man: encode emdash the way groff/man requires it

Unlike LaTeX, two/three U+002D in the source do not translate to an
en and em-dash in man. Using \(en and \(em, respectively, addresses
this.

Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>

diff --git a/extensions/libxt_hashlimit.man b/extensions/libxt_hashlimit.man
index 627fcd0a590c17f99c214c2b136a9c686f4afd47..b95a52d2502d9f5522083adf2c4395836376cdbb 100644 (file)
--- a/extensions/libxt_hashlimit.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_hashlimit.man
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Maximum initial number of packets to match: this number gets recharged by one
 every time the limit specified above is not reached, up to this number; the
 default is 5.  When byte-based rate matching is requested, this option specifies
 the amount of bytes that can exceed the given rate.  This option should be used
-with caution -- if the entry expires, the burst value is reset too.
+with caution \(em if the entry expires, the burst value is reset too.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-hashlimit\-mode\fP {\fBsrcip\fP|\fBsrcport\fP|\fBdstip\fP|\fBdstport\fP}\fB,\fP...
 A comma-separated list of objects to take into consideration. If no

diff --git a/extensions/libxt_limit.man b/extensions/libxt_limit.man
index 6fb94ccf703b810383e953ef3288f39c5caf98ab..b477dd94b5c1cae15f0b07c544e281b4b6784a3c 100644 (file)
--- a/extensions/libxt_limit.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_limit.man
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ It can be used in combination with the
 .B LOG
 target to give limited logging, for example.
 .PP
-xt_limit has no negation support - you will have to use \-m hashlimit !
+xt_limit has no negation support \(em you will have to use \-m hashlimit !
 \-\-hashlimit \fIrate\fP in this case whilst omitting \-\-hashlimit\-mode.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-limit\fP \fIrate\fP[\fB/second\fP|\fB/minute\fP|\fB/hour\fP|\fB/day\fP]

diff --git a/extensions/libxt_rateest.man b/extensions/libxt_rateest.man
index 367b8d091207e3c45e62e7f85f1e1d22198dddbb..e5bcae3fd132c6065054e15d149dfe4d4edbc38c 100644 (file)
--- a/extensions/libxt_rateest.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_rateest.man
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The names of the two rate estimators for relative mode.
 \fB\-\-rateest\-pps2\fP [\fIvalue\fP]
 Compare the estimator(s) by bytes or packets per second, and compare against
 the chosen value. See the above bullet list for which option is to be used in
-which case. A unit suffix may be used - available ones are: bit, [kmgt]bit,
+which case. A unit suffix may be used \(em available ones are: bit, [kmgt]bit,
 [KMGT]ibit, Bps, [KMGT]Bps, [KMGT]iBps.
 .PP
 Example: This is what can be used to route outgoing data connections from an

diff --git a/extensions/libxt_time.man b/extensions/libxt_time.man
index 4c0cae06f3d0138674ce83d4b455ddd401532dfd..5b749a484bc8ca973c6ca44f629e1c936594e240 100644 (file)
--- a/extensions/libxt_time.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_time.man
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ rest of the system uses).
 The caveat with the kernel timezone is that Linux distributions may ignore to
 set the kernel timezone, and instead only set the system time. Even if a
 particular distribution does set the timezone at boot, it is usually does not
-keep the kernel timezone offset - which is what changes on DST - up to date.
+keep the kernel timezone offset \(em which is what changes on DST \(em up to date.
 ntpd will not touch the kernel timezone, so running it will not resolve the
 issue. As such, one may encounter a timezone that is always +0000, or one that
 is wrong half of the time of the year. As such, \fBusing \-\-kerneltz is highly