See http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg45991.html
Just, creating a backlink to the other thread. John Hendy created the forward link. > 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 > > > --