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<h3 class="section">14.4 Inserting Accents</h3>

<p><a name="index-Inserting-accents-685"></a><a name="index-Accents_002c-inserting-686"></a><a name="index-Floating-accents_002c-inserting-687"></a>
Here is a table with the commands Texinfo provides for inserting
floating accents.  They all need an argument, the character to accent,
which can either be given in braces as usual (<code>@'{e}</code>), or, as
a special case, the braces can be omitted, in which case the argument
is the next character (<code>@'e</code>).  This is to make the source as
convenient as possible to type and read, since accented characters are
very common in some languages.

  <p>If the command is alphabetic, such as <code>@dotaccent</code>, then there
must be a space between the command name and argument if braces are
not used.  If the command is non-alphabetic, such as <code>@'</code>, then
there must <em>not</em> be a space; the argument is the very next
character.

  <p>Exception: the argument to <code>@tieaccent</code> must be enclosed in
braces (since it is two characters instead of one).

  <p><a name="index-documentencoding-688"></a>To get the true accented characters output in Info, not just the ASCII
transliterations, it is necessary to specify <code>@documentencoding</code>
with an encoding which supports the required characters
(see <a href="documentencoding.html#documentencoding"><code>@documentencoding</code></a>).  In this case,
you can also use non-ASCII (e.g., pre-accented) characters in the
source file.

  <p><a name="index-g_t_0022-_0040r_007b_0028umlaut-accent_0029_007d-689"></a><a name="index-Umlaut-accent-690"></a><a name="index-g_t_0027-_0040r_007b_0028umlaut-accent_0029_007d-691"></a><a name="index-Acute-accent-692"></a><a name="index-g_t_003d-_0040r_007b_0028macron-accent_0029_007d-693"></a><a name="index-Macron-accent-694"></a><a name="index-g_t_005e-_0040r_007b_0028circumflex-accent_0029_007d-695"></a><a name="index-Circumflex-accent-696"></a><a name="index-g_t_0060-_0040r_007b_0028grave-accent_0029_007d-697"></a><a name="index-Grave-accent-698"></a><a name="index-g_t_007e-_0040r_007b_0028tilde-accent_0029_007d-699"></a><a name="index-Tilde-accent-700"></a><a name="index-g_t_002c-_0040r_007b_0028cedilla-accent_0029_007d-701"></a><a name="index-Cedilla-accent-702"></a><a name="index-dotaccent-703"></a><a name="index-Dot-accent-704"></a><a name="index-H-_0040r_007b_0028Hungarian-umlaut-accent_0029_007d-705"></a><a name="index-Hungarian-umlaut-accent-706"></a><a name="index-ringaccent-707"></a><a name="index-Ring-accent-708"></a><a name="index-tieaccent-709"></a><a name="index-Tie_002dafter-accent-710"></a><a name="index-u-_0040r_007b_0028breve-accent_0029_007d-711"></a><a name="index-Breve-accent-712"></a><a name="index-ubaraccent-713"></a><a name="index-Underbar-accent-714"></a><a name="index-udotaccent-715"></a><a name="index-Underdot-accent-716"></a><a name="index-v-_0040r_007b_0028check-accent_0029_007d-717"></a><a name="index-Hacek-accent-718"></a><a name="index-Check-accent-719"></a><a name="index-Caron-accent-720"></a>
  <p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><th valign="top">Command           </th><th valign="top">Output         </th><th valign="top">What
<br></th></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@"o</tt>              </td><td valign="top">&ouml;            </td><td valign="top">umlaut accent
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@'o</tt>              </td><td valign="top">&oacute;            </td><td valign="top">acute accent
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@,{c}</tt>          </td><td valign="top">&ccedil;          </td><td valign="top">cedilla accent
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@=o</tt>              </td><td valign="top">o&macr;            </td><td valign="top">macron/overbar accent
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@^o</tt>              </td><td valign="top">&ocirc;            </td><td valign="top">circumflex accent
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@`o</tt>              </td><td valign="top">&ograve;            </td><td valign="top">grave accent
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@~o</tt>              </td><td valign="top">&otilde;            </td><td valign="top">tilde accent
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@dotaccent{o}</tt>  </td><td valign="top">o.  </td><td valign="top">overdot accent
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@H{o}</tt>          </td><td valign="top">o''          </td><td valign="top">long Hungarian umlaut
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@ringaccent{o}</tt> </td><td valign="top">o* </td><td valign="top">ring accent
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@tieaccent{oo}</tt> </td><td valign="top">oo[ </td><td valign="top">tie-after accent
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@u{o}</tt>          </td><td valign="top">o(          </td><td valign="top">breve accent
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@ubaraccent{o}</tt> </td><td valign="top">o_ </td><td valign="top">underbar accent
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@udotaccent{o}</tt> </td><td valign="top">.o </td><td valign="top">underdot accent
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@v{o}</tt>          </td><td valign="top">o&lt;          </td><td valign="top">hacek/check/caron accent
  <br></td></tr></table>

