Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > > The only exception would be when the only preceding characters are
> > > whitespace, which troff interprets as a break, equivalent to ".br".
> 
> Example:
> 
> Source file:
> 
> This is a running line of text that can be multiple lines
> in a paragraph, for example.  The next lines start with a leading
> blank (space) in the first column.
>  line 1 following space
>  line 2 following space
>  line 3 following space
> line 4 with no space and the ensuing text.
> 
> Formatted output from AT&T troff or nroff:
> 
> This is a running line of text that can be multiple lines in a
> paragraph, for example.  The next lines start with a leading blank
> (space) in the first column.
>  line 1 following space
>  line 2 following space
>  line 3 following space line 4 with no space and the ensuing text.

Yes, this is documented behaviour.  But how does this relate to the
\fX problem?


    Werner