Re: [patch], ptrace(2): Unnecessary escape before ">"

[Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig-2945IVfuVpf1P9xLtpHBDw@public.gmane.org>]

On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 08:51:41AM +1200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> Bjarni,
> 
> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig-5zMUtr2BsJg@public.gmane.org.is> wrote:
> > Package: man-pages
> > Version: 3.40
> > Severity: minor
> > Tags: patch
> >
> >  From "groff -ww ..." (or "man --warnings=w ...":
> >
> > <standard input>:758: warning: escape character ignored before `>'
> >
> >  Also periods (full stop) in ellipises "protected" with "\&".
> 
> My knowledge here is a bit thin. Can you expand on the previous sentence please.
> 

  This "protection" is actually only necessary, if the
(unprotected) ellipsis is at the start (becomes a groff macro
command) or (almost) at end of a line (last period interpreted as
an end of a sentence).  That can happen, if the paragraph (line)
gets later reformatted or changed in the source.

-- 
Bjarni I. Gislason
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