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[03/10] man: encode math minuses the way groff/man requires it

Message ID 20231026085506.94343-3-jengelh@inai.de
State Superseded
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Series [01/10] man: display number ranges with an en dash | expand

Commit Message

Jan Engelhardt Oct. 26, 2023, 8:54 a.m. UTC
The groff_char(7) manpage tells me that the magic incantation for
a mathematical minus is \[-].

On terminals, math minuses are oddly rendered with U+002D rather than
U+2212, but that's another topic for another day for another
software. In PostScript output (man -t), everything looks right.

Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
---
 extensions/libxt_NFLOG.man     | 2 +-
 extensions/libxt_cpu.man       | 2 +-
 extensions/libxt_rateest.man   | 2 +-
 extensions/libxt_statistic.man | 2 +-
 iptables/ebtables-nft.8        | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/extensions/libxt_NFLOG.man b/extensions/libxt_NFLOG.man
index 093704a1..9d1b4271 100644
--- a/extensions/libxt_NFLOG.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_NFLOG.man
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@  may subscribe to the group to receive the packets. Like LOG, this is a
 non-terminating target, i.e. rule traversal continues at the next rule.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-nflog\-group\fP \fInlgroup\fP
-The netlink group (0\(en2^16\-1) to which packets are (only applicable for
+The netlink group (0\(en2^16\[-]1) to which packets are (only applicable for
 nfnetlink_log). The default value is 0.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-nflog\-prefix\fP \fIprefix\fP
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_cpu.man b/extensions/libxt_cpu.man
index c89ef08a..7fcc8189 100644
--- a/extensions/libxt_cpu.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_cpu.man
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ 
 .TP
 [\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-cpu\fP \fInumber\fP
-Match cpu handling this packet. cpus are numbered from 0 to NR_CPUS-1
+Match cpu handling this packet. cpus are numbered from 0 to NR_CPUS\[-]1
 Can be used in combination with RPS (Remote Packet Steering) or
 multiqueue NICs to spread network traffic on different queues.
 .PP
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_rateest.man b/extensions/libxt_rateest.man
index 1989ff6c..d6ba3675 100644
--- a/extensions/libxt_rateest.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_rateest.man
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@  combinations:
 For each estimator (either absolute or relative mode), calculate the difference
 between the estimator-determined flow rate and the static value chosen with the
 BPS/PPS options. If the flow rate is higher than the specified BPS/PPS, 0 will
-be used instead of a negative value. In other words, "max(0, rateest#_rate -
+be used instead of a negative value. In other words, "max(0, rateest#_rate \[-]
 rateest#_bps)" is used.
 .TP
 [\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-rateest\-lt\fP
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_statistic.man b/extensions/libxt_statistic.man
index 47182bfb..e9ffa4b9 100644
--- a/extensions/libxt_statistic.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_statistic.man
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@  mode (see also the
 option).
 .TP
 \fB\-\-packet\fP \fIp\fP
-Set the initial counter value (0 <= p <= n\-1, default 0) for the
+Set the initial counter value (0 <= p <= n\[-]1, default 0) for the
 .B nth 
 mode.
diff --git a/iptables/ebtables-nft.8 b/iptables/ebtables-nft.8
index eaeb6d29..f8523f41 100644
--- a/iptables/ebtables-nft.8
+++ b/iptables/ebtables-nft.8
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@  Log with the default logging options
 .TP
 .B --nflog-group "\fInlgroup\fP"
 .br
-The netlink group (1\(en2^32-1) to which packets are (only applicable for
+The netlink group (1\(en2^32\[-]1) to which packets are (only applicable for
 nfnetlink_log). The default value is 1.
 .TP
 .B --nflog-prefix "\fIprefix\fP"