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diff --git a/docbook/asciidoctor-macros/manarg-block.rb b/docbook/asciidoctor-macros/manarg-block.rb
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+# Adapted from https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-extensions-lab/blob/master/lib/man-inline-macro.rb
+
+RUBY_ENGINE == 'opal' ? (require 'manarg-block/extension') : (require_relative 'manarg-block/extension')
+
+Extensions.register do
+  block ManArgBlock
+end
diff --git a/docbook/asciidoctor-macros/manarg-block/extension.rb b/docbook/asciidoctor-macros/manarg-block/extension.rb
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+require 'asciidoctor/extensions' unless RUBY_ENGINE == 'opal'
+
+include Asciidoctor
+
+# An inline macro that generates markup for man page arguments.
+# Adapted from https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-extensions-lab/blob/master/lib/man-inline-macro.rb
+#
+# Usage:
+#
+#   [manarg]
+#   *command*
+#   [ *--help* ]
+#   [ *--flash-lights* ]
+#
+class ManArgBlock < Extensions::BlockProcessor
+  use_dsl
+
+  named :manarg
+  parse_content_as :simple
+
+  def process parent, reader, attrs
+    nowrap_lines = reader.readlines.map {|line|
+      if parent.document.basebackend? 'html'
+        # Apply the custom style "[.nowrap]## ... ##" to each line.
+        # This generates "<span content="nowrap"> ... </span>". Pass
+        # each '#' through for extra paranoia.
+        %([.nowrap]###{line.gsub('#', '+++#+++')}##)
+      elsif parent.document.backend == 'manpage'
+        # Replace spaces with non-breaking spaces ('&#160;'), then make
+        # bold markup unconstrained ('*' -> '**'). For now we naively
+        # assume that bolds are always constrained (that is, we only
+        # have single '*'s). We *should* be able to do this properly
+        # with a regex, but for some reason
+        #   gsub(/([^*])\*([^*])/, '\1**\2')
+        # doesn't match the first asterisk in "*--extcap-interface*=<interface>"
+        %(#{line.gsub(' ', '&#160;').gsub('*', '**')})
+      else
+        line
+      end
+    }
+    # STDERR.puts(nowrap_lines)
+    create_paragraph parent, nowrap_lines, attrs
+  end
+end
diff --git a/docbook/asciidoctor-macros/manarg-block/sample.adoc b/docbook/asciidoctor-macros/manarg-block/sample.adoc
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+= androiddump(1)
+:doctype: manpage
+
+== NAME
+
+sample - Sample man page
+
+== SYNOPSIS
+
+[manarg]
+*androiddump*
+*--mandatory-argument
+[ *--optional-argument* ]
+*--complex-mandatory*=<argument>
+[ *--complex-optional*=<argument> ]
+
+== DESCRIPTION
+
+Sample man page.