On Sat, Feb 8, 2014, at 18:15, Phillip Susi wrote:
>  .TP
> -.B \-number
> +.B \-<number>

The angle-bracket convention is valid for the in-program usage texts,
not for man pages.  Man pages use italics for non-literal parameters,
as in the explanatory text of the option:

>  This option specifies an integer
>  .I number
>  which is the screen size (in lines).

Attached changes the man page to use italics for every non-literal
parameter.

> -		  "  -NUM      specify the number of lines per screenful\n"
> -		  "  +NUM      display file beginning from line number NUM\n"
> +		  "  -<NUM>    specify NUM number of lines per screenful\n"
> +		  "  +<NUM>    display file beginning from line number NUM\n"
>  		  "  +/STRING  display file beginning from search string match\n"

If <NUM> then also <STRING>, no?  Attached patch includes that
change, and uses the full word "number" in all lowercase instead,
as is the convention when using angular brackets, and seizes the
opportunity to slice up the monolithic help text into single options
for ease of translation.

Regards,

Benno

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