On 4 June 2013 10:22, Bruce Eckel <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, that worked. I feel like I should have been able to find it in the > docs -- where should I have been looking?
http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/userguide.html#X51 Cheers Lex > > > On Monday, June 3, 2013 5:34:27 PM UTC-6, Dan Allen wrote: > >> Bruce, >> >> In this case, what you are looking for is called "unconstrained" quoted >> text (in AsciiDoc, "quoted text" is just a way of saying "formatted text"). >> >> Unconstrained quotes may appear anywhere in the text, such as around a >> segment of a word. They typically consist of two characters. >> >> Here's how you would use unconstrained quotes to get the monospace >> formatting you need: >> >> ++Int++s >> >> That will output: >> >> <code>Int</code>s >> >> You'll notice that I used pluses instead of backticks here. Unless the >> formatted content needs to be escaped from AsciiDoc substitutions, it's >> best to use pluses for monospaced text. Backticks work by taking the >> content out of the flow of the text while the text is processed, then >> reinserting the text back in at the placeholder positions. The pluses >> merely wrap monospace tags (e.g., <code>) around the text (in the same way >> the * wraps the text in <strong> and _ wraps the text in <em>). >> >> If you do need to escape the text (for instance if it contains something >> that looks like an attribute reference), using double backticks won't work. >> Instead, you need to use the double dollar (escaped text without applying >> special formatting to the result) combined with the unconstrained monospace >> quotes: >> >> ++$${Int}$$++s >> >> Which would output: >> >> <code>{Int}</code>s >> >> But, those situations are pretty rare :) >> >> -Dan >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Bruce Eckel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Most of the time this happens when I want to pluralize something: >>> >>> `Int`s >>> >>> doesn't work, it requires a space which then looks odd: >>> >>> `Int` s >>> >>> I notice that a comma does *not* require a space: >>> >>> `Int`, >>> >>> Works. >>> >>> Thanks for any help. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "asciidoc" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to asciidoc+u...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/asciidoc?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dan Allen | >> http://google.com/profiles/**dan.j.allen<http://google.com/profiles/dan.j.allen> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "asciidoc" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "asciidoc" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
