13 files changed, 42 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/man7/ascii.7 b/man7/ascii.7
index 713a0f9feb..e48486a288 100644
--- a/man7/ascii.7
+++ b/man7/ascii.7
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The international counterpart of ASCII is known as ISO 646.
 .LP
 The following table contains the 128 ASCII characters.
 .LP
-C program \f(CW\'\eX\'\fP escapes are noted.
+C program \f(CW\(aq\eX\(aq\fP escapes are noted.
 .if t \{\
 .in 1i
 .ft CW
@@ -52,20 +52,20 @@ C program \f(CW\'\eX\'\fP escapes are noted.
 l l l l l l l l.
 Oct	Dec	Hex	Char	Oct	Dec	Hex	Char
 _
-000	0	00	NUL \'\e0\'	100	64	40	@
+000	0	00	NUL \(aq\e0\(aq	100	64	40	@
 001	1	01	SOH (start of heading)	101	65	41	A
 002	2	02	STX (start of text)	102	66	42	B
 003	3	03	ETX (end of text)	103	67	43	C
 004	4	04	EOT (end of transmission)	104	68	44	D
 005	5	05	ENQ (enquiry)	105	69	45	E
 006	6	06	ACK (acknowledge)	106	70	46	F
-007	7	07	BEL \'\ea\' (bell)	107	71	47	G
-010	8	08	BS  \'\eb\' (backspace)	110	72	48	H
-011	9	09	HT  \'\et\' (horizontal tab)	111	73	49	I
-012	10	0A	LF  \'\en\' (new line)	112	74	4A	J
-013	11	0B	VT  \'\ev\' (vertical tab)	113	75	4B	K
-014	12	0C	FF  \'\ef\' (form feed)	114	76	4C	L
-015	13	0D	CR  \'\er\' (carriage ret)	115	77	4D	M
+007	7	07	BEL \(aq\ea\(aq (bell)	107	71	47	G
+010	8	08	BS  \(aq\eb\(aq (backspace)	110	72	48	H
+011	9	09	HT  \(aq\et\(aq (horizontal tab)	111	73	49	I
+012	10	0A	LF  \(aq\en\(aq (new line)	112	74	4A	J
+013	11	0B	VT  \(aq\ev\(aq (vertical tab)	113	75	4B	K
+014	12	0C	FF  \(aq\ef\(aq (form feed)	114	76	4C	L
+015	13	0D	CR  \(aq\er\(aq (carriage ret)	115	77	4D	M
 016	14	0E	SO  (shift out)	116	78	4E	N
 017	15	0F	SI  (shift in)	117	79	4F	O
 020	16	10	DLE (data link escape)	120	80	50	P
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ _
 031	25	19	EM  (end of medium)	131	89	59	Y
 032	26	1A	SUB (substitute)	132	90	5A	Z
 033	27	1B	ESC (escape)	133	91	5B	[
-034	28	1C	FS  (file separator)	134	92	5C	\e  \'\e\e\'
+034	28	1C	FS  (file separator)	134	92	5C	\e  \(aq\e\e\(aq
 035	29	1D	GS  (group separator)	135	93	5D	]
 036	30	1E	RS  (record separator)	136	94	5E	^
 037	31	1F	US  (unit separator)	137	95	5F	\&_
diff --git a/man7/boot.7 b/man7/boot.7
index e20f056a85..c32b2f27b4 100644
--- a/man7/boot.7
+++ b/man7/boot.7
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ directory.
 A primary script (usually \fI/etc/rc\fR) is called from
 .BR inittab (5)
 and calls the services scripts via the links in the sequencing directories.
-All links with names that begin with \'S\' are being called with
+All links with names that begin with \(aqS\(aq are being called with
 the argument "start" (thereby starting the service).
 All links with
-names that begin with \'K\' are being called with the argument "stop"
+names that begin with \(aqK\(aq are being called with the argument "stop"
 (thereby stopping the service).
 
