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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: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#75664: closed (Re: [PATCH] doc: fix superscript in Texinfo
 manual's math)
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 07:48:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#75664: [PATCH] doc: fix superscript in Texinfo manual's math

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 75664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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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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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.

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 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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