Maybe I would favor using x^{2}y in textual context too, since there is
no good solution, and it is simpler to implement and explain ...Ok by me. Doing the simple way (always add braces) first seems reasonable; if it turns out that the feature gets used enough and people really don't like it, the output can always be tweaked later. I can add these to texinfo.tex and texinfo.texi, etc., easily enough. Do you have time to add it to makeinfo? Thanks, Karl