 To define the starting or stopping order within the same run-level,
diff --git a/man7/charsets.7 b/man7/charsets.7
index eae49538a2..20bc0e91e6 100644
--- a/man7/charsets.7
+++ b/man7/charsets.7
@@ -272,9 +272,9 @@ byte is the head of a code.
 Note that the only way ASCII bytes occur
 in a UTF-8 stream, is as themselves.
 In particular, there are no
-embedded NULs (\'\\0\') or \'/\'s that form part of some larger code.
+embedded NULs (\(aq\\0\(aq) or \(aq/\(aqs that form part of some larger code.
 .LP
-Since ASCII, and, in particular, NUL and \'/\', are unchanged, the
+Since ASCII, and, in particular, NUL and \(aq/\(aq, are unchanged, the
 kernel does not notice that UTF-8 is being used.
 It does not care at
 all what the bytes it is handling stand for.
diff --git a/man7/environ.7 b/man7/environ.7
index 9f5019eabe..908b4ca1b3 100644
--- a/man7/environ.7
+++ b/man7/environ.7
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ The sequence of directory prefixes that
 .BR sh (1)
 and many other
 programs apply in searching for a file known by an incomplete pathname.
-The prefixes are separated by \'\fB:\fP\'.
+The prefixes are separated by \(aq\fB:\fP\(aq.
 (Similarly one has \fBCDPATH\fP used by some shells to find the target
 of a change directory command, \fBMANPATH\fP used by
 .BR man (1)
diff --git a/man7/ipv6.7 b/man7/ipv6.7
index ee80d4f6be..ee4fc40e63 100644
--- a/man7/ipv6.7
+++ b/man7/ipv6.7
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ anycast to address the nearest member of a group of hosts
 address a IPv4 host, and other reserved address types.
 .PP
 The address notation for IPv6 is a group of 16 2-digit hexadecimal
-numbers, separated with a \':\'.
+numbers, separated with a \(aq:\(aq.
 \&"::" stands for a string of 0 bits.
 Special addresses are ::1 for loopback and ::FFFF:<IPv4 address>
 for IPv4-mapped-on-IPv6.
diff --git a/man7/locale.7 b/man7/locale.7
index 64fdae020c..4ea4e9fe26 100644
--- a/man7/locale.7
+++ b/man7/locale.7
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ struct lconv {
 
     char *int_curr_symbol;   /* First three chars are a currency symbol
                                 from ISO 4217.  Fourth char is the
-                                separator.  Fifth char is \'\\0\'. */
+                                separator.  Fifth char is \(aq\\0\(aq. */
     char *currency_symbol;   /* Local currency symbol */
     char *mon_decimal_point; /* Radix character */
     char *mon_thousands_sep; /* Like \fIthousands_sep\fP above */
diff --git a/man7/path_resolution.7 b/man7/path_resolution.7
index 31c75206c6..67cc656572 100644
--- a/man7/path_resolution.7
+++ b/man7/path_resolution.7
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ Unix/Linux path resolution \- find the file referred to by a filename
 Some Unix/Linux system calls have as parameter one or more filenames.
 A filename (or pathname) is resolved as follows.
 .SS "Step 1: Start of the resolution process"
-If the pathname starts with the \'/\' character, the starting lookup directory
+If the pathname starts with the \(aq/\(aq character,
+the starting lookup directory
 is the root directory of the calling process.
 (A process inherits its
 root directory from its parent.
@@ -43,9 +44,9 @@ it \(em or one of its ancestors \(em was started by an invocation of the
 system call that had the
 .B CLONE_NEWNS
 flag set.)
-This handles the \'/\' part of the pathname.
+This handles the \(aq/\(aq part of the pathname.
 
-If the pathname does not start with the \'/\' character, the
+If the pathname does not start with the \(aq/\(aq character, the
 starting lookup directory of the resolution process is the current working
 directory of the process.
 (This is also inherited from the parent.
@@ -53,12 +54,12 @@ It can be changed by use of the
 .BR chdir (2)
 system call.)
 
-Pathnames starting with a \'/\' character are called absolute pathnames.
-Pathnames not starting with a \'/\' are called relative pathnames.
+Pathnames starting with a \(aq/\(aq character are called absolute pathnames.
+Pathnames not starting with a \(aq/\(aq are called relative pathnames.
 .SS "Step 2: Walk along the path"
 Set the current lookup directory to the starting lookup directory.
 Now, for each non-final component of the pathname, where a component
-is a substring delimited by \'/\' characters, this component is looked up
+is a substring delimited by \(aq/\(aq characters, this component is looked up
 in the current lookup directory.
 
 If the process does not have search permission on
@@ -135,11 +136,11 @@ One can walk out of a mounted file system: "path/.." refers to
 the parent directory of "path",
 outside of the file system hierarchy on "dev".
 .SS "Trailing slashes"
-If a pathname ends in a \'/\', that forces resolution of the preceding
+If a pathname ends in a \(aq/\(aq, that forces resolution of the preceding
 component as in Step 2: it has to exist and resolve to a directory.
-Otherwise a trailing \'/\' is ignored.
-(Or, equivalently, a pathname with a trailing \'/\' is equivalent to
-the pathname obtained by appending \'.\' to it.)
+Otherwise a trailing \(aq/\(aq is ignored.
+(Or, equivalently, a pathname with a trailing \(aq/\(aq is equivalent to
+the pathname obtained by appending \(aq.\(aq to it.)
 .SS "Final symlink"
 If the last component of a pathname is a symbolic link, then it
 depends on the system call whether the file referred to will be
diff --git a/man7/pthreads.7 b/man7/pthreads.7
index 568faff52c..f056264202 100644
--- a/man7/pthreads.7
+++ b/man7/pthreads.7
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ be sufficient to determine the default threading implementation:
 .nf
 .in +4n
 
