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Re: [groff] seeking fixed-width breakable space


From: Dave Kemper
Subject: Re: [groff] seeking fixed-width breakable space
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 02:50:09 -0600

On 2/22/19, Dave Kemper <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 2/21/19, G. Branden Robinson <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Will the digit space (\0) do?
>
> It would if it were breakable.

...though this brings up a good point, that the documentation should
probably be amended to explicitly state that \0, \|, and \^ are
unbreakable.  I had to figure this out through experimentation.

A possible patch to do this is attached.  Perhaps only the groff.texi
part of the patch should be applied; groff.7.man isn't meant to be a
comprehensive reference, and this level of detail may add unnecessary
clutter.

Attachment: breakable_space.patch
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