Re: [groff] How can you prevent \| from sabotaging end-of-sentence detection?

2018-02-05 Thread Dave Kemper
On 2/5/18, Boss Hog wrote: > The \| isn't truly a character, it simply instructs groff to pick up its > pen and move a few steps to the right. By using the .char request we may > create a virtual character to operate on. Thank you, that was exactly what I needed. In fact, once you gave me the id

Re: [groff] How can you prevent \| from sabotaging end-of-sentence detection?

2018-02-04 Thread Boss Hog
On Sun, Feb 04, 2018 at 06:19:56PM -0500, Dave Kemper wrote: > I'm probably overlooking something obvious here, but it's eluded me > long enough to type and send this message. > > Consider this three-line input: > > .ss 12 48 > \[lq]He said `seven.'\[rq] > John frowned. > > > What's the correct