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Re: manunal page - uninterpretted dot


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: manunal page - uninterpretted dot
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:01:12 +0100 (CET)

> [...] '\.' 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



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