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Re: manunal page - uninterpretted dot
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Bjarni Ingi Gislason |
Subject: |
Re: manunal page - uninterpretted dot |
Date: |
Sun, 2 Dec 2012 21:14:28 +0000 |
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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
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