Here's a patch for yodl that should help you: --- yodl-1.31.18.orig/macros/chartables/man.tables.yo +++ yodl-1.31.18/macros/chartables/man.tables.yo @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DEFINECHARTABLE(standard)( '\\' = "\\e" '.' = "\\&." - '\'' = "\\'" + '\'' = "\\&'" ) COMMENT(*** Accent characters, leading to empty chars. ***) ..wayne..