  <p>This table lists the Texinfo commands for inserting other characters
commonly used in languages other than English.

  <p><a name="index-questiondown-721"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040questiondown_007b_007d-722"></a><a name="index-exclamdown-723"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040exclamdown_007b_007d-724"></a><a name="index-aa-725"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040aa_007b_007d-726"></a><a name="index-AA-727"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040AA_007b_007d-728"></a><a name="index-ae-729"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040ae_007b_007d-730"></a><a name="index-AE-731"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040AE_007b_007d-732"></a><a name="index-dotless-733"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040dotless_007bi_007d-_0028dotless-i_0029-734"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040dotless_007bj_007d-_0028dotless-j_0029-735"></a><a name="index-Dotless-i_002c-j-736"></a><a name="index-l-737"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040l_007b_007d-738"></a><a name="index-L-739"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040L_007b_007d-740"></a><a name="index-o-741"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040o_007b_007d-742"></a><a name="index-O-743"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040O_007b_007d-744"></a><a name="index-oe-745"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040oe_007b_007d-746"></a><a name="index-OE-747"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040OE_007b_007d-748"></a><a name="index-Romance-ordinals-749"></a><a name="index-Ordinals_002c-Romance-750"></a><a name="index-Feminine-ordinal-751"></a><a name="index-ordf-752"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040ordf_007b_007d-753"></a><a name="index-Masculine-ordinal-754"></a><a name="index-ordm-755"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040ordm_007b_007d-756"></a><a name="index-ss-757"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040ss_007b_007d-758"></a><a name="index-Es_002dzet-759"></a><a name="index-Sharp-S-760"></a><a name="index-German-S-761"></a>
  <p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@exclamdown{}</tt>   </td><td valign="top">&iexcl;   </td><td valign="top">upside-down ! 
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@questiondown{}</tt> </td><td valign="top">&iquest; </td><td valign="top">upside-down ? 
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@aa{} @AA{}</tt>  </td><td valign="top">&aring; &Aring;     </td><td valign="top">a,A with circle
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@ae{} @AE{}</tt>  </td><td valign="top">&aelig; &AElig;     </td><td valign="top">ae,AE ligatures
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@dotless{i}</tt>     </td><td valign="top">i     </td><td valign="top">dotless i
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@dotless{j}</tt>     </td><td valign="top">j     </td><td valign="top">dotless j
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@l{} @L{}</tt>    </td><td valign="top">/l /L       </td><td valign="top">suppressed-L,l
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@o{} @O{}</tt>    </td><td valign="top">&oslash; &Oslash;       </td><td valign="top">O,o with slash
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@oe{} @OE{}</tt>  </td><td valign="top">&oelig; &OElig;     </td><td valign="top">oe,OE ligatures
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@ordf{} @ordm{}</tt>  </td><td valign="top">&ordf; &ordm;     </td><td valign="top">Spanish ordinals
<br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top"><tt>@ss{}</tt>           </td><td valign="top">&szlig;           </td><td valign="top">es-zet or sharp S
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