From: James Troup <james@nocrew.org>,
 A Costa <agcosta@gis.net>,
 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>,
 Dominik George <nik@naturalnet.de>,
 Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@simnet.is>,
 mirabilos <tg@debian.org>
Subject: Various manpage fixes
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/320556
 https://bugs.debian.org/320558
 https://bugs.debian.org/326519
 https://bugs.debian.org/1094315

--- a/uufilter.man
+++ b/uufilter.man
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-.TH UUFILTER 1 "21 October 1993"
+.TH UUFILTER 1 "October 21, 1993"
 .SH NAME
-uufilter - decode uuencoded files to stdout
+uufilter \- decode uuencoded files to stdout
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fIuufilter\fR [-f \fIoutfilename\fR] [-l] [-s] [-v] [\fIinfilename\fR]
+\fIuufilter\fR [\-f \fIoutfilename\fR] [\-l] [\-s] [\-v] [\fIinfilename\fR]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fIUufilter\fR is a "smart" uuencoded file decoder that can optionally
 dump the file to stdout.
@@ -10,25 +10,27 @@ dump the file to stdout.
 If no filename is supplied, input is read from stdin.
 .PP
 \fIUufilter\fR automatically ignores lines that do not appear to be
-part of the uuencoded file.  This is particularly useful in uudecoding
+part of the uuencoded file.
+This is particularly useful in uudecoding
 files that have been concatenated from several email or news postings
-without stripping off the headers or otherwise editting extraneous
+without stripping off the headers or otherwise editing extraneous
 content.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP 8
--f \fIfilename\fR
+\-f \fIfilename\fR
 Dump output to \fIfilename\fR rather than the name specified in the
 uuencoded file.
 .TP
--l
-Lenient mode.  This is useful if passed through a mailer that adds
+\-l
+Lenient mode.
+This is useful if passed through a mailer that adds
 trailing spaces.
 .TP
--s
+\-s
 Dump output to stdout rather than to the filename indicated in the
 uuencoded file.
 .TP
--v
+\-v
 Verbose mode; talks about what's going on.
 .SH AUTHOR
 Jim Frost (jimf@centerline.com)
--- a/xloadimage.man
+++ b/xloadimage.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH XLOADIMAGE 1 "8 May 1991"
+.TH XLOADIMAGE 1 "May 8, 1991"
 .SH NAME
 xloadimage, xsetbg, xview \- load images into an X11 window or onto
 the root window
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ the root window
 \fIxloadimage\fR [global_options] [image_options] stdin < image
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fIXloadimage\fR displays images in an X11 window, loads them onto the
-root window, or writes them into a file.  Many image types are
-recognized; use the \fI-supported\fR option to list them.
+root window, or writes them into a file.
+Many image types are
+recognised; use the \fI\-supported\fR option to list them.
 .PP
 If the filename \fIstdin\fR is given, xloadimage will read the image
 from standard input if this capability is supported by the loader for
@@ -17,328 +18,356 @@ that image type (most types do support r
 .PP
 If the destination display cannot support the number of colors in the
 image, the image will be dithered (monochrome destination) or have its
-colormap reduced (color destination) as appropriate.  This can also be
-done forcibly with the \fI-halftone\fR, \fI-dither\fR, and
-\fI-colors\fR options.
+colormap reduced (color destination) as appropriate.
+This can also be
+done forcibly with the \fI\-halftone\fR, \fI\-dither\fR, and
+\fI\-colors\fR options.
 .PP
 A variety of image manipulations can be specified, including gamma
 correction, brightening, clipping, dithering, depth-reduction,
-rotation, and zooming.  Most of these manipulations have simple
+rotation, and zooming.
+Most of these manipulations have simple
 implementations; speed was opted for above accuracy.
 .PP
 If you are viewing a large image in a window, the initial window will
 be at most 90% of the size of the display unless the window manager
 does not correctly handle window size requests or if you've used the
-\fI-fullscreen\fR option.  You may move the image around in the window
-by dragging with the first mouse button.  The cursor will indicate
-which directions you may drag, if any.  You may exit the window by
+\fI\-fullscreen\fR option.
