At 2019-07-01T15:02:35-0400, Doug McIlroy wrote:
> I agree with Ingo about proposed descriptions of \& and sentence
> spaces. Elaboration is not explanation.
The context of the elaboration under discussion is portability and style
advice in the groff_man(7) page. On my to-do list, and as copiousl
I agree with Ingo about proposed descriptions of \& and sentence
spaces. Elaboration is not explanation.
\& is simply a zero-length character. Its primary use is to disguise
sequences that groff would otherwise unwantedly interpret. For example,
"\&." at the beginning of an input line will be take