Fix math expression to use \sin

mdboom · mdboom · commit 932d35571bb8 · 2008-06-17T16:03:20.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=5578
diff --git a/doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst b/doc/devel/documenting_mpl.rst
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ statement, such as::
 
   .. include:: ../../TODO
 
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 Formatting
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@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ working with Sphinx in general. Here are a few additional things to keep in mind
   nor the ``literal`` role::
 
     Please do not describe ``argument`` like this.
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 * Sphinx does not support tables with column- or row-spanning cells for
   latex output. Such tables can not be used when documenting matplotlib.
 
 * Mathematical expressions can be rendered as png images in html, and in the
   usual way by latex. For example:
 
-  ``math:`sin(x_n^2)``` yields: :math:`sin(x_n^2)`, and::
+  ``math:`\sin(x_n^2)``` yields: :math:`\sin(x_n^2)`, and::
 
     .. math::
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ working with Sphinx in general. Here are a few additional things to keep in mind
 
   .. versionadded:: 0.98
      The transforms have been completely revamped.
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 * Use the *seealso* directive, for example::
 
     .. seealso::
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ working with Sphinx in general. Here are a few additional things to keep in mind
           One more
 
   yields:
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   .. seealso::
 
      Using ResT :ref:`emacs-helpers`:
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ working with Sphinx in general. Here are a few additional things to keep in mind
 
 * The autodoc extension will handle index entries for the API, but additional
   entries in the index_ need to be explicitly added.
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 .. _documentation: http://sphinx.pocoo.org/contents.html
 .. _`inline markup`: http://sphinx.pocoo.org/markup/inline.html
 .. _index: http://sphinx.pocoo.org/markup/para.html#index-generating-markup
@@ -189,14 +189,14 @@ Docstrings
 In addition to the aforementioned formatting suggestions:
 
 * Please limit the text width of docstrings to 70 characters.
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 * Keyword arguments should be described using a definition list.
 
   .. note::
      matplotlib makes extensive use of keyword arguments as pass-through
      arguments, there are a many cases where a table is used in place of a
      definition list for autogenerated sections of docstrings.
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 Figures
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