+You may move the image around in the window
+by dragging with the first mouse button.
+The cursor will indicate
+which directions you may drag, if any.
+You may exit the window by
 typing 'q' or '^C' when the keyboard focus is on the window.
 .PP
 If more than one image file is specified on the command line, each
-image will be shown in order (except if \fI-merge\fR or \fI-goto\fR
+image will be shown in order (except if \fI\-merge\fR or \fI\-goto\fR
 are being used).
 .PP
 A wide variety of common image manipulations can be done by mixing and
-matching the available options.  See the section entitled \fIHINTS FOR
+matching the available options.
+See the section entitled \fIHINTS FOR
 GOOD IMAGE DISPLAYS\fR for some ideas.
 .PP
-The \fI-dump\fR option causes an image to be written to a file rather
-than displayed after processing.  This allows you to read an image,
+The \fI\-dump\fR option causes an image to be written to a file rather
+than displayed after processing.
+This allows you to read an image,
 perform a number of processing operations on it, and save the
-resultant image.  This also allows translation from any of the
-recognized image types into any of the formats that support dumping.
+resultant image.
+This also allows translation from any of the
+recognised image types into any of the formats that support dumping.
 .PP
-\fIXsetbg\fR is equivalent to \fIxloadimage -onroot -quiet\fR and
-\fIxview\fR is equivalent to \fIxloadimage -view -verbose\fR.
+\fIXsetbg\fR is equivalent to \fIxloadimage \-onroot \-quiet\fR and
+\fIxview\fR is equivalent to \fIxloadimage \-view \-verbose\fR.
 .SH RESOURCE CLASS
 \fIXloadimage\fR uses the resource class name \fIXloadimage\fR for
-window managers which need this resource set.  This name changed
+window managers which need this resource set.
+This name changed
 in version 2.00 and 2.01; some previous versions used the name
 \fIXLoadImage\fR (which was difficult to predict) or \fIxloadimage\fR
 (which conflicted with class naming conventions).
 .SH GLOBAL OPTIONS
 The following options affect the global operation of \fIxloadimage\fR.
-They may be specified anywhere on the command line.  Additionally the
-\fI-global\fR option can be used to force an image option to apply to
+They may be specified anywhere on the command line.
+Additionally the
+\fI\-global\fR option can be used to force an image option to apply to
 all images.
 .TP 8
--border \fIcolor\fR
+\-border \fIcolor\fR
 This sets the background portion of the window which is not covered by
 any images to be \fIcolor\fR.
 .TP
--configuration
+\-configuration
 Displays the image path, image suffixes, and supported filters which
-will be used when looking for and reading images.  These are loaded
+will be used when looking for and reading images.
+These are loaded
 from ~/.xloadimagerc and optionally from a systemwide file (normally
-/usr/lib/xloadimagerc).  This replaces the -path option.
+/usr/lib/xloadimagerc).
+This replaces the \-path option.
 .TP
--default
-Use the default root weave as the image.  This option forces
-\fI-onroot\fR.  If \fI-default\fR is used alone, it is the same as
-\fIxsetroot\fR with no arguments.  If used in conjunction with
-\fI-tile\fR this option can be used to place images on the default
+\-default
+Use the default root weave as the image.
+This option forces \fI\-onroot\fR.
+If \fI\-default\fR is used alone, it is the same as
+\fIxsetroot\fR with no arguments.
+If used in conjunction with
+\fI\-tile\fR this option can be used to place images on the default
 root weave (see \fBEXAMPLES\fR below).
 .TP
--debug
-Talk to the X server in synchronous mode.  This is useful for
-debugging.  If an X error is seen while in this mode, a core will be
+\-debug
+Talk to the X server in synchronous mode.
+This is useful for debugging.
+If an X error is seen while in this mode, a core will be
 dumped.
 .TP
--display \fIdisplay_name\fR
+\-display \fIdisplay_name\fR
 X11 display name to send the image(s) to.
