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RCS file: /cvs/docbook2mdoc/parse.c,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -p -r1.16 -r1.18
--- docbook2mdoc/parse.c	2019/04/06 22:37:57	1.16
+++ docbook2mdoc/parse.c	2019/04/07 17:00:56	1.18
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: parse.c,v 1.16 2019/04/06 22:37:57 schwarze Exp $ */
+/* $Id: parse.c,v 1.18 2019/04/07 17:00:56 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2014 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2019 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static	const struct element elements[] = {
 	{ "title",		NODE_TITLE },
 	{ "trademark",		NODE_IGNORE },
 	{ "type",		NODE_TYPE },
-	{ "ulink",		NODE_ULINK },
+	{ "ulink",		NODE_LINK },
 	{ "userinput",		NODE_LITERAL },
 	{ "variablelist",	NODE_VARIABLELIST },
 	{ "varlistentry",	NODE_VARLISTENTRY },
@@ -456,8 +456,50 @@ xml_elem_start(struct parse *ps, const char *name)
 		perror(NULL);
 		exit(1);
 	}
-	dat->node = elem->node;
-	dat->spc = ps->spc;
+
+	/*
+	 * Nodes that begin a new macro or request line or start by
+	 * printing text always want whitespace before themselves.
+	 */
+
+	switch (dat->node = elem->node) {
+	case NODE_AUTHORGROUP:
+	case NODE_BOOKINFO:
+	case NODE_CAUTION:
+	case NODE_EDITOR:
+	case NODE_ENTRY:
+	case NODE_FUNCDEF:
+	case NODE_FUNCPROTOTYPE:
+	case NODE_INFORMALEQUATION:
+	case NODE_INLINEEQUATION:
+	case NODE_ITEMIZEDLIST:
+	case NODE_LEGALNOTICE:
+	case NODE_LITERALLAYOUT:
+	case NODE_NOTE:
+	case NODE_ORDEREDLIST:
+	case NODE_PARA:
+	case NODE_PREFACE:
+	case NODE_PROGRAMLISTING:
+	case NODE_REFMETA:
+	case NODE_REFNAMEDIV:
+	case NODE_REFSYNOPSISDIV:
+	case NODE_ROW:
+	case NODE_SBR:
+	case NODE_SCREEN:
+	case NODE_SECTION:
+	case NODE_SYNOPSIS:
+	case NODE_TGROUP:
+	case NODE_TIP:
+	case NODE_TITLE:
+	case NODE_VARIABLELIST:
+	case NODE_VARLISTENTRY:
+	case NODE_WARNING:
+		dat->spc = 1;
+		break;
+	default:
+		dat->spc = ps->spc;
+		break;
+	}
 	dat->parent = ps->cur;
 	TAILQ_INIT(&dat->childq);
 	TAILQ_INIT(&dat->attrq);