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`@minus'{}: Inserting a Minus Sign
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   Use the `@minus{}' command to generate a minus sign.  In a
fixed-width font, this is a single hyphen, but in a proportional font,
the symbol is the customary length for a minus sign--a little longer
than a hyphen.

   You can compare the two forms:

     `-' is a minus sign generated with `@minus{}',
     
     `-' is a hyphen generated with the character `-'.

In the fixed-width font used by Info, `@minus{}' is the same as a
hyphen.

   You should not use `@minus{}' inside `@code' or `@example' because
the width distinction is not made in the fixed-width font they use.

   When you use `@minus' to specify the mark beginning each entry in an
itemized list, you do not need to type the braces (itemize).