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docs: Improve formatting of literals in gio documentation

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There was no distinction between literals which need to be typed, and
normal words in the prose.

Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <withnall@endlessm.com>
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<listitem>
<para>Concatenates the given files and prints them to the standard
output.</para>
<para>The cat command works just like the traditional cat utility.</para>
<para>Note: just pipe through cat if you need its formatting options
like -n, -T or other.</para>
<para>The <command>cat</command> command works just like the traditional <command>cat</command> utility.</para>
<para>Note: just pipe through <command>cat</command> if you need its formatting options
like <option>-n</option>, <option>-T</option> or other.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
<para>Copies one or more files from <replaceable>SOURCE</replaceable>
to <replaceable>DESTINATION</replaceable>. If more than one source
is specified, the destination must be a directory.</para>
<para>The copy command is similar to the traditional cp utility.</para>
<para>The <command>copy</command> command is similar to the traditional <command>cp</command> utility.</para>
<refsect3>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Shows information about the given locations.</para>
<para>The info command is similar to the traditional ls utility.</para>
<para>The <command>info</command> command is similar to the traditional <command>ls</command> utility.</para>
<refsect3>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
<term><option>-a</option> <option>--attributes=<replaceable>ATTRIBUTES</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>The attributes to get.</para>
<para>Attributes can be specified with their GIO name, e.g.
standard::icon, or just by namespace, e.g. unix, or by '*',
<literal>standard::icon</literal>, or just by namespace, e.g. <literal>unix</literal>, or by <literal>*</literal>,
which matches all attributes. Several attributes or groups
of attributes can be specified, separated by comma.</para>
<para>By default, all attributes are listed.</para></listitem>
@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Lists the contents of the given locations. If no location is
given, the contents of the current directory are shown.</para>
<para>The list command is similar to the traditional ls utility.</para>
<para>The <command>list</command> command is similar to the traditional <command>ls</command> utility.</para>
<refsect3>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
<term><option>-a</option> <option>--attributes=<replaceable>ATTRIBUTES</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>The attributes to get.</para>
<para>Attributes can be specified with their GIO name, e.g.
standard::icon, or just by namespace, e.g. unix, or by '*',
<literal>standard::icon</literal>, or just by namespace, e.g. <literal>unix</literal>, or by <literal>*</literal>,
which matches all attributes. Several attributes or groups
of attributes can be specified, separated by comma.</para>
<para>By default, all attributes are listed.</para></listitem>
@ -316,12 +316,12 @@
<arg choice="opt"><replaceable>HANDLER</replaceable></arg>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>If no handler is given, the mime command lists the
<para>If no handler is given, the <command>mime</command> command lists the
registered and recommended applications for the mimetype.
If a handler is given, it is set as the default handler for
the mimetype.</para>
<para>Handlers must be specified by their desktop file name,
including the extension. Example: org.gnome.gedit.desktop.</para>
including the extension. Example: <literal>org.gnome.gedit.desktop</literal>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Creates directories.</para>
<para>The mkdir command is similar to the traditional mkdir utility.</para>
<para>The <command>mkdir</command> command is similar to the traditional <command>mkdir</command> utility.</para>
<refsect3>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
<para>Monitors files or directories for changes, such as creation
deletion, content and attribute changes, and mount and unmount
operations affecting the monitored locations.</para>
<para>The monitor command uses the GIO file monitoring APIs to do
<para>The <command>monitor</command> command uses the GIO file monitoring APIs to do
its job. GIO has different implementations for different platforms.
The most common implementation on Linux uses inotify.</para>
<refsect3>
@ -400,15 +400,15 @@
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Provides commandline access to various aspects of GIOs mounting
<para>Provides commandline access to various aspects of GIO’s mounting
functionality.</para>
<para>Mounting refers to the traditional concept of arranging multiple
file systems and devices in a single tree, rooted at /. Classical
file systems and devices in a single tree, rooted at <filename>/</filename>. Classical
mounting happens in the kernel and is controlle by the mount utility.
