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diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt index 207f5a5ae..3b7bb544c 100644 --- a/MANUAL.txt +++ b/MANUAL.txt @@ -4042,12 +4042,13 @@ text by `~` characters. Thus, for example, H~2~O is a liquid. 2^10^ is 1024. -If the superscripted or subscripted text contains spaces, these spaces -must be escaped with backslashes. (This is to prevent accidental -superscripting and subscripting through the ordinary use of `~` and `^`.) -Thus, if you want the letter P with 'a cat' in subscripts, use -`P~a\ cat~`, not `P~a cat~`. - +The text between `^...^` or `~...~` may not contain spaces or +newlines. If the superscripted or subscripted text contains +spaces, these spaces must be escaped with backslashes. (This is +to prevent accidental superscripting and subscripting through +the ordinary use of `~` and `^`, and also bad interactions with +footnotes.) Thus, if you want the letter P with 'a cat' in +subscripts, use `P~a\ cat~`, not `P~a cat~`. ### Verbatim ### |