[bug #60943] [nroff] should accept whitespace between option and option argument

[G. Branden Robinson]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60943>

                 Summary: [nroff] should accept whitespace between option and
option argument
                 Project: GNU troff
            Submitted by: gbranden
            Submitted on: Mon 19 Jul 2021 04:08:26 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 1 - Wish
              Item Group: None
                  Status: In Progress
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: gbranden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Our nroff(1) page says "Whitespace is _not_ permitted between an option and
its argument."

This is lame, and inconsistent with most or all other programs shipping with
GNU roff.

And it's not hard to fix.





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