Texinfo - Special Insertions Go to the first , previous , next , last section, table of contents . Special Insertions Texinfo provides several commands for formatting dimensions, for inserting single characters that have special meaning in Texinfo, such as braces, and for inserting special graphic symbols that do not correspond to characters, such as dots and bullets. Dots and bullets. The TeX logo and the copyright symbol. A minus sign.
Periods are also special.
Depending on whether the period is inside or at the end of a sentence, less or more space is inserted after a period in a typeset manual. Since it is not always possible for Texinfo to determine when a period ends a sentence and when it is used in an abbreviation, special commands are needed in some circumstances. Also, give it to R.J.C. produces the following. Not everyone uses this style. In printed output, the three periods in a row are closer together than the dots in the ellipsis.