# \‘

Unicode alias for the grave-accent text command, used to accent the next letter in text mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/commands/-2018-

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Accents](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/accents) |
| Packages | textmacros |
| Allowed mode | text |
| Tags | decoration |
| Commonality | low |
| Kind | prefix |

## Syntax

### textmacros

Argument specification: `m:T`

Unicode alias for the grave-accent text command, used to accent the next letter in text mode.

## Examples

```latex
\text{\‘e}
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=%5Ctext%7B%5C%E2%80%98e%7D)

## Renderer support

| Package | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| textmacros | full | none | none |

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as prefix syntax; the package determines its argument specification.

## Equivalent forms

```latex
\`{#1}
```

exact. MathJax maps both names to the same Accent handler and accent character.

## See also

- [\\.](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/-2e-)
- [\\'](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/-27-)
- [\\’](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/-2019-)
- [\\"](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/-22-)
- [\\`](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/-60-)
- [\\^](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/-5e-)
- [\\=](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/-3d-)
- [\\~](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/-7e-)
- [\\u](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/u)
- [\\v](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/v)

## Test cases

### textmacros

| Input | Case | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| \‘{a} | Positive: baseline | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| \‘ a | Positive: bare[0] | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| \‘{a^2} | Negative: neg:T[0] | Fail | Fail | Fail |