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Re: [PING][PATCH][BZ #17787] Fix exponents in manual.
- From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Ondřej Bílka <neleai at seznam dot cz>
- Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>, <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 20:07:45 +0000
- Subject: Re: [PING][PATCH][BZ #17787] Fix exponents in manual.
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On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, OndÅej BÃlka wrote:
> Ping, if you have better idea I would like it.
I've looked back at the previous discussion. It seems clear enough that:
* It's a bad idea to duplicate parts of sentences that don't need
duplicating. Conditionals in the main manual should be around lines with
nothing more than the single word using @math.
* It should be possible to use a Texinfo macro for this and so avoid any
conditionals at all in the main manual. Something like (untested)
@iftex
@macro twoexp{exp}
2^{\exp\}
@end macro
@end iftex
@ifnottex
@macro twoexp{exp}
2^{exp}
@end macro
@end itnottex
(and then use @twoexp{63} etc.).
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com