TGAL Manual

TRIGGER Command
TGAL Commands
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TRIGGER Command Use the TRIGGER command to change the character that identifies the TGAL
commands from a backslash (\) to another character.
The syntax of the TRIGGER command is:
TRIGGER " c "
" c "
specifies the new trigger character. Quotation marks are required. The new
trigger character cannot be a blank or a quotation mark.
Considerations
The CENTER, NEED, and TAG commands can use a trigger character to indicate
where the command stops. If you use these commands, you have to use the new
trigger character for these commands to work properly. Also look at any HEAD,
SUBHEAD, and FOOT commands that use the trigger character with the TODAY
option.
If you do not use this command, TGAL assumes:
TRIGGER "\"
Examples
1. This example changes the trigger character to a period.
\TRIGGER "."
.CENTER ON.
Monday Blues, Inc.
957 Spreckles Way
Chocolatetown, CA 98989
.SPACE 2
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The CENTER command uses the new trigger character twice, once as a trigger
character to mark the command line and once as a command option to indicate
where the command stops centering lines. TGAL produces:
Monday Blues, Inc.
957 Spreckles Way
Chocolatetown, CA 98989
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