Revert "doc: Increase visibility of special signs' usage"

This reverts commit 66ec0dfad8ac1d4d8646a4734eb9353f3ebc0a91.

This creates too much churn in the translation.

3 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index e185505fc..93f02a5a7 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -104,17 +104,17 @@
 	 by the package(s) specified for installation will also 
 	 be retrieved and installed. 
 	 The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is 
-	 used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen (<literal>-</literal>) is 
+	 used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is 
 	 appended to the package name (with no intervening space), 
 	 the identified package will be removed if it is installed. 
-	 Similarly a plus sign (<literal>+</literal>) can be used to designate a 
+	 Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a 
 	 package to install. These latter features may be used 
 	 to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict 
 	 resolution system.
 	 </para>
 
      <para>A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by 
-     following the package name with an equals sign (<literal>=</literal>) and the version of the package 
+     following the package name with an equals and the version of the package 
      to select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for
      install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by 
      following the package name with a slash and the version of the 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
      <varlistentry><term><option>remove</option></term>
      <listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are 
 	 removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its
-	 configuration files on the system. If a plus sign (<literal>+</literal>) is appended to the package 
+	 configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to the package 
      name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be 
      installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
      will not be unpacked.</para>
 
      <para>A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name
-     with an equals sign (<literal>=</literal>) and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism
+     with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism
      used for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source 
      package name and version, implicitly enabling the 
      <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option.</para>
diff --git a/doc/apt.8.xml b/doc/apt.8.xml
index 0a9cb292f..2c1256dce 100644
--- a/doc/apt.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.8.xml
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@
      <varlistentry><term><option>install</option>, <option>reinstall</option>, <option>remove</option>, <option>purge</option> (&apt-get;)</term>
      <listitem><para>Performs the requested action on one or more packages
 	   specified via &regex;, &glob; or exact match. The requested action
-	   can be overridden for specific packages by appending a plus sign (<literal>+</literal>) to the
-	   package name to install this package or a minus sign (<literal>-</literal>) to remove it.
+	   can be overridden for specific packages by appending a plus (+) to the
+	   package name to install this package or a minus (-) to remove it.
      </para><para>
 	   A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by
-	   following the package name with an equals sign (<literal>=</literal>) and the version of the
+	   following the package name with an equals (=) and the version of the
 	   package to select. Alternatively the version from a specific release can be
 	   selected by following the package name with a forward slash (/) and
 	   codename (&debian-stable-codename;, &debian-testing-codename;, sid …) or suite name (stable,
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 45b306f82..18379ac19 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
    <para>All of the APT tools take an -o option which allows an arbitrary configuration 
    directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a full option
    name (<literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> for instance) followed by an equals
-   sign (<literal>=</literal>) then the new value of the option. To append a new element to a list, add a
+   sign then the new value of the option. To append a new element to a list, add a
    trailing <literal>::</literal> to the name of the list.
    (As you might suspect, the scope syntax can't be used on the command line.)</para>