[comp.text] Troff periods.

morrell@hpsal2.HP.COM (Michael Morrell) (10/31/88)

/ hpsal2:comp.text / pc@ctt.bellcore.com (Peter Clitherow) /  6:01 pm  Oct 28, 1988 /
I need to get a period out of a macro, so that it is inserted inline....e.g.

testing the macro
XX

with a macro such as:

de XX
\\.
.

will result in:

testing the macro .
----------

Why don't you use:

   .de XX
   \&.
   ..

Seems to work for me.