 .TP
--dump \fIimage_type[,option[=value]]\fR \fIdump_file\fR
+\-dump \fIimage_type[,option[=value]]\fR \fIdump_file\fR
 Rather than displaying the loaded and processed image, dump it into an
-image file of the specified type.  For a list of image types that can
-be dumped, use the \fI-supported\fR option.  Some image types have
-options that affect the format of the file that's created.  See
-\fBDUMP OPTIONS\fR below.  An image can be dumped in any supported
+image file of the specified type.
+For a list of image types that can
+be dumped, use the \fI\-supported\fR option.
+Some image types have
+options that affect the format of the file that's created.
+See \fBDUMP OPTIONS\fR below.
+An image can be dumped in any supported
 dump format regardless of the original image type, so image file type
 translation is possible using this option.
 .TP
--fit
-Force image to use the default visual and colormap.  This is useful if
+\-fit
+Force image to use the default visual and colormap.
+This is useful if
 you do not want technicolor effects when the colormap focus is inside
 the image window, but it may reduce the quality of the displayed
-image.  This is on by default if -onroot or -windowid is specified.
-.TP
--fork
-Fork xloadimage.  This causes xloadimage to disassociate itself from
-the shell.  This option automatically turns on -quiet.
+image.
+This is on by default if \-onroot or \-windowid is specified.
 .TP
--fullscreen
-Use the entire screen to display images.  If combined with -onroot,
+\-fork
+Fork xloadimage.
+This causes xloadimage to disassociate itself from
+the shell.
+This option automatically turns on \-quiet.
+.TP
+\-fullscreen
+Use the entire screen to display images.
+If combined with \-onroot,
 the image will be zoomed to fill the entire rootwindow.
 .TP
--geometry \fIWxH[{+-X}{+-}Y]\fR
+\-geometry \fIWxH[{+\-X}{+\-}Y]\fR
 This sets the size of the window onto which the images are loaded to a
-different value than the size of the image.  When viewing an image in
+different value than the size of the image.
+When viewing an image in
 a window, this can be used to reduce the size of the destination
-window.  When loading an image onto the root window, this option
+window.
+When loading an image onto the root window, this option
 controls the size of the pixmap which will be loaded onto the root.
 If the size is smaller than that of the display, the image will be
 replicated.
 .TP
--goto image_name
+\-goto image_name
 Forces the next image to be displayed to be the image named
-\fIimage_name\fR.  This is useful for generating looped slideshows.
+\fIimage_name\fR.
+This is useful for generating looped slideshows.
 If more than one image of the same name as the target exists on the
 argument list, the first in the argument list is used.
 .TP
--help [option ...]
-Give information on an option or list of options.  If no option is
+\-help [option ...]
+Give information on an option or list of options.
+If no option is
 given, a simple interactive help facility is invoked.
 .TP
--identify
+\-identify
 Identify the supplied images rather than display them.
 .TP
--install
+\-install
 Forcibly install the image's colormap when the window is focused.
 This violates ICCCM standards and only exists to allow operation with
-naive window managers.  Use this option only if your window manager
+naive window managers.
+Use this option only if your window manager
 does not install colormaps properly.
 .TP
--list
+\-list
 List the images which are along the image path.
 .TP
--onroot
+\-onroot
 Load image(s) onto the root window instead of viewing in a window.
-This option automatically sets the -fit option.
-This is the opposite of \fI-view\fR.  \fIXSetbg\fR has this option set
-by default.
+This option automatically sets the \-fit option.
+This is the opposite of \fI\-view\fR.
+\fIXSetbg\fR has this option set by default.
 .TP
--path
+\-path
 Displays miscellaneous information about the program configuration.
-This option is obsolete and has been replaced by -configuration.
+This option is obsolete and has been replaced by \-configuration.
 .TP
--pixmap
+\-pixmap
 Force the use of a pixmap as backing-store.  This is provided for
 servers where backing-store is broken (such as some versions of the
 AIXWindows server).  It may improve scrolling performance on servers
 which provide backing-store.
