On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 11:01:12AM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > [...] '\.' is simply an another name for the dot (.) > > > > See chapter 7.5 with the definition (explanation) of ".de xy": > > > > ".." can be concealed as \\.. which will copy as \.. and reread as "..". > > > > Which means an unescaped "\." is read as ".". > > So what about this: > > \. The same as a dot (`.'). Necessary in nested macro > definitions so that `\\..' expands to `..'. > > > Werner
Good, I think that should avoid any misunderstanding. The sentence "The special behaviour ..." with the other mentioning of '\.' must also be corrected. -- Bjarni I. Gislason _______________________________________________ bug-groff mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-groff
