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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> <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> <p>Exception: the argument to <code>@tieaccent</code> must be enclosed in braces (since it is two characters instead of one). </p> <p>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="_0040documentencoding.html"><code>@documentencoding <var>enc</var></code>: Set Input Encoding</a>). In this case, you can also use non-ASCII (e.g., pre-accented) characters in the source file. </p> <span id="index-_0022-_0028umlaut-accent_0029"></span> <span id="index-Umlaut-accent"></span> <span id="index-_0027-_0028acute-accent_0029"></span> <span id="index-Acute-accent"></span> <span id="index-_003d-_0028macron-accent_0029"></span> <span id="index-Macron-accent"></span> <span id="index-_005e-_0028circumflex-accent_0029"></span> <span id="index-Circumflex-accent"></span> <span id="index-_0060-_0028grave-accent_0029"></span> <span id="index-Grave-accent-1"></span> <span id="index-_007e-_0028tilde-accent_0029"></span> <span id="index-Tilde-accent"></span> <span id="index-_002c-_0028cedilla-accent_0029"></span> <span id="index-Cedilla-accent"></span> <span id="index-dotaccent"></span> <span id="index-Dot-accent"></span> <span id="index-H-_0028Hungarian-umlaut-accent_0029"></span> <span id="index-Hungarian-umlaut-accent"></span> <span id="index-ogonek"></span> <span id="index-Ogonek-diacritic"></span> <span id="index-ringaccent"></span> <span id="index-Ring-accent"></span> <span id="index-tieaccent"></span> <span id="index-Tie_002dafter-accent"></span> <span id="index-u-_0028breve-accent_0029"></span> <span id="index-Breve-accent"></span> <span id="index-ubaraccent"></span> <span id="index-Underbar-accent"></span> <span id="index-udotaccent"></span> <span id="index-Underdot-accent"></span> <span id="index-v-_0028caron_0029"></span> <span id="index-Hacek-accent"></span> <span id="index-Check-accent"></span> <span id="index-Caron"></span> <table> <thead><tr><th>Command</th><th>Output</th><th>What</th></tr></thead> <tr><td><tt>@"o</tt></td><td>ö</td><td>umlaut accent</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@'o</tt></td><td>ó</td><td>acute accent</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@,{c}</tt></td><td>ç</td><td>cedilla accent</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@=o</tt></td><td>ō</td><td>macron/overbar accent</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@^o</tt></td><td>ô</td><td>circumflex accent</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@`o</tt></td><td>ò</td><td>grave accent</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@~o</tt></td><td>õ</td><td>tilde accent</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@dotaccent{o}</tt></td><td>ȯ</td><td>overdot accent</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@H{o}</tt></td><td>ő</td><td>long Hungarian umlaut</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@ogonek{a}</tt></td><td>ą</td><td>ogonek</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@ringaccent{o}</tt></td><td>o*</td><td>ring accent</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@tieaccent{oo}</tt></td><td>oo[</td><td>tie-after accent</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@u{o}</tt></td><td>ŏ</td><td>breve accent</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@ubaraccent{o}</tt></td><td>o_</td><td>underbar accent</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@udotaccent{o}</tt></td><td>ọ</td><td>underdot accent</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@v{o}</tt></td><td>ǒ</td><td>caron/hacek/check accent</td></tr> </table> <p>This table lists the Texinfo commands for inserting other characters commonly used in languages other than English. </p> <span id="index-questiondown"></span> <span id="index-_00bf"></span> <span id="index-exclamdown"></span> <span id="index-_00a1"></span> <span id="index-aa-1"></span> <span id="index-aa"></span> <span id="index-AA-1"></span> <span id="index-AA"></span> <span id="index-ae-1"></span> <span id="index-ae"></span> <span id="index-AE-1"></span> <span id="index-AE"></span> <span id="index-Icelandic"></span> <span id="index-Eth"></span> <span id="index-dh"></span> <span id="index-d"></span> <span id="index-DH"></span> <span id="index-D"></span> <span id="index-dotless"></span> <span id="index-i-_0028dotless-i_0029"></span> <span id="index-j-_0028dotless-j_0029"></span> <span id="index-Dotless-i_002c-j"></span> <span id="index-l-1"></span> <span id="index-l"></span> <span id="index-L-1"></span> <span id="index-L"></span> <span id="index-o-1"></span> <span id="index-o"></span> <span id="index-O-1"></span> <span id="index-O"></span> <span id="index-oe-1"></span> <span id="index-oe"></span> <span id="index-OE-1"></span> <span id="index-OE"></span> <span id="index-Romance-ordinals"></span> <span id="index-Ordinals_002c-Romance"></span> <span id="index-Feminine-ordinal"></span> <span id="index-ordf"></span> <span id="index-_00aa"></span> <span id="index-Masculine-ordinal"></span> <span id="index-ordm"></span> <span id="index-_00ba"></span> <span id="index-ss-1"></span> <span id="index-ss"></span> <span id="index-Es_002dzet"></span> <span id="index-Sharp-S"></span> <span id="index-German-S"></span> <span id="index-Thorn"></span> <span id="index-th-1"></span> <span id="index-th"></span> <span id="index-TH-1"></span> <span id="index-TH"></span> <table> <tr><td><tt>@exclamdown{}</tt></td><td>¡</td><td>upside-down !</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@questiondown{}</tt></td><td>¿</td><td>upside-down ?</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@aa{} @AA{}</tt></td><td>å Å</td><td>a,A with circle</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@ae{} @AE{}</tt></td><td>æ Æ</td><td>ae,AE ligatures</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@dh{} @DH{}</tt></td><td>ð Ð</td><td>Icelandic eth</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@dotless{i}</tt></td><td>i</td><td>dotless i</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@dotless{j}</tt></td><td>j</td><td>dotless j</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@l{} @L{}</tt></td><td>ł Ł</td><td>suppressed-L,l</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@o{} @O{}</tt></td><td>ø Ø</td><td>O,o with slash</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@oe{} @OE{}</tt></td><td>œ Œ</td><td>oe,OE ligatures</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@ordf{} @ordm{}</tt></td><td>ª º</td><td>Spanish ordinals</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@ss{}</tt></td><td>ß</td><td>es-zet or sharp S</td></tr> <tr><td><tt>@th{} @TH{}</tt></td><td>þ Þ</td><td>Icelandic thorn</td></tr> </table> </div> <hr> <div class="header"> <p> Next: <a href="Inserting-Quotation-Marks.html">Inserting Quotation Marks</a>, Previous: <a href="Inserting-Space.html">Inserting Space</a>, Up: <a href="Insertions.html">Special Insertions</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Command-and-Variable-Index.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> </div> 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