From 699799e6f33788d7bd302e5fea2c86a747a2897a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 22:20:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a couple of comments about the use of \normalsize and
 \footnotesize.

---
 Doc/texinputs/python.sty | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Doc/texinputs/python.sty b/Doc/texinputs/python.sty
index 0b2c637938..2cb2a170a3 100644
--- a/Doc/texinputs/python.sty
+++ b/Doc/texinputs/python.sty
@@ -820,6 +820,8 @@
 % This weird definition of \var{} allows it to always appear in roman
 % italics, and won't get funky in code fragments when we play around
 % with fonts.  This also works directly in math mode.
+% XXX \normalsize is bad in footnotes, though; we need a way to
+% determine when we're in a footnote.
 \newcommand{\var}[1]{%
   \ifmmode%
     \hbox{\normalsize\textrm{\textit{#1\/}}}%
@@ -890,7 +892,7 @@
 % The \! is a "negative thin space" in math mode.
 \newcommand{\regexp}[1]{%
   {\tiny$^{^\lceil}\!\!$%
-   {\normalsize\code{#1}}%
+   {\normalsize\code{#1}}% XXX should use \footnotesize in footnotes
    $\!\rfloor\!$%
   }}
 \newcommand{\envvar}[1]{%
-- 
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