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bug #65549: [troff] automatic hyphenation suppressed with leading `\%` roars back to life after break

Submitter:	G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
Submitted:	Tue 02 Apr 2024 06:32:52 PM UTC


Category:	Core	Severity:	3 - Normal
Item Group:	Incorrect behaviour	Status:	None
Privacy:	Public	Assigned to:	None
Open/Closed:	Open	Planned Release:	None

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Fri 05 Apr 2024 02:39:45 PM UTC, comment #1: Resolving this might also eliminate the need to say `\%` again after `\:` escape sequences.	G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
Tue 02 Apr 2024 06:32:52 PM UTC, original submission: $ printf '.ll 8n\n\\%%antidisestablishmen\\%%tarianism\n' \| nroff -Wbreak \| cat -s antidisestablishmen‐ tarian‐ ism Hyphenation should stay off until the end of the word except where infixed `\%` escape sequences occur.	G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>

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Date	Changed by	Updated Field	Previous Value	=>	Replaced by
2024-04-02	gbranden	Summary	[troff] hyphenation suppressed with `\%` roars back to life after break		[troff] automatic hyphenation suppressed with leading `\%` roars back to life after break

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bug #65549: [troff] automatic hyphenation suppressed with leading `\%` roars back to life after break

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