Apparently restructured text is pretty limited in what it can do

5 files changed, 29 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/doc/callbacks.rst b/doc/callbacks.rst
index 1f74873..bfe1835 100644
--- a/doc/callbacks.rst
+++ b/doc/callbacks.rst
@@ -23,18 +23,18 @@ callbacks.
 
 The signature of each callback used in pycurl is as follows:
 
-``WRITEFUNCTION(``*string*``) `` -> *number of characters written*
+**WRITEFUNCTION**\ (*string*) -> *number of characters written*
 
-``READFUNCTION(``*number of characters to read*``)`` -> *string*
+**READFUNCTION**\ (*number of characters to read*) -> *string*
 
-``HEADERFUNCTION(``*string*``)`` -> *number of characters written*
+**HEADERFUNCTION**\ (*string*) -> *number of characters written*
 
-``PROGRESSFUNCTION(``*download total, downloaded, upload total,
-uploaded*``) `` -> *status*
+**PROGRESSFUNCTION**\ (*download total, downloaded, upload total,
+uploaded*) -> *status*
 
-``DEBUGFUNCTION(``*debug message type, debug message string*``)`` -> *None*
+**DEBUGFUNCTION**\ (*debug message type, debug message string*) -> *None*
 
-``IOCTLFUNCTION(``*ioctl cmd*``)`` -> *status*
+**IOCTLFUNCTION**\ (*ioctl cmd*) -> *status*
 
 In addition, ``READFUNCTION`` may return ``READFUNC_ABORT`` or
 ``READFUNC_PAUSE``. See the libcurl documentation for an explanation of these
diff --git a/doc/curlmultiobject.rst b/doc/curlmultiobject.rst
index 7c4c181..f09a8c3 100644
--- a/doc/curlmultiobject.rst
+++ b/doc/curlmultiobject.rst
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@ CurlMulti Object
 
 CurlMulti objects have the following methods:
 
-``close()`` -> *None*
+**close**\ () -> *None*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_multi_cleanup`_ in libcurl. This method is
 automatically called by pycurl when a CurlMulti object no longer has any
 references to it, but can also be called explicitly.
 
-``perform()`` -> *tuple of status and the number of active Curl objects*
+**perform**\ () -> *tuple of status and the number of active Curl objects*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_multi_perform`_ in libcurl.
 
-``add_handle(``*Curl object*``) `` -> *None*
+**add_handle**\ (*Curl object*)  -> *None*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_multi_add_handle`_ in libcurl. This method adds an
 existing and valid Curl object to the CurlMulti object.
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ IMPORTANT NOTE: add_handle does not implicitly add a Python reference to the
 Curl object (and thus does not increase the reference count on the Curl
 object).
 
-``remove_handle(``*Curl object*``)`` -> *None*
+**remove_handle**\ (*Curl object*) -> *None*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_multi_remove_handle`_ in libcurl. This method
 removes an existing and valid Curl object from the CurlMulti object.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ IMPORTANT NOTE: remove_handle does not implicitly remove a Python reference
 from the Curl object (and thus does not decrease the reference count on the
 Curl object).
 
-``fdset()`` -> *triple of lists with active file descriptors, readable,
+**fdset**\ () -> *triple of lists with active file descriptors, readable,
 writeable, exceptions.*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_multi_fdset`_ in libcurl. This method extracts the
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Example usage:
             ret, num_handles = m.perform()
             if ret != pycurl.E_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM: break
 
-``select(``*timeout*``)`` -> *number of ready file descriptors or -1 on timeout*
+**select**\ (*timeout*) -> *number of ready file descriptors or -1 on timeout*
 
 This is a convenience function which simplifies the combined use of
 ``fdset()`` and the ``select`` module.
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Example usage:
             ret, num_handles = m.perform()
             if ret != pycurl.E_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM: break
 
-``info_read(``*[max]*``)`` -> *number of queued messages, a list of
+**info_read**\ (*[max]*) -> *number of queued messages, a list of
 successful objects, a list of failed objects*
 
 Corresponds to the `curl_multi_info_read`_ function in libcurl. This
diff --git a/doc/curlobject.rst b/doc/curlobject.rst
index 187a845..3720766 100644
--- a/doc/curlobject.rst
+++ b/doc/curlobject.rst
@@ -3,21 +3,21 @@ Curl Object
 
 Curl objects have the following methods:
 
-``close()`` -> *None*
+**close**\ () -> *None*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_easy_cleanup`_ in libcurl. This method is
 automatically called by pycurl when a Curl object no longer has any
 references to it, but can also be called explicitly.
 
-``perform()`` -> *None*
+**perform**\ () -> *None*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_easy_perform`_ in libcurl.
 
-``reset()`` -> *None*
+**reset**\ () -> *None*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_easy_reset`_ in libcurl.
 
-``setopt(``*option, value*``)`` -> *None*
+**setopt**\ (*option, value*) -> *None*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_easy_setopt`_ in libcurl, where *option* is
 specified with the ``CURLOPT_*`` constants in libcurl, except that the
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Example usage:
     print b.getvalue()
     ...
 
-``getinfo(``*option*``) `` -> *Result*
+**getinfo**\ (*option*) -> *Result*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_easy_getinfo`_ in libcurl, where *option* is the
 same as the ``CURLINFO_*`` constants in libcurl, except that the ``CURLINFO_``
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ Example usage:
     ...
     --> 200 "http://sourceforge.net/"
 
-``pause(``*bitmask*``) `` -> *None*
+**pause**\ (*bitmask*) -> *None*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_easy_pause`_ in libcurl. The argument should be
 derived from the ``PAUSE_RECV``, ``PAUSE_SEND``, ``PAUSE_ALL`` and
 ``PAUSE_CONT`` constants.
 
-``errstr()`` -> *String*
+**errstr**\ () -> *String*
 
 Returns the internal libcurl error buffer of this handle as a string.
 
diff --git a/doc/curlshareobject.rst b/doc/curlshareobject.rst
index d474b06..cf1d17b 100644
--- a/doc/curlshareobject.rst
+++ b/doc/curlshareobject.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ CurlShare Object
 
 CurlShare objects have the following methods:
 
-``setopt(``*option, value*``)`` -> *None*
+**setopt**\ (*option, value*) -> *None*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_share_setopt`_ in libcurl, where *option* is
 specified with the ``CURLSHOPT_*`` constants in libcurl, except that the
diff --git a/doc/pycurl.rst b/doc/pycurl.rst
index 295a7e9..60971df 100644
--- a/doc/pycurl.rst
+++ b/doc/pycurl.rst
@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ how libcurl works, please consult the `curl library C API`_.
 Module Functionality
 --------------------
 
-``pycurl.global_init(``*option*``)`` ->*None*
+**pycurl.global_init**\ (*