===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/Attic/mdocterm.c,v
retrieving revision 1.19
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -p -r1.19 -r1.20
--- mandoc/Attic/mdocterm.c	2009/02/28 14:43:35	1.19
+++ mandoc/Attic/mdocterm.c	2009/02/28 20:13:06	1.20
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: mdocterm.c,v 1.19 2009/02/28 14:43:35 kristaps Exp $ */
+/* $Id: mdocterm.c,v 1.20 2009/02/28 20:13:06 kristaps Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
  *
@@ -554,7 +554,14 @@ word(struct termp *p, const char *word)
 		if ( ! xisspace(word[i])) {
 			j++;
 			continue;
+		} 
+		
+		/* Escaped spaces don't delimit... */
+		if (i > 0 && xisspace(word[i]) && '\\' == word[i - 1]) {
+			j++;
+			continue;
 		}
+
 		if (0 == j)
 			continue;
 		assert(i >= j);