If the first character of free-form text is whitespace, then a newline

shall precede outputted text (surprise!).

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/man_html.c b/man_html.c
index 2495c8cd..4217e87e 100644
--- a/man_html.c
+++ b/man_html.c
@@ -197,7 +197,16 @@ print_man_node(MAN_ARGS)
 		child = man_root_pre(m, n, mh, h);
 		break;
 	case (MAN_TEXT):
+		if ('\0' == *n->string) {
+			print_otag(h, TAG_P, 0, NULL);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (' ' == *n->string && MAN_LINE & n->flags)
+			print_otag(h, TAG_BR, 0, NULL);
+
 		print_text(h, n->string);
+
 		if (MANH_LITERAL & mh->fl)
 			print_otag(h, TAG_BR, 0, NULL);
 		return;