In troff file, how to put a period at the beginnin of a line

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2 total messages Started by Weidong Wang Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:15

#3063

Author: Weidong Wang
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:15

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I am using refer (grefer) with numbering format. So if a reference 
is at the end of the sentence, I need to put a period (.)right after
the citation. I cannot put it right after ".]" since it will make
the number not to be superscipt. I need to putt he period at the 
beginning of next line.

But troff treats every line starts with "." as a command line and this
line will be ignored. I tried several possible ways and the only 
woprk around I have now is to put "\ " in front of the period. But 
that introduices an extra space between the citation of the period.

Does anyone know how to do it?

Thanks.

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Re: In troff file, how to put a period at the beginnin of a line

#3068

Author: Marc Guillemont
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:36

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From article <1993Jan27.151509.28315@osf.org>, by wwang@osf.org (Weidong Wang):

> But troff treats every line starts with "." as a command line and this
> line will be ignored. I tried several possible ways and the only 
> woprk around I have now is to put "\ " in front of the period. But 
> that introduices an extra space between the citation of the period.

Simply insert "\&" (null size character) before ".":
\&.
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