> [...] it would create a nonbreaking space and then a
> breakpoint, which would result in that space appearing at
> the end of the line, which would misalign the right margin
> in fully justified text. I'm looking for a fixed-width
> space that can be *replaced* by a line break (the typical
>
On 2/22/19, Dale Snell wrote:
> you should be able to do something like "mrphl\|\:blrphl" and the two words
> should be separated by a thinspace that can break.
Hi Dale,
Thank you for the idea. If that did work (and with limited testing I
haven't been able to get it to), it would create a nonbr
Hi Dale,
> You might try using "\:", which is a zero-width break point, similar
> to "\%", except that it doesn't have the hyphen. I have not tested
> this, but you should be able to do something like "mrphl\|\:blrphl"
> and the two words should be separated by a thinspace that can break.
> At le
You might try using "\:", which is a zero-width break point, similar to
"\%", except that it doesn't have the hyphen. I have not tested this, but
you should be able to do something like "mrphl\|\:blrphl" and the two words
should be separated by a thinspace
that can break. At least, I think it sho
On 2/22/19, Dave Kemper wrote:
> On 2/21/19, G. Branden Robinson 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
On 2/21/19, G. Branden Robinson 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
At 2019-02-21T19:40:18-0600, Dave Kemper wrote:
> Space characters have two different, independent attributes:
>
> 1. They can have a fixed width, or they can stretch for line adjustments.
> 2. They can be breakable or unbreakable.
>
> This results in four different types of spaces:
> - stretcha
Space characters have two different, independent attributes:
1. They can have a fixed width, or they can stretch for line adjustments.
2. They can be breakable or unbreakable.
This results in four different types of spaces:
- stretchable breakable (a normal space in groff)
- stretchable unbreak
