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Re: [groff] seeking fixed-width breakable space
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Dave Kemper |
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Re: [groff] seeking fixed-width breakable space |
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Fri, 22 Feb 2019 01:46:17 -0600 |
On 2/21/19, G. Branden Robinson <address@hidden> wrote:
> At 2019-02-21T19:40:18-0600, Dave Kemper wrote:
>> As far as I can determine, groff does not offer a fixed-width,
>> breakable space.
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> Will the digit space (\0) do?
It would if it were breakable.
printf '.ll 1c\na b c d e f g\n' | groff -a
printf '.ll 1c\na b c d e f g\n' | sed -E 's/ ([b-g])/\\0\1/g' | groff -a