GIO expands this concept by introducing mount daemons that can make
file systems available to GIO applications without kernel
involvement.</para>
<para>GIO mounts can require authentication, and the mount command
<para>GIO mounts can require authentication, and the <command>mount</command> command
may ask for user IDs, passwords, and so on, when required.</para>
<refsect3>
<title>Options</title>
@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
<para>Moves one or more files from <replaceable>SOURCE</replaceable>
to <replaceable>DESTINATION</replaceable>. If more than one source
is specified, the destination must be a directory.</para>
<para>The move command is similar to the traditional mv utility.</para>
<para>The <command>move</command> command is similar to the traditional <command>mv</command> utility.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
<para>GIO obtains this information from the shared-mime-info
database, with per-user overrides stored in
<filename><envar>$XDG_DATA_HOME</envar>/applications/mimeapps.list</filename>.</para>
<para>The mime command can be used to change the default handler for
<para>The <command>mime</command> command can be used to change the default handler for
a mimetype.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Renames a file.</para>
<para>The rename command is similar to the traditional rename utility.</para>
<para>The <command>rename</command> command is similar to the traditional <command>rename</command> utility.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -527,10 +527,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>Deletes each given file.</para>
<para>This command removes files irreversibly. If you want a reversible
way to remove files, see the trash command.</para>
way to remove files, see the <command>trash</command> command.</para>
<para>Note that not all URI schemes that are supported by GIO may
allow deletion of files.</para>
<para> The remove command is similar to the traditional rm utility.</para>
<para>The <command>remove</command> command is similar to the traditional <command>rm</command> utility.</para>
<refsect3>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
<para>Reads from standard input and saves the data to the given
location.</para>
<para>This is similar to just redirecting output to a file using
traditional shell syntax, but the save command allows saving to
traditional shell syntax, but the <command>save</command> command allows saving to
location that GIO can write to.</para>
<refsect3>
<title>Options</title>
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<listitem>
<para>Sets a file attribute on a file.</para>
<para>File attributes can be specified with their GIO name, e.g
standard::icon. Note that not all GIO file attributes are writable.
Use the --query-writable option of the info command to list
<literal>standard::icon</literal>. Note that not all GIO file attributes are writable.
Use the <option>--query-writable</option> option of the <command>info</command> command to list
writable file attributes.</para>
<para>If the <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable> is unset,
<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable> does not have to be specified.
If the type is stringv, multiple values can be given.</para>
If the <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable> is <literal>stringv</literal>, multiple values can be given.</para>
<refsect3>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-t</option>, <option>--type=<replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>Specifies the type of the attribute. Supported
types are string, stringv, bytestring, boolean, uint32, int32,
uint64, int64 and unset.</para>
<para>If the type is not specified, string is assumed.</para>
types are <literal>string</literal>, <literal>stringv</literal>,
<literal>bytestring</literal>, <literal>boolean</literal>,
<literal>uint32</literal>, <literal>int32</literal>,
<literal>uint64</literal>, <literal>int64</literal> and <literal>unset</literal>.</para>
<para>If the type is not specified, <literal>string</literal> is assumed.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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<filename><envar>$XDG_DATA_HOME</envar>/Trash</filename>.</para>
<para>Note that moving files to the trash does not free up space on
the file system until the "Trashcan" is emptied. If you are interested
in deleting a file irreversibly, see the remove command.</para>
in deleting a file irreversibly, see the <command>remove</command> command.</para>
<para>Inspecting and emptying the "Trashcan" is normally supported by
graphical file managers such as nautilus, but you can also see the
trash with the command: gio list trash://.</para>
graphical file managers such as Nautilus, but you can also see the
trash with the command: <command>gio list trash://</command>.</para>
<refsect3>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
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<para>Lists the contents of the given locations recursively, in a
tree-like format. If no location is given, it defaults to the current
directory.</para>
<para>The tree command is similar to the traditional tree utility.</para>
<para>The <command>tree</command> command is similar to the traditional <command>tree</command> utility.</para>
<refsect3>
<title>Options</title>
<variablelist>