PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Escape Sequences
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Required Carriage Return
The required carriage return is a trigger character followed by a period. It
looks like this:
\.
When TFORM sees this metacharacter, it inserts a break and starts a new
line. You must put this metacharacter at the end of an input line for it to be
recognized.
Word Concatenator
The word concatenator is a trigger character followed by an ampersand.
It looks like this:
\&
TFORM joins the word preceding this metacharacter to the word that
follows the \& with no intervening space, regardless of how much space
separates the words in the input file, even if the words are on separate
lines. You can also use this metacharacter to connect text in a macro to text
preceding or following the macro invocation. Think of this metacharacter
as word “glue.” It works only if joining is on.
Required Microspace
The required microspace is a trigger character followed by an “equals”
sign. It looks like this:
\=
This metacharacter represents a forward movement of 1/60th of an inch
(or 12 decipoints). TFORM generates this metacharacter to direct the
correct justification of proportional-pitch output printer on the 5530 letter-
quality printer. Users do not generally add this character to their files as a
formatting feature.