All,
Wondering how best to do this.
I have an occasion where '...' is the
first set of chars on a line. How do
I rightly escape the first . so it
does not get translated as a macro '.'
named '..' ?
Scott
Hi Scott,
On Friday 19 June 2009 23:22:38 smo...@sacredlabor.com wrote:
> I have an occasion where '...' is the first set of chars on a
> line. How do I rightly escape the first . so it does not get
> translated as a macro '.' named '..' ?
You could write it as
\&...
--
HTH,
Keith.
On 19-Jun-09 22:06:49, Keith Marshall wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> On Friday 19 June 2009 23:22:38 smo...@sacredlabor.com wrote:
>> I have an occasion where '...' is the first set of chars on a
>> line. _How do I rightly escape the first . so it does not get
>> translated as a macro '.' named '..' ?
>
I use a simple string: .\^.\^. and precede it with \& if at first
of line. Or you could add the \& in every case. It's much easier
to read in source files than figuring out what the string is --
especially for someone who "inherits" the file for later maintenance.
Using .\|.\|. is too "spread o
