Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!amdahl!pacbell!pbhyf!kjk From: kjk@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Ken Keirnan) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: how to get a dot in col 1 with n/troff Message-ID: <3654@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> Date: 16 Jul 88 15:39:05 GMT References: <2137@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Reply-To: kjk@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Ken Keirnan) Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA Lines: 15 In article <2137@boulder.Colorado.EDU> cdash@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Charles Shub) writes: >putting a dot (.) in column 1 of the output ought to be easy. can someone >give me a clue on a quick and dirty way to do it. please respond by mail >and i'll post the top 2 or 3 answers. > >thanks... To hide the special meaning of period (.) or single quote (') at the beginning of a line, use the zero width pad character "\&" to begin the line. Ken Keirnan -- Ken Keirnan - Pacific Bell - {att,bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!pbhyf!kjk San Ramon, California kjk@pbhyf.PacBell.COM