+void
+deroff(char **dest, const struct roff_node *n)
+{
+ char *cp;
+ size_t sz;
+
+ if (n->type != ROFFT_TEXT) {
+ for (n = n->child; n != NULL; n = n->next)
+ deroff(dest, n);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* Skip leading whitespace and escape sequences. */
+
+ cp = n->string;
+ while (*cp != '\0') {
+ if ('\\' == *cp) {
+ cp++;
+ mandoc_escape((const char **)&cp, NULL, NULL);
+ } else if (isspace((unsigned char)*cp))
+ cp++;
+ else
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /* Skip trailing whitespace. */
+
+ for (sz = strlen(cp); sz; sz--)
+ if ( ! isspace((unsigned char)cp[sz-1]))
+ break;
+
+ /* Skip empty strings. */
+
+ if (sz == 0)
+ return;
+
+ if (*dest == NULL) {
+ *dest = mandoc_strndup(cp, sz);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ mandoc_asprintf(&cp, "%s %*s", *dest, (int)sz, cp);
+ free(*dest);
+ *dest = cp;
+}
+