Disambiguate version numbering in manual

There was soe confusion about wherther the hyphen used in the manuual
pages implied subatraction. This commit tries to make the actual meaning
more explicit.

Signed-Off-By: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/savelog.8 b/savelog.8
index 4d8fe65..5a6d8a8 100644
--- a/savelog.8
+++ b/savelog.8
@@ -39,15 +39,19 @@ actions are performed:
 
 .IP 1)
 Version numbered files are cycled.  Version
-.IR cycle \-2
+.IR "file" "." "2"
 is moved to version
-.IR cycle "\-3,"
+.IR "file" "." "3",
 version
-.IR cycle \-1
+.IR "file" "." "1"
 is moved to version
-.IR cycle "\-2 ,"
-and so on.  Finally version 0 is moved to version 1, and version
-.I cycle
+.IR "file" "." "2",
+and so on.  Finally version 
+.IR "file" "." "0"
+is moved to version 
+.IR "file" "." "1",
+and version
+.I "file"
 is deleted.  Both
 compressed names and uncompressed names are cycled, regardless of
 .BR \-l .
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ Missing version files are ignored.
 
 .IP 2)
 The new
-.I file.1
+.IR "file" "." "1"
 is compressed unless the
 .B \-l
 flag was given.  It is changed subject to the
@@ -63,8 +67,10 @@ flag was given.  It is changed subject to the
 flags.
 
 .IP 3)
-The main file is moved to
-.IR file.0 .
+The main 
+.IR "file"
+is moved to
+.IR "file" "." "0".
 
 .IP 4)
 If the
@@ -78,17 +84,11 @@ before.
 
 .IP 5)
 The new
-.I file.0
+.IR "file" "." "0"
 is changed subject to the
 .BR "\-m" ", " "\-u" ", and " "\-g"
 flags.
 
-Since the version numbers start with 0, version number
-.I cycle
-is never formed.  The
-.I cycle
-count must be at least 2.
-
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B "\-m mode"
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ chgrp log files to group, implies
 .B \-t
 .TP
 .B "\-c cycle"
-Save cycle versions of the logfile (default: 7)
+Save cycle versions of the logfile (default: 7). The
+.I cycle
+count must be at least 2.
 .TP
 .B \-t
 touch new logfile into existence