1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/commentcnv.l b/src/commentcnv.l
index 1ae07c0..b031265 100644
--- a/src/commentcnv.l
+++ b/src/commentcnv.l
@@ -82,21 +82,22 @@ static void replaceCommentMarker(const char *s,int len)
 {
   const char *p=s;
   char c;
-  // copy blanks
+  // copy leading blanks
   while ((c=*p) && (c==' ' || c=='\t' || c=='\n')) 
   {
     ADDCHAR(c);
     g_lineNr += c=='\n';
     p++;
   }
-  // replace start of comment marker by spaces
+  // replace start of comment marker by blanks and the last character by a *
+  int blanks=0;
   while ((c=*p) && (c=='/' || c=='!' || c=='#')) 
   {
-    ADDCHAR(' ');
+    blanks++;
     p++;
     if (*p=='<') // comment-after-item marker 
     { 
-      ADDCHAR(' '); 
+      blanks++;
       p++; 
     }
     if (c=='!') // end after first !
@@ -104,6 +105,15 @@ static void replaceCommentMarker(const char *s,int len)
       break;
     }
   }
+  if (blanks>0)
+  {
+    while (blanks>1)
+    {
+      ADDCHAR(' ');
+      blanks--;
+    }
+    ADDCHAR('*');
+  }
   // copy comment line to output
   ADDARRAY(p,len-(p-s));
 }