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@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Most of the conventions for [Damping Textures](#damping-textures) also apply her
 As things stand now, the lowest wave point maps to the first texel, and the highest wave point maps to the last texel.
 
 Similarly to 2D textures, here we upload the data via
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+```c++
 glTexImage1D(GL_TEXTURE_1D, 0, GL_RGBA32F, palette_.size()/4, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_FLOAT, palette_.data());
 ```