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Line 98  in literal context, and when none of the following spe
Line 98  in literal context, and when none of the following spe
 just use the normal space character  just use the normal space character
 .Pq Sq \  .  .Pq Sq \  .
 .Pp  .Pp
 When filling text, lines may be broken between words, i.e. at space  When filling text, output lines may be broken between words, i.e. at space
 characters.  characters.
 To prevent a line break between two particular words,  To prevent a line break between two particular words,
 use the non-breaking space escape sequence  use the unpaddable non-breaking space escape sequence
 .Pq Sq \e~  .Pq Sq \e\ \&
 instead of the normal space character.  instead of the normal space character.
 For example, the input string  For example, the input string
 .Dq number\e~1  .Dq number\e\ 1
 will be kept together as  will be kept together as
 .Dq number\~1  .Dq number\ 1
 on the same output line.  on the same output line.
 .Pp  .Pp
 On request and macro lines, the normal space character serves as an  On request and macro lines, the normal space character serves as an
 argument delimiter.  argument delimiter.
 To include whitespace into arguments, quoting is usually the best choice.  To include whitespace into arguments, quoting is usually the best choice;
 In some cases, using either the non-breaking  see the MACRO SYNTAX section in
 .Pq Sq \e~  .Xr roff 7 .
 or the breaking  In some cases, using the non-breaking space escape sequence
 .Pq Sq \e\ \&  .Pq Sq \e\ \&
 space escape sequence may be preferable.  may be preferable.
   .Pp
 To escape macro names and to protect whitespace at the end  To escape macro names and to protect whitespace at the end
 of input lines, the zero-width space  of input lines, the zero-width space
 .Pq Sq \e&  .Pq Sq \e&
Line 194  manual.
Line 195  manual.
 Spacing:  Spacing:
 .Bl -column "Input" "Description" -offset indent -compact  .Bl -column "Input" "Description" -offset indent -compact
 .It Em Input Ta Em Description  .It Em Input Ta Em Description
 .It \e~      Ta non-breaking, non-collapsing space  .It Sq \e\ \& Ta unpaddable non-breaking space
 .It \e       Ta breaking, non-collapsing n-width space  .It \e~      Ta paddable non-breaking space
 .It \e^      Ta zero-width space  .It \e0      Ta unpaddable, breaking digit-width space
 .It \e%      Ta zero-width space  .It \e|      Ta one-sixth \e(em narrow space, zero width in nroff mode
   .It \e^      Ta one-twelfth \e(em half-narrow space, zero width in nroff
 .It \e&      Ta zero-width space  .It \e&      Ta zero-width space
 .It \e|      Ta zero-width space  .It \e%      Ta zero-width space allowing hyphenation
 .It \e0      Ta breaking, non-collapsing digit-width space  
 .It \ec      Ta removes any trailing space (if applicable)  
 .El  .El
 .Pp  .Pp
 Lines:  Lines:
Line 661  The escape sequences
Line 661  The escape sequences
 .Pp  .Pp
 are interpreted as Unicode codepoints.  are interpreted as Unicode codepoints.
 The codepoint must be in the range above U+0080 and less than U+10FFFF.  The codepoint must be in the range above U+0080 and less than U+10FFFF.
 For compatibility, the hexadecimal digits  For compatibility, the hexadecimal digits
 .Sq A  .Sq A
 to  to
 .Sq F  .Sq F
Line 735  The
Line 735  The
 manual page was written by  manual page was written by
 .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .  .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .
 .Sh CAVEATS  .Sh CAVEATS
 The  The predefined string
 .Sq \e*(Ba  .Sq \e*(Ba
 escape mimics the behaviour of the  mimics the behaviour of the
 .Sq \&|  .Sq \&|
 character in  character in
 .Xr mdoc 7 ;  .Xr mdoc 7 ;

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