 		},{
 			# Everything else
 			name: "meta.device-control.ditroff"
-			begin: "^\\s*(x)\\s*"
+			begin: "(x)\\s*"
 			end:   "(?=$|#)"
 			beginCaptures:
 				1: name: "keyword.operator.other.ditroff"

		patterns: [{
			# Arbitrary device control function generated by \X
			name: "meta.custom.device-control.ditroff"
			begin: "^\\s*(x)\\s*(X\\S*)"
			end:   "^(?!\\+)"
			beginCaptures:
				1: name: "keyword.operator.other.ditroff"


	# Paddable word-space: information only, no action
	wordSpace:
		name: "entity.name.function.word-space.ditroff"
		match: "(?<=^|[\\s\\d])w"
