Taking another crack at this...
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v2:
- Stop correcting "nonbreaking" to "non-breaking".
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* 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.
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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--
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