 .TP
--private
+\-private
 Force the use of a private colormap.  Normally colors are allocated
 shared unless there are not enough colors available.
 .TP
--quiet
+\-quiet
 Forces \fIxloadimage\fR and \fIxview\fR to be quiet.  This is the
-default for \fIxsetbg\fR, but the others like to whistle. 
+default for \fIxsetbg\fR, but the others like to whistle.
 .TP
--supported
-List the supported image types. 
+\-supported
+List the supported image types.
 .TP
--type \fItype_name\fR
+\-type \fItype_name\fR
 Forces \fIxloadimage\fR to try to load the image as a particular file
 type rather than trying to guess.  This often improves load
-performance noticably.
+performance noticeably.
 .TP
--verbose
+\-verbose
 Causes \fIxloadimage\fR to be talkative, telling you what kind of
-image it's playing with and any special processing that it has to do. 
-This is the default for \fIxview\fR and \fIxloadimage\fR. 
+image it's playing with and any special processing that it has to do.
+This is the default for \fIxview\fR and \fIxloadimage\fR.
 .TP
--version
+\-version
 Print the version number and patchlevel of this version of
 \fIxloadimage\fR.
 .TP
--view
-View image(s) in a window.  This is the opposite of \fI-onroot\fR and
-the default for \fIxview\fR and \fIxloadimage\fR. 
+\-view
+View image(s) in a window.  This is the opposite of \fI\-onroot\fR and
+the default for \fIxview\fR and \fIxloadimage\fR.
 .TP
--visual \fIvisual_name\fR
+\-visual \fIvisual_name\fR
 Force the use of a specific visual type to display an image.  Normally
 \fIxloadimage\fR tries to pick the best available image for a
 particular image type.  The available visual types are:  DirectColor,
 TrueColor, PseudoColor, StaticColor, GrayScale, and StaticGray.
 Nonconflicting names may be abbreviated and case is ignored.
 .TP
--windowid \fIhex_window_id\fR
+\-windowid \fIhex_window_id\fR
 Sets the background pixmap of a particular window ID.  The argument
-must be in hexadecimal and must be preceeded by "0x" (\fIeg\fR
--windowid 0x40000b.  This is intended for setting the background
+must be in hexadecimal and must be preceded by "0x" (\fIeg\fR
+\-windowid 0x40000b.  This is intended for setting the background
 pixmap of some servers which use untagged virtual roots
 (\fIeg\fR HP-VUE), but can have other interesting applications.
 .SH IMAGE OPTIONS
-The following options may preceed each image.  These options are
-local to the image they preceed. 
+The following options may precede each image.  These options are
+local to the image they precede.
 .TP
--at \fIX\fR,\fIY\fR
+\-at \fIX\fR,\fIY\fR
 Indicates coordinates to load the image at on the base image.  If
-this is an option to the first image, and the \fI-onroot\fR option is
+this is an option to the first image, and the \fI\-onroot\fR option is
 specified, the image will be loaded at the given location on the
-display background. 
+display background.
 .TP
--background \fIcolor\fR
+\-background \fIcolor\fR
 Use \fIcolor\fR as the background color instead of the default
 (usually white but this depends on the image type) if you are
-transferring a monochrome image to a color display. 
+transferring a monochrome image to a color display.
 .TP
--brighten \fIpercentage\fR
+\-brighten \fIpercentage\fR
 Specify a percentage multiplier for a color image's colormap.  A value
 of more than 100 will brighten an image, one of less than 100 will
-darken it. 
+darken it.
 .TP
--center
+\-center
 Center the image on the base image loaded.  If this is an option to
-the first image, and the \fI-onroot\fR option is specified, the image
-will be centered on the display background. 
+the first image, and the \fI\-onroot\fR option is specified, the image
+will be centered on the display background.
 .TP
--clip \fIX\fR,\fIY\fR,\fIW\fR,\fIH\fR
+\-clip \fIX\fR,\fIY\fR,\fIW\fR,\fIH\fR
 Clip the image before loading it.  \fIX\fR and \fIY\fR define the
 upper-left corner of the clip area, and \fIW\fR and \fIH\fR define the
 extents of the area.  A zero value for \fIW\fR or \fIH\fR will be
-interpreted as the remainder of the image. 
