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Inserting `@', Braces, and Periods
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   `@' and curly braces are special characters in Texinfo.  To insert
these characters so they appear in text, you must put an `@' in front
of these characters to prevent Texinfo from misinterpreting them.

   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.
(Usually, Texinfo can guess how to handle periods, so you do not need
to use the special commands; you just enter a period as you would if
you were using a typewriter, which means you put two spaces after the
period, question mark, or exclamation mark that ends a sentence.)

   Do not put braces after any of these commands; they are not
necessary.

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* Inserting Braces             How to insert `{' and `}'
* Controlling Spacing          How to insert the right amount of space
                                  after punctuation within a sentence.