Re: Underline ONLY the first character of a word?

[Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>]

See http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg45991.html

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> Greetings.  I've "inherited" an HTML document that uses the
> construct:
>
>     <u>e</u>vent
>
> for instance, to underline the initial 'e' in the word.  The context
> is
> something like:
>
>     <b>e</b>    <u>e</u>vent
>
> to show that the choice of option 'e' corresponds to choosing an
> "event".
>
> In preparation for a revision of the document, I'm trying to create a
> *.org
> file that will duplicate as much of the original style of the HTML
> document as
> possible (i.e., when exported to HTML).
>
> I haven't been able to find a way to underline just the first
> character of a
> word.  For instance,
>
>     _e_vent
>
> doesn't produce what I want.  I tried:
>
>     _e_ vent
>
> and that underlined the 'e' but, of course, left an unwanted space.
>
> Is there some way to do this?  A better way?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Mike
>
>
>

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