-bash$ $( ldd /bin/ls | grep libc.so | awk \'{print $3}\' ) | \\
-                egrep \-i \'threads|nptl\'
+bash$ $( ldd /bin/ls | grep libc.so | awk \(aq{print $3}\(aq ) | \\
+                egrep \-i \(aqthreads|nptl\(aq
         Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al
 .in
 .fi
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ For example:
 .in +4n
 
 bash$ $( LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 ldd /bin/ls | grep libc.so | \\
-                awk \'{print $3}\' ) | egrep \-i \'threads|ntpl\'
+                awk \(aq{print $3}\(aq ) | egrep \-i \(aqthreads|ntpl\(aq
         linuxthreads-0.10 by Xavier Leroy
 .in
 .fi
diff --git a/man7/units.7 b/man7/units.7
index 08a4691bdb..87e7fb6f74 100644
--- a/man7/units.7
+++ b/man7/units.7
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ See also
 http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html
 .RE
 .SS Binary prefixes
-The binary prefixes resemble the decimal ones, but have an additional \'i\'
-(and "Ki" starts with a capital \'K\').
+The binary prefixes resemble the decimal ones,
+but have an additional \(aqi\(aq
+(and "Ki" starts with a capital \(aqK\(aq).
 The names are formed by taking the
 first syllable of the names of the decimal prefix with roughly the same
 size, followed by "bi" for "binary".
diff --git a/man7/unix.7 b/man7/unix.7
index 06cd73b455..a5299390ce 100644
--- a/man7/unix.7
+++ b/man7/unix.7
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ always contains
 contains the zero-terminated pathname of the socket in the file system.
 If
 .I sun_path
-starts with a null byte (\'\\0\'),
+starts with a null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq),
 then it refers to the abstract namespace maintained by
 the Unix protocol module.
 The socket's address in this namespace is given by the rest of the
diff --git a/man7/uri.7 b/man7/uri.7
index 867469b44d..f4846c2c08 100644
--- a/man7/uri.7
+++ b/man7/uri.7
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ Note that descendants of MS-DOS (e.g., Microsoft Windows) replace
 devicename colons with the vertical bar ("|") in URIs, so "C:" becomes "C|".
 .PP
 A fragment identifier, if included, refers to a particular named portion
-(fragment) of a resource; text after a \'#\' identifies the fragment.
-A URI beginning with \'#\' refers to that fragment in the current resource.
+(fragment) of a resource; text after a \(aq#\(aq identifies the fragment.
+A URI beginning with \(aq#\(aq refers to that fragment in the current resource.
 .SS Usage
 There are many different URI schemes, each with specific
 additional rules and meanings, but they are intentionally made to be
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ section 4.
 a comma-separated list of type=value
 pairs, where the =value portion may be omitted for options not
 requiring it.
-An extension prefixed with a \'!\' is critical
+An extension prefixed with a \(aq!\(aq is critical
 (must be supported to be valid), otherwise it is non-critical (optional).
 .PP
 LDAP queries are easiest to explain by example.
diff --git a/man7/utf-8.7 b/man7/utf-8.7
index 71908d36f7..203689e3ac 100644
--- a/man7/utf-8.7
+++ b/man7/utf-8.7
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ Unicode encoding (known as
 .BR UCS-2 )
 consists of a sequence of 16-bit words.
 Such strings can contain as
-parts of many 16-bit characters bytes like \'\\0\' or \'/\' which have a
+parts of many 16-bit characters bytes
+like \(aq\\0\(aq or \(aq/\(aq which have a
 special meaning in filenames and other C library function parameters.
 In addition, the majority of UNIX tools expects ASCII files and can't
 read 16-bit words as characters without major modifications.
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ All
 characters > 0x7f are encoded as a multi-byte sequence
 consisting only of bytes in the range 0x80 to 0xfd, so no ASCII
 byte can appear as part of another character and there are no
-problems with, for example,  \'\\0\' or \'/\'.
+problems with, for example,  \(aq\\0\(aq or \(aq/\(aq.
 .TP
 *
 The lexicographic sorting order of
diff --git a/man7/x25.7 b/man7/x25.7
index 4056548be7..03c5e6e245 100644
--- a/man7/x25.7
+++ b/man7/x25.7
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ to be interpreted as a null-terminated string.
 .I sx25_addr.x25_addr[]
 consists of up to 15 (not counting the terminating 0) ASCII
 characters forming the X.121 address.
-Only the decimal digit characters from \'0\' to \'9\' are allowed.
+Only the decimal digit characters from \(aq0\(aq to \(aq9\(aq are allowed.
 .SS Socket Options
 The following X.25-specific socket options can be set by using
 .BR setsockopt (2)