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Date:      Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:17:37 +0530
From:      "Joseph Koshy" <joseph.koshy@gmail.com>
To:        "Rich Morin" <rdm@cfcl.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mandoc question
Message-ID:  <84dead720606121847u2c4e9c51ge9e8793c0d8ea24e@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <p062309c9c0b38e019cbe@192.168.254.205>
References:  <p062309c9c0b38e019cbe@192.168.254.205>

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On 6/13/06, Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> wrote:
> Assuming that I have a function argument n and want to say
> something like:
>
>   The n'th character is ignored.
>
> How do I use the .Fa macro (or whatever) to do this.  My
> current code is
>
>   The
>   .Fa n'th
>   character is ignored.
>
> but that highlights all of "n'th".  I've tried a couple of
> other possibilities (along with RTFM), but no luck so far.
>
> Help?

Try the .Ap macro:

  The
  .Fa n Ap th
  character is ignored.

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