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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/out.c,v
retrieving revision 1.78
retrieving revision 1.79
diff -u -p -r1.78 -r1.79
--- mandoc/out.c	2019/03/29 21:27:06	1.78
+++ mandoc/out.c	2019/12/31 22:58:41	1.79
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: out.c,v 1.78 2019/03/29 21:27:06 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: out.c,v 1.79 2019/12/31 22:58:41 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2011,2014,2015,2017,2018 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -209,13 +209,25 @@ tblcalc(struct rofftbl *tbl, const struct tbl_span *sp
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Column spacings are needed for span width calculations,
-	 * so set the default values now.
+	 * The minimum width of columns explicitly specified
+	 * in the layout is 1n.
 	 */
 
-	for (icol = 0; icol <= maxcol; icol++)
-		if (tbl->cols[icol].spacing == SIZE_MAX || icol == maxcol)
-			tbl->cols[icol].spacing = 3;
+	if (maxcol < sp_first->opts->cols - 1)
+		maxcol = sp_first->opts->cols - 1;
+	for (icol = 0; icol <= maxcol; icol++) {
+		col = tbl->cols + icol;
+		if (col->width < 1)
+			col->width = 1;
+
+		/*
+		 * Column spacings are needed for span width
+		 * calculations, so set the default values now.
+		 */
+
+		if (col->spacing == SIZE_MAX || icol == maxcol)
+			col->spacing = 3;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Replace the minimum widths with the missing widths,