From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 12 21:35:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77A8216A41F for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:35:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Received: from cfcl.com (cpe-24-221-172-174.ca.sprintbbd.net [24.221.172.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13A3E43D46 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:35:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Received: from [192.168.254.205] ([192.168.254.205]) by cfcl.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id k5CLe9vF016093 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:40:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:36:49 -0700 To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org From: Rich Morin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: mandoc question X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:35:22 -0000 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? -r -- http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Rich Morin http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume rdm@cfcl.com http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog +1 650-873-7841 Technical editing and writing, programming, and web development