From 7e681dc98f0cde2f01e6e7fec03ecb86774d3298 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa <tatsuhiro.t@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 18:39:32 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] help2rst.py: Fix * escape

---
 help2rst.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/help2rst.py b/help2rst.py
index 7706274a..2758c497 100755
--- a/help2rst.py
+++ b/help2rst.py
@@ -160,9 +160,10 @@ DESCRIPTION
         print(line.strip())
 
 def format_text(text):
-    # escape *
-    if len(text) > len(arg_indent):
-        text = text[:len(arg_indent) + 1] + re.sub(r'\*', r'\*', text[len(arg_indent) + 1:])
+    # escape *, but don't escape * if it is used as bullet list.
+    m = re.match(r'^\s*\*\s+', text)
+    if m:
+        text = text[:len(m.group(0))] + re.sub(r'\*', r'\*', text[len(m.group(0)):])
     else:
         text = re.sub(r'\*', r'\*', text)
     # markup option reference