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Re: [groff] 05/05: groff_man.5.man: Make editorial fixes.
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Ralph Corderoy |
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Re: [groff] 05/05: groff_man.5.man: Make editorial fixes. |
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Sat, 29 Jun 2019 18:27:05 +0100 |
Hi Ingo,
> Writing something like
>
> Bogus Inc.\& sells snake oil at very competitive prices.
>
> would be cargo cult programming and should not be recommended.
It's useful if one formats the source with something that doesn't
understand that
Bogus Inc. sells snake oil
shouldn't be broken after the `Inc.' without appending a `\&' to it.
Otherwise, a non-end-of-sentence full stop arrives at the end of the
source line.
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Cheers, Ralph.