Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise

[Werner LEMBERG]

> As far as I am concerned, the only time that troff/groff/*roff
> should ever interpret a "'" or "." as a control/command character is
> when it appears as the FIRST character in a line of input.  If it is
> preceded by \fB or anything else, it should always be treated as
> ordinary text.

I fully agree.

> The only exception would be when the only preceding characters are
> whitespace, which troff interprets as a break, equivalent to ".br".

I don't understand that.  Please give an example.


    Werner