Use a single-font-style macro (".B", ".I") for a single argument.
The output from "nroff" and "groff" is unchanged, except for the
1) change of '-.' to '\- .' in the file "locale.5"
2) change of some '-' to '\-' in the file "locale.5".
Signed-off-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@xxxxxxxxx>
---
man5/gai.conf.5 | 2 +-
man5/hosts.equiv.5 | 2 +-
man5/locale.5 | 24 ++++++++++++------------
man5/nscd.conf.5 | 6 +++---
man5/nsswitch.conf.5 | 2 +-
5 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man5/gai.conf.5 b/man5/gai.conf.5
index 5baa48190..296be51cd 100644
--- a/man5/gai.conf.5
+++ b/man5/gai.conf.5
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ For this reason,
the RFC also requires that system administrators should have the possibility
to dynamically change the sorting.
For the glibc implementation, this can be achieved with the
-.IR /etc/gai.conf
+.I /etc/gai.conf
file.
.PP
Each line in the configuration file consists of a keyword and its parameters.
diff --git a/man5/hosts.equiv.5 b/man5/hosts.equiv.5
index dc6756159..5356443ae 100644
--- a/man5/hosts.equiv.5
+++ b/man5/hosts.equiv.5
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Disallow all users on all hosts in a
Allow all users in a
.I netgroup
to log in from
-.IR host
+.I host
as any non-root user:
.PP
host +@netgroup
diff --git a/man5/locale.5 b/man5/locale.5
index 0a4a9c23d..382109284 100644
--- a/man5/locale.5
+++ b/man5/locale.5
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ followed by the three-letter abbreviation of the language (ISO 639-2/T).
followed by the three-letter abbreviation of the language for library
use (ISO 639-2/B).
Applications should in general prefer
-.IR lang_term
+.I lang_term
over
.IR lang_lib .
.PP
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ The definition starts with the string
in the first column.
.PP
Various keywords are allowed, but only
-.IR name_fmt
+.I name_fmt
is mandatory.
Other keywords are needed only if there is common convention to
use the corresponding salutation in this locale.
@@ -1129,22 +1129,22 @@ The fields are to be defined as follows:
.TP 4
.I direction
Either
-.BR +
+.B +
or
-.BR -.
-.BR +
+.BR \- .
+.B +
means the years closer to
-.IR start_date
+.I start_date
have lower numbers than years closer to
.IR end_date .
-.BR -
+.B \-
means the opposite.
.TP
.I offset
The number of the year closest to
-.IR start_date
+.I start_date
in the era, corresponding to the
-.IR %Ey
+.I %Ey
descriptor (see
.BR strptime (3)).
.TP
@@ -1157,12 +1157,12 @@ Years prior AD 1 are represented as negative numbers.
The end of the era in the form of
.IR yyyy/mm/dd ,
or one of the two special values of
-.BR -*
+.B \-*
or
.BR +* .
-.BR -*
+.B \-*
means the ending date is the beginning of time.
-.BR +*
+.B +*
means the ending date is the end of time.
.TP
.I era_name
diff --git a/man5/nscd.conf.5 b/man5/nscd.conf.5
index 1a675b6ad..5da2a4b49 100644
--- a/man5/nscd.conf.5
+++ b/man5/nscd.conf.5
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ The default is 33554432.
.I <yes|no>
.RS
When set to
-.IR no
+.I no
for
.I passwd
or
@@ -218,14 +218,14 @@ or
service, then the
.I .byname
requests are not added to
-.IR passwd.byuid
+.I passwd.byuid
or
.I group.bygid
cache.
This can help with tables containing multiple records for the same ID.
The default is yes.
This option is valid only for services
-.IR passwd
+.I passwd
and
.IR group .
.RE
diff --git a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5 b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
index dfaa4df89..11ff91207 100644
--- a/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
+++ b/man5/nsswitch.conf.5
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ For the
.BR passwd ,
.BR group ,
and
-.BR shadow
+.B shadow
databases, you can additionally specify
"compat" (see
.B "Compatibility mode"
--
2.20.1
