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From: Holger Arnold <contact@holgerarnold.net>
Subject: Using markup for parts of a word / explicit word separator
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:22:26 +0100
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Hello,

is there a way to use markup (bold, italic, etc.) only for parts of a word?  

For example, I am trying to edit man pages using Org mode.  To follow the 
usual font conventions, I would have to write something like this:

  - *--reference*=/FILE/ :: (explain the option "reference"),

but Org mode does not recognize the word boundaries.  Is it possible to insert 
an explicit word separator that is simply ignored when the file is exported?

Thanks,
Holger