+interpreted as the remainder of the image.
 .TP
--colors \fIn\fR
+\-colors \fIn\fR
 Specify the maximum number of colors to use in the image.  This is a
 way to forcibly reduce the depth of an image.
 .TP
--delay \fIsecs\fR
+\-delay \fIsecs\fR
 Automatically advance to the next image after \fIsecs\fR seconds.  You
-may want to use the \fI-global\fR switch with this command to create a
+may want to use the \fI\-global\fR switch with this command to create a
 slideshow with multiple images.
 .TP
--dither
+\-dither
 Dither a color image to monochrome using a Floyd-Steinberg dithering
 algorithm.  This happens by default when viewing color images on a
-monochrome display.  This is slower than \fI-halftone\fR and affects
+monochrome display.  This is slower than \fI\-halftone\fR and affects
 the image accuracy but usually looks much better.
 .TP
--foreground \fIcolor\fR
+\-foreground \fIcolor\fR
 Use \fIcolor\fR as the foreground color instead of black if you are
 transferring a monochrome image to a color display.  This can also be
 used to invert the foreground and background colors of a monochrome
-image. 
+image.
 .TP
--gamma \fIdisplay_gamma\fR
+\-gamma \fIdisplay_gamma\fR
 Specify the gamma correction for the display.
 The default value is 1.0, a typical display needs 2.0 to 2.5.
 .TP
--global
+\-global
 Force the following option to apply to all images rather than one
 specific image.  Local image options will temporarily override any
-option specified with -global.
+option specified with \-global.
 .TP
--gray
+\-gray
 Convert an image to grayscale.  This is very useful when displaying
 colorful images on servers with limited color capability.  It can also
 be used to convert a bitmap image into a grayscale image, although the
 resulting image will be smaller than the original.  The optional
-spelling \fI-grey\fR may also be used.
+spelling \fI\-grey\fR may also be used.
 .TP
--halftone
+\-halftone
 Force halftone dithering of a color image when displaying on a
 monochrome display.  This option is ignored on monochrome images.
 This dithering algorithm blows an image up by sixteen times; if you
-don't like this, the \fI-dither\fR option will not blow the image up
+don't like this, the \fI\-dither\fR option will not blow the image up
 but will take longer to process and will be less accurate.
 .TP
--idelay \fIsecs\fR
+\-idelay \fIsecs\fR
 This option is no longer supported due to the addition of
-\fI-global\fR.  The same functionality can be had with \fI-delay\fR.
+\fI\-global\fR.  The same functionality can be had with \fI\-delay\fR.
 .TP
--invert
-Inverts a monochrome image.  This is shorthand for \fI-foreground
-white -background black\fR.
+\-invert
+Inverts a monochrome image.  This is shorthand for \fI\-foreground
+white \-background black\fR.
 .TP
--merge
+\-merge
 Merge this image onto the base image after local processing.  The base
 image is considered to be the first image specified or the last image
-that was not preceeded by \fI-merge\fR.  If used in conjunction with
-\fI-at\fR and \fI-clip\fR, very complex images can be built up.  This
-option is on by default for all images if the \fI-onroot\fR or
-\fI-windowid\fR options are specified.
+that was not preceded by \fI\-merge\fR.  If used in conjunction with
+\fI\-at\fR and \fI\-clip\fR, very complex images can be built up.  This
+option is on by default for all images if the \fI\-onroot\fR or
+\fI\-windowid\fR options are specified.
 .TP
--name \fIimage_name\fR
+\-name \fIimage_name\fR
 Force the next argument to be treated as an image name.  This is
-useful if the name of the image is \fI-dither\fR, for instance. 
+useful if the name of the image is \fI\-dither\fR, for instance.
 .TP
--newoptions
+\-newoptions
 Reset globally-specified options.
 .TP
--normalize
-Normalize a color image.
