# HG changeset patch
# User Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>
# Date 1205863602 14400
# Node ID 65e0f7b770c9f67ac8566054697f1709758f5aad
# Parent  28d36331b049d0b2e7912c40f64f6a43114767f7
Escape "-" signs that mean the "minus" character

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-03-18  Rafael Laboissiere  <rafael@debian.org>
+
+	* interpreter/octave.1, interpreter/mkoctfile.1:
+	Escape "-" signs that mean the "minus" character.
+
 2007-12-21  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	Version 3.0.0 released.
diff --git a/doc/interpreter/mkoctfile.1 b/doc/interpreter/mkoctfile.1
--- a/doc/interpreter/mkoctfile.1
+++ b/doc/interpreter/mkoctfile.1
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 .\"
 .TH MKOCTFILE 1 "1 November 2002" "GNU Octave"
 .SH NAME
-mkoctfile - Compile dynamic-load modules for GNU Octave
+mkoctfile \- Compile dynamic-load modules for GNU Octave
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.BR mkoctfile\  [-IDIR]\ [-DDEF]\ [-lLIB]\ [-LDIR]\ [-M|--depend]\ 
-[-c]\ [-o FILE|--output FILE]\ [-p VAR|--print VAR]\ [-s|\--strip]\ 
-[-v|--verbose]\ [-h|-?|--help]\ \fIfile\fP .\|.\|.  
+.BR mkoctfile\  [\-IDIR]\ [\-DDEF]\ [\-lLIB]\ [\-LDIR]\ [\-M|\-\-depend]\ 
+[\-c]\ [\-o FILE|\-\-output FILE]\ [\-p VAR|\-\-print VAR]\ [\-s|\-\-strip]\ 
+[\-v|\-\-verbose]\ [\-h|\-?|\-\-help]\ \fIfile\fP .\|.\|.  
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 \fImkoctfile\fP is used to compile source C, C++ or Fortran source code in
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 Compile but do not link.
 .TP 8
 .B \-o FILE|\-\-output FILE
-Output file name; default extension is .oct (or .mex if --mex is
+Output file name; default extension is .oct (or .mex if \-\-mex is
 specified) unless linking a stand-alone executable.
 .TP
 .B \-p VAR|\-\-print VAR
diff --git a/doc/interpreter/octave.1 b/doc/interpreter/octave.1
--- a/doc/interpreter/octave.1
+++ b/doc/interpreter/octave.1
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 running the command
 .nf
 
-    octave --help
+    octave \-\-help
 
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 the command
 .nf
 
-    octave:13> help -i
+    octave:13> help \-i
 
 .fi
 while running Octave interactively, by using the GNU Emacs info mode,