On 2/21/19, G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> 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. > > 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