doc: More semantic markup using @samp and @var where appropriate

Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ffprobe.texi b/doc/ffprobe.texi
index 0fdf45e27b..2024eed4e5 100644
--- a/doc/ffprobe.texi
+++ b/doc/ffprobe.texi
@@ -447,17 +447,17 @@ writer).
 It can assume one of the following values:
 @table @option
 @item c
-Perform C-like escaping. Strings containing a newline ('\n'), carriage
-return ('\r'), a tab ('\t'), a form feed ('\f'), the escaping
-character ('\') or the item separator character @var{SEP} are escaped using C-like fashioned
-escaping, so that a newline is converted to the sequence "\n", a
-carriage return to "\r", '\' to "\\" and the separator @var{SEP} is
-converted to "\@var{SEP}".
+Perform C-like escaping. Strings containing a newline (@samp{\n}), carriage
+return (@samp{\r}), a tab (@samp{\t}), a form feed (@samp{\f}), the escaping
+character (@samp{\}) or the item separator character @var{SEP} are escaped
+using C-like fashioned escaping, so that a newline is converted to the
+sequence @samp{\n}, a carriage return to @samp{\r}, @samp{\} to @samp{\\} and
+the separator @var{SEP} is converted to @samp{\@var{SEP}}.
 
 @item csv
 Perform CSV-like escaping, as described in RFC4180.  Strings
-containing a newline ('\n'), a carriage return ('\r'), a double quote
-('"'), or @var{SEP} are enclosed in double-quotes.
+containing a newline (@samp{\n}), a carriage return (@samp{\r}), a double quote
+(@samp{"}), or @var{SEP} are enclosed in double-quotes.
 
 @item none
 Perform no escaping.
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ The description of the accepted options follows.
 Separator character used to separate the chapter, the section name, IDs and
 potential tags in the printed field key.
 
-Default value is '.'.
+Default value is @samp{.}.
 
 @item hierarchical, h
 Specify if the section name specification should be hierarchical. If
@@ -507,21 +507,22 @@ The following conventions are adopted:
 @item
 all key and values are UTF-8
 @item
-'.' is the subgroup separator
+@samp{.} is the subgroup separator
 @item
-newline, '\t', '\f', '\b' and the following characters are escaped
+newline, @samp{\t}, @samp{\f}, @samp{\b} and the following characters are
+escaped
 @item
-'\' is the escape character
+@samp{\} is the escape character
 @item
-'#' is the comment indicator
+@samp{#} is the comment indicator
 @item
-'=' is the key/value separator
+@samp{=} is the key/value separator
 @item
-':' is not used but usually parsed as key/value separator
+@samp{:} is not used but usually parsed as key/value separator
 @end itemize
 
 This writer accepts options as a list of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs,
-separated by ":".
+separated by @samp{:}.
 
 The description of the accepted options follows.