when the alternative progress-bar is shown. If not set, curl will try to
figure it out using other ways.
.IP "CURL_CA_BUNDLE <file>"
-If set, will be used as the \fI--cacert\fP value.
+If set, will be used as the --cacert value.
.IP "CURL_HOME <dir>"
If set, is the first variable curl checks when trying to find its home
-directory. If not set, it continues to check \fBXDG_CONFIG_HOME\fP.
+directory. If not set, it continues to check *XDG_CONFIG_HOME*
.IP "CURL_SSL_BACKEND <TLS backend>"
If curl was built with support for "MultiSSL", meaning that it has built-in
support for more than one TLS backend, this environment variable can be set to
nss, openssl, rustls, schannel, secure-transport, wolfssl
.IP "HOME <dir>"
If set, this is used to find the home directory when that is needed. Like when
-looking for the default .curlrc. \fBCURL_HOME\fP and \fBXDG_CONFIG_HOME\fP
+looking for the default .curlrc. *CURL_HOME* and *XDG_CONFIG_HOME*
have preference.
.IP "QLOGDIR <directory name>"
If curl was built with HTTP/3 support, setting this environment variable to a
.IP SHELL
Used on VMS when trying to detect if using a DCL or a "unix" shell.
.IP "SSL_CERT_DIR <dir>"
-If set, will be used as the \fI--capath\fP value.
+If set, will be used as the --capath value.
.IP "SSL_CERT_FILE <path>"
-If set, will be used as the \fI--cacert\fP value.
+If set, will be used as the --cacert value.
.IP "SSLKEYLOGFILE <file name>"
If you set this environment variable to a file name, curl will store TLS
secrets from its connections in that file when invoked to enable you to
the other, primary, variable are all unset. If set, curl will use the path
"$USERPROFILE\\Application Data".
.IP "XDG_CONFIG_HOME <dir>"
-If \fBCURL_HOME\fP is not set, this variable is checked when looking for a
+If *CURL_HOME* is not set, this variable is checked when looking for a
default .curlrc file.
.SH "PROXY PROTOCOL PREFIXES"
The proxy string may be specified with a protocol:// prefix to specify