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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/eqn.c,v
retrieving revision 1.71
retrieving revision 1.72
diff -u -p -r1.71 -r1.72
--- mandoc/eqn.c	2017/06/26 20:09:04	1.71
+++ mandoc/eqn.c	2017/06/29 16:31:15	1.72
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: eqn.c,v 1.71 2017/06/26 20:09:04 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: eqn.c,v 1.72 2017/06/29 16:31:15 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2011, 2014 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2014, 2015, 2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ eqn_parse(struct eqn_node *ep, struct eqn_box *parent)
 	if (ep->data == NULL)
 		return ROFF_IGN;
 
-	ep->start = ep->end = ep->data;
+	ep->start = ep->end = ep->data + strspn(ep->data, " ^~");
 
 next_tok:
 	tok = eqn_next(ep, MODE_TOK);