[bug #64356] [troff] tag use of '\~' with 'w' command

[G. Branden Robinson]

URL:
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                 Summary: [troff] tag use of '\~' with 'w' command
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: gbranden
               Submitted: Tue 27 Jun 2023 06:41:38 AM UTC
                Category: Core
                Severity: 1 - Wish
              Item Group: Feature change
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None


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Follow-up Comments:


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Date: Tue 27 Jun 2023 06:41:38 AM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
\~ produces a discardable space.  In this respect it is like an ordinary space
character in input.  It is also a word boundary.

Horizontal motions are not treated as word boundaries in the page description
language, and do not put 'w' commands on the output.

\~ _should_ put 'w' commands on the output, as ordinary (breakable) spaces
do.

I grant that almost no one will notice this change.







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