7 files changed, 15 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 8b6279f5..7a18c976 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ print_encode(struct html *h, const char *p)
 		}
 
 		p += len - 1;
+
+		if (DECO_NOSPACE == deco && '\0' == *(p + 1))
+			h->flags |= HTML_NOSPACE;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/man.7 b/man.7
index 0130540e..13ce8be0 100644
--- a/man.7
+++ b/man.7
@@ -67,14 +67,6 @@ line termination.
 Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will assert a
 vertical space.
 .
-.Pp
-The
-.Sq \ec
-escape is common in historical
-.Nm
-documents; if encountered at the end of a word, it ensures that the
-subsequent word isn't off-set by whitespace.
-.
 .
 .Ss Comments
 Text following a
diff --git a/man_term.c b/man_term.c
index 939bc049..03f5cfdf 100644
--- a/man_term.c
+++ b/man_term.c
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ post_RS(DECL_ARGS)
 static void
 print_man_node(DECL_ARGS)
 {
-	int		 c, sz;
+	int		 c;
 
 	c = 1;
 
@@ -793,17 +793,8 @@ print_man_node(DECL_ARGS)
 			term_vspace(p);
 			break;
 		}
-		/*
-		 * Note!  This is hacky.  Here, we recognise the `\c'
-		 * escape embedded in so many -man pages.  It's supposed
-		 * to remove the subsequent space, so we mark NOSPACE if
-		 * it's encountered in the string.
-		 */
-		sz = (int)strlen(n->string);
+
 		term_word(p, n->string);
-		if (sz >= 2 && n->string[sz - 1] == 'c' &&
-				n->string[sz - 2] == '\\')
-			p->flags |= TERMP_NOSPACE;
 
 		/* FIXME: this means that macro lines are munged!  */
 
diff --git a/mandoc_char.7 b/mandoc_char.7
index 7513a7be..5196318f 100644
--- a/mandoc_char.7
+++ b/mandoc_char.7
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ Spacing:
 .It \e&      Ta zero-width space
 .It \e|      Ta zero-width space
 .It \e0      Ta breaking, non-collapsing digit-width space
+.It \ec      Ta removes any trailing space (if applicable)
 .El
 .
 .Pp
diff --git a/out.c b/out.c
index 11f463e5..dd584d7a 100644
--- a/out.c
+++ b/out.c
@@ -331,6 +331,11 @@ a2roffdeco(enum roffdeco *d,
 	case ('['):
 		break;
 
+	case ('c'):
+		*d = DECO_NOSPACE;
+		*sz = 1;
+		return(1);
+
 	default:
 		*d = DECO_SPECIAL;
 		*word = wp;
diff --git a/out.h b/out.h
index 9c6b3356..46273b9d 100644
--- a/out.h
+++ b/out.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ enum	roffdeco {
 	DECO_ROMAN,
 	DECO_PREVIOUS,
 	DECO_SIZE,
+	DECO_NOSPACE,
 	DECO_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/term.c b/term.c
index 057d5e2f..4ab35a2d 100644
--- a/term.c
+++ b/term.c
@@ -487,7 +487,10 @@ term_word(struct termp *p, const char *word)
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
+
 		word += sz;
+		if (DECO_NOSPACE == deco && '\0' == *word)
+			p->flags |= TERMP_NOSPACE;
 	}
 
 	if (sv[0] && 0 == sv[1])