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[PATCH] doc: fix superscript in Texinfo manual's math

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75664: closed ([PATCH] doc: fix superscript in Texinfo
 manual's math)
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 07:48:02 +0000

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From: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] doc: fix superscript in Texinfo manual's math
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:41:48 -0600

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The numeral "3" in the exponent was set at full size on the baseline.

---
 doc/coreutils.texi | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index ec58f6cf2..45f4c8002 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@
 whether such values are useful depends on the command in question.
 Modern C implementations also accept hexadecimal floating point
 numbers such as @code{-0x.ep-3}, which stands for @minus{}14/16 times
-@math{2^-3}, which equals @minus{}0.109375.  @xref{Parsing of
+@math{2^{-3}}, which equals @minus{}0.109375.  @xref{Parsing of
 Floats,,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}.
 
 @vindex LC_NUMERIC
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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 75664-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: fix superscript in Texinfo manual's math
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:47:39 -0800

Thanks, I installed that fix.

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