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

		},{
			# Everything else
			name: "meta.device-control.ditroff"
			begin: "^\\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"
