml.xsl	2007-11-24 01:27:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
       <exslt:document method="text" 
                       encoding="{$encoding}" 
                       href="{$path}">
-        <xsl:text>.\" -*- coding: </xsl:text>
+        <xsl:text>'\" -*- coding: </xsl:text>
         <xsl:value-of select="$encoding" />
         <xsl:text> -*-&#10;</xsl:text>
         <xsl:copy-of select="$content" />
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
       <saxon:output method="text" 
                     encoding="{$encoding}" 
                     href="{$path}">
-        <xsl:text>.\" -*- coding: </xsl:text>
+        <xsl:text>'\" -*- coding: </xsl:text>
         <xsl:value-of select="$encoding" />
         <xsl:text> -*-&#10;</xsl:text>
         <xsl:copy-of select="$content" />