The Texinfo manual says The '@math' command has no special effect on the Info output or (by default) the HTML output, merely outputting the contents verbatim.
However, as said later, the contents are emphasized (with <em>). So the description is inconsistent. Moreover, using <em> is incorrect because things like digits should not be in italics. For instance, with the GMP manual, one has about mpz_mul_2exp (since r3083): "op1 times 2 raised to op2" entirely in italics. There are no reasons to do that. This was added in 2000; I don't know what texinfo did at that time... The GNU MPFR manual has the same issues as being based on the style of the GMP manual. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)