context("latex table structure") test_that("white spaces are protected", { ft <- flextable(data.frame(x = "")) ft <- delete_part(ft, part = "header") ft <- mk_par(ft, 1, 1, as_paragraph("foo", " ", "bar")) str <- flextable:::gen_raw_latex(ft) expect_true(grepl("{\\ }", str, fixed = TRUE)) })