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RCS file: /cvs/docbook2mdoc/macro.c,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -p -r1.15 -r1.16
--- docbook2mdoc/macro.c	2019/04/23 21:09:42	1.15
+++ docbook2mdoc/macro.c	2019/04/24 18:38:02	1.16
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: macro.c,v 1.15 2019/04/23 21:09:42 schwarze Exp $ */
+/* $Id: macro.c,v 1.16 2019/04/24 18:38:02 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2019 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
  *
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ macro_addnode(struct format *f, struct pnode *n, int f
 		nc = TAILQ_NEXT(nc, child);
 		if (nc == NULL || pnode_class(nc->node) != CLASS_TEXT)
 			is_text = 0;
-		if (is_text && !nc->spc)
+		if (is_text && (nc->flags & NFLAG_SPC) == 0)
 			flags &= ~ARG_SPACE;
 		else
 			flags |= ARG_SPACE;