[XeTeX] misaligned math if \smash used in subscripts

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Feb 14, 2017, at 2:36 AM, jfbu <jfbu at free.fr> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> just to point out that there is interesting effect if the
> very first \smash. is simply replaced by an x
> 
> \hrule
> $$
> \hbox{$\left)\vbox to15pt{}\right.$}_{x} % or also _{\hbox{x}}
> \hbox{$\left)\vbox to15pt{}\right.$}_{\smash.}
> \hbox{$\left)\vbox to15pt{}\right.$}_{\smash.}
> $$
> \hrule
> 
> Jean-François


Howdy,

I only see a single sub-scripted x from the first line. This is with a fully updated TeX Live 2016 originally installed by the MacTeX package.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)