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<span id="g_t_0040dots-_0028_2026_0029-and-_0040enddots-_0028_002e_002e_002e_0029"></span><h4 class="subsection">12.8.4 <code>@dots</code> (…) and <code>@enddots</code> (<small class="enddots">...</small>)</h4>
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<p>An <em>ellipsis</em> (a sequence of dots) would be spaced wrong when
typeset as a string of periods, so a special command is used in
Texinfo: use the <code>@dots{}</code> command to generate a normal
ellipsis, which is three dots in a row, appropriately spaced …
like so. To emphasize: do not simply write three periods in the input
file; that would work for the Info file output, but would produce the
wrong amount of space between the periods in the printed manual.
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<p>The <code>@enddots{}</code> command generates an end-of-sentence
ellipsis, which also has three dots, but with different spacing
afterwards, <small class="enddots">...</small> Look closely to see the difference.
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<p>Here is an ellipsis: …
Here are three periods in a row: ...
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<p>In printed (and usually HTML) output, the three periods in a row are
much closer together than the dots in the ellipsis.
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