I have a situation with the following grammar: 
my $parse = Parse::RecDescent->new(<<'EndGrammar');

rebol   : block  { dump_item('block', \@item)  }
        | scalar { dump_item('scalar', \@item) }

block       : '[' block_stuff(s?) ']'
block_stuff : scalar
scalar      : <skip:''> '%' file
file        : /w+/

EndGrammar

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My grammar matches a filename, ie: 
%reb.html

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just fine. However, it does not match a filename within a block, ie: 
[ %reb.html ]

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and I know exactly why after tracing the grammar.

It is trying the 

<skip:''> '%' file

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production with the input text 
" %reb.html"

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note the space in the input text.

The reason this distresses me is that I have not changed the universal token separator from 

/\s*/

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Yet it did not gobble up the white space between the '[' terminal and the  <skip:''>'%' file production

In reply to The skip directive in Parse::RecDescent by princepawn

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