+\-normalize
+Normalise a color image.
 .TP
--rotate \fIdegrees\fR
+\-rotate \fIdegrees\fR
 Rotate the image by \fIdegrees\fR clockwise.  The number must be a
 multiple of 90.
 .TP
--shrink
+\-shrink
 Shrink an image down to fit on the display.  This is particularly
 useful with servers that do not support window sizes larger than the
 physical screen (eg DECWINDOWS servers).
 .TP
--smooth
+\-smooth
 Smooth a color image.  This reduces blockiness after zooming an image
 up.  If used on a monochrome image, nothing happens.  This option can
 take awhile to perform, especially on large images.  You may specify
-more than one \fI-smooth\fR option per image, causing multiple
+more than one \fI\-smooth\fR option per image, causing multiple
 iterations of the smoothing algorithm.
 .TP
--tile
+\-tile
 Tile this image (after any necessary merging or tiling) to create a
 fullscreen image.  This is usually used to create a large background
-image on which to merge other images.  \fI-geometry\fR can be used to
-set the new image size to something other than -fullscreen.
+image on which to merge other images.  \fI\-geometry\fR can be used to
+set the new image size to something other than \-fullscreen.
 .TP
--title \fItitle\fR
+\-title \fItitle\fR
 Change the title of the image.  This sets the title bar title if
 displaying in a window or the NIFF file image title if dumping the
 image.
 .TP
--xzoom \fIpercentage\fR
+\-xzoom \fIpercentage\fR
 Zoom the X axis of an image by \fIpercentage\fR.  A number greater
 than 100 will expand the image, one smaller will compress it.  A zero
-value will be ignored.  This option, and the related \fI-yzoom\fR are
+value will be ignored.  This option, and the related \fI\-yzoom\fR are
 useful for correcting the aspect ratio of images to be displayed.
 .TP
--yzoom \fIpercentage\fR
-Zoom the Y axis of an image by \fIpercentage\fR.  See \fI-xzoom\fR for
-more information. 
+\-yzoom \fIpercentage\fR
+Zoom the Y axis of an image by \fIpercentage\fR.  See \fI\-xzoom\fR for
+more information.
 .TP
--zoom \fIpercentage\fR
-Zoom both the X and Y axes by \fIpercentage\fR.  See \fI-xzoom\fR for
+\-zoom \fIpercentage\fR
+Zoom both the X and Y axes by \fIpercentage\fR.  See \fI\-xzoom\fR for
 more information.  Technically the percentage actually zoomed is the
 square of the number supplied since the zoom is to both axes, but I
 opted for consistency instead of accuracy.
@@ -347,80 +376,80 @@ To load the rasterfile "my.image" onto t
 it to fill the entire background:
 .sp
 .ti +5
-xloadimage -onroot my.image
+xloadimage \-onroot my.image
 .PP
 To center an image on the default root background:
 .sp
 .ti +5
-xloadimage -default -tile my.image
+xloadimage \-default \-tile my.image
 .sp
 If using a monochrome display and a color image you will probably want
 to dither the image for a cleaner (and faster) display:
 .sp
 .ti +5
-xloadimage -default -tile -dither my.image
+xloadimage \-default \-tile \-dither my.image
 .PP
 To load a monochrome image "my.image" onto the background, using red
 as the foreground color, replicate the image, and overlay
 "another.image" onto it at coordinate (10,10):
 .sp
 .ti +5
-xloadimage -foreground red my.image -at 10,10 another.image
+xloadimage \-foreground red my.image \-at 10,10 another.image
 .PP
 To center the rectangular region from 10 to 110 along the X axis and
 from 10 to the height of the image along the Y axis:
 .sp
 .ti +5
-xloadimage -center -clip 10,10,100,0 my.image
+xloadimage \-center \-clip 10,10,100,0 my.image
 .PP
 To double the size of an image:
 .sp
 .ti +5
-xloadimage -zoom 200 my.image
+xloadimage \-zoom 200 my.image
 .PP
 To halve the size of an image:
 .sp
 .ti +5
-xloadimage -zoom 50 my.image
+xloadimage \-zoom 50 my.image
 .PP
 To brighten a dark image:
 .sp
 .ti +5
-xloadimage -brighten 150 my.image
+xloadimage \-brighten 150 my.image
 .PP
 To darken a bright image:
 .sp
 .ti +5
-xloadimage -brighten 50 my.image
+xloadimage \-brighten 50 my.image
 .SH HINTS FOR GOOD IMAGE DISPLAYS
 Since images are likely to come from a variety of sources, they may be
 in a variety of aspect ratios which may not be supported by your
-display.  The \fI-xzoom\fR and \fI-yzoom\fR options can be used to
+display.  The \fI\-xzoom\fR and \fI\-yzoom\fR options can be used to
 change the aspect ratio of an image before display.  If you use these
 options, it is recommended that you increase the size of one of the
 dimensions instead of shrinking the other, since shrinking looses
 detail.  For instance, many GIF and G3 FAX images have an X:Y ratio of
 about 2:1.  You can correct this for viewing on a 1:1 display with
-either \fI-xzoom 50\fR or \fI-yzoom 200\fR (reduce X axis to 50% of
+either \fI\-xzoom 50\fR or \fI\-yzoom 200\fR (reduce X axis to 50% of
 its size and expand Y axis to 200% of its size, respectively) but the
 latter should be used so no detail is lost in the conversion.
 .PP
 When zooming color images up you can reduce blockiness with
-\fI-smooth\fR.  For zooms of 300% or more, I recommend two smoothing
+\fI\-smooth\fR.  For zooms of 300% or more, I recommend two smoothing
 passes (although this can take awhile to do on slow machines).  There
-will be a noticable improvement in the image.
+will be a noticeable improvement in the image.
 .PP
 You can perform image processing on a small portion of an image by
-loading the image more than once and using the \fI-merge\fR, \fI-at\fR
-and \fI-clip\fR options.  Load the image, then merge it with a
+loading the image more than once and using the \fI\-merge\fR, \fI\-at\fR
+and \fI\-clip\fR options.  Load the image, then merge it with a
 clipped, processed version of itself.  To brighten a 100x100 rectangular
 portion of an image located at (50,50), for instance, you could type:
 .sp
 .ti +5
-xloadimage my.image -merge -at 50,50 -clip 50,50,100,100 -brighten 150 my.image
+xloadimage my.image \-merge \-at 50,50 \-clip 50,50,100,100 \-brighten 150 my.image
 .PP
 If you're using a display with a small colormap to display colorful
-images, try using the \fI-gray\fR option to convert to grayscale.
+images, try using the \fI\-gray\fR option to convert to grayscale.
 .SH PATHS AND EXTENSIONS
 The file ~/.xloadimagerc (and optionally a system-wide file) defines a
 number of configuration options that affect xloadimage.
@@ -459,7 +488,7 @@ automatically.
 .PP
 The \fIfilter\fR statement is used to describe filter programs, such
 as "uncompress", which are to be applied to image files automatically.
-You specify one filter program and any number of recognized extensions
+You specify one filter program and any number of recognised extensions
 following the \fIfilter\fR keyword.  For example:
 .PP
 .nf
@@ -474,17 +503,17 @@ filters.
 .PP
 Any text on a line following a hash-mark (#) is ignored; if you wish
 to use a hash-mark in a path, extension, or filter you can escape it
-using a backslash (\\).
+using a backslash (\e).
 .PP
 If you wish to include white-space in a filter program name, path, or
 extension you can enclose the entire text in double-quotes.  For
 example:
 .PP
 .nf
-  filter = "gzip -cd" .gz
+  filter = "gzip \-cd" .gz
 .fi
 .PP
-Use backslash (\\) characters to allow inclusion of double-quote marks
+Use backslash (\e) characters to allow inclusion of double-quote marks
 or newlines.
 .PP
 The following is a sample ~/.xloadimagerc file:
@@ -499,15 +528,13 @@ The following is a sample ~/.xloadimager
   extension = .csun .msun .sun .face .xbm .bm
 
   # invoke GNU zip if a .z or .zip extension is found
-  filter = "gzip -cd" .z .zip
+  filter = "gzip \-cd" .z .zip
 
 .fi
-.PP
 .SH IMAGE TYPES
-.PP
 \fIXloadimage\fR currently supports many common and some uncommon
 image types, and can create images in several formats.  For a complete
-list use the \fI-supported\fR option.
+list use the \fI\-supported\fR option.
 .SH DUMPING IMAGES
 Several image dumpers are included that can be used to create a new
 image after loading and processing.  The NIFF (Native Image File
@@ -523,14 +550,14 @@ image file with a quality factor of 80,
 command line:
 .PP
 .nf
-  xloadimage image_name -dump jpeg,quality=80,grayscale new_image.jpg
+  xloadimage image_name \-dump jpeg,quality=80,grayscale new_image.jpg
 .fi
 .PP
 Option names can be abbreviated but if the abbreviation is too short
 to be unique the option which will be used is indeterminate.
 .SH FILTERS
-Xloadimage supports automatic filtering by recognizing file
-extensions.  By default "compress" and "gzip" files are recognized and
+Xloadimage supports automatic filtering by recognising file
+extensions.  By default "compress" and "gzip" files are recognised and
 their names passed to appropriate commands to decompress them.
 .PP
 The xloadimage distribution includes a special "smart" uudecoder,
@@ -544,16 +571,14 @@ To make use of \fIuufilter\fR you can ad
 \fI.xloadimagerc\fR file:
 .PP
 .nf
-  filter = "uufilter -s" .uu .uue
+  filter = "uufilter \-s" .uu .uue
 .fi
-The filter will be automatically invoked on any file with a .uu or
-.uue extension.
-.PP
-For a list of filters automatically recognized by xloadimage use the
-\fI-configuration\fR option.
+The filter will be automatically invoked on any file with a \&.uu or
+\&.uue extension.
 .PP
+For a list of filters automatically recognised by xloadimage use the
+\fI\-configuration\fR option.
 .SH SUPPORTED IMAGE OPTIONS
-.PP
 The JPEG image dumper supports the following options:
 .TP 8
 arithmetic
@@ -566,8 +591,8 @@ image.
 nointerleave
 Create a non-interleaved file.
 .TP
-optimize
-Enable entropy parameter optimization.
+optimise
+Enable entropy parameter optimisation.
 .TP
 quality
 Adjust the quality of the image to be created.  The default quality
@@ -616,7 +641,6 @@ Image data compression technique.  Can b
 or RGB photometrics as appropriate for its internal image format.
 There is no way to specify a particular photometric or any other TIFF
 fields.
-.PP
 .SH AUTHOR
 .nf
 Jim Frost
@@ -630,19 +654,19 @@ distribution.
 .SH FILES
 .nf
 .in +5
-xloadimage              - the image loader and viewer
-xsetbg                  - pseudonym which quietly sets the background
-xview                   - pseudonym which views in a window
-/etc/X11/Xloadimage     - default system-wide configuration file
-~/.xloadimagerc         - user's personal configuration file
+xloadimage              \- the image loader and viewer
+xsetbg                  \- pseudonym which quietly sets the background
+xview                   \- pseudonym which views in a window
+/etc/X11/Xloadimage     \- default system-wide configuration file
+~/.xloadimagerc         \- user's personal configuration file
 .in -5
 .fi
 .SH COPYRIGHT
 Copyright (c) 1989, 1993 Jim Frost and others.
 .PP
-\fIXloadimage\fR is copywritten material with a very loose copyright
+\fIXloadimage\fR is copyrighted material with a very loose copyright
 allowing unlimited modification and distribution if the copyright
-notices are left intact.  Various portions are copywritten by various
+notices are left intact.  Various portions are copyrighted by various
 people, but all use a modification of the MIT copyright notice.
 Please check the source for complete copyright information.  The
 intent is to keep the source free, not to stifle its distribution, so