* Advise usage of \~ escape instead of \SPACE; the former, a groff extension from circa 1990, has been supported by Heirloom Doctools troff since 2005 and by mandoc since 2019. The advantage is that \~ is an _adjustable_ non-breaking space, so it will typeset non-jarringly both in .EX/.EE examples when filling is off, and in normal running text (which is filled). See linux-man@ list discussion at <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/\ 20210729115508.pt6btsqd7g5tuhg6@localhost.localdomain/> and follow-ups. --- v2: - Stop correcting "nonbreaking" to "non-breaking". --- man7/man-pages.7 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index 96c3deb20..23015b00a 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ If the command is short, then it can be included inline in the text, in italic format, for example, .IR "man 7 man-pages" . In this case, it may be worth using nonbreaking spaces -("\e\ ") at suitable places in the command. +(\e\(ti) at suitable places in the command. Command options should be written in italics (e.g., .IR \-l ). .PP -- 2.20.1
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