doc: fix minor quoting issues, mostly with `

diff --git a/doc/gnulib.texi b/doc/gnulib.texi
index e396693..8363202 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/gnulib.texi
+++ b/doc/gnulib.texi
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ And then transferring the @file{dummy-0.tar.gz} file.
 @item Build modules
 
 On the build machine, run ./do-autobuild (or "nohup ./do-autobuild").
-It creates a directory 'logs/' with a log file for each module.
+It creates a directory @file{logs/} with a log file for each module.
 
 @item Submit build logs
 

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/open.texi b/doc/posix-functions/open.texi
index cf6deff..dd33e82 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/open.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/open.texi
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
 On Windows, this function returns a file handle in @code{O_TEXT} mode by
-default; this means that it translates '\n' to CR/LF by default.  Use the
+default; this means that it translates @code{'\n'} to CR/LF by default.  Use the
 @code{O_BINARY} flag if you need reliable binary I/O.
 @end itemize

diff --git a/doc/quote.texi b/doc/quote.texi
index a9a3a10..7b00729 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/quote.texi
+++ b/doc/quote.texi
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ example of using @samp{quote}:
 This differs from
 
 @example
-  error (0, errno, _("cannot change owner of `%s'"), fname);
+  error (0, errno, _("cannot change owner of '%s'"), fname);
 @end example
 
 @noindent in that @code{quote} escapes unusual characters in

diff --git a/doc/regex.texi b/doc/regex.texi
index bf8049e..6601c6b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/regex.texi
+++ b/doc/regex.texi
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ order:
 If this bit is set, then @samp{\} inside a list (@pxref{List Operators}
 quotes (makes ordinary, if it's special) the following character; if
 this bit isn't set, then @samp{\} is an ordinary character inside lists.
-(@xref{The Backslash Character}, for what `\' does outside of lists.)
+(@xref{The Backslash Character}, for what @samp{\} does outside of lists.)
 
 @cnindex RE_BK_PLUS_QM
 @item RE_BK_PLUS_QM
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ This generalizes the notion of a character in
 two ways.  First, a single character can map into two or more collating
 elements.  For example, the German
 @tex
-`\ss'
+``\ss''
 @end tex
 @ifinfo
 ``es-zet''
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ provide more options than the other interfaces.
 * GNU Searching::               re_search ()
 * Matching/Searching with Split Data::  re_match_2 (), re_search_2 ()
 * Searching with Fastmaps::     re_compile_fastmap ()
-* GNU Translate Tables::        The `translate' field.
+* GNU Translate Tables::        The @code{translate} field.
 * Using Registers::             The re_registers type and related fns.
 * Freeing GNU Pattern Buffers::  regfree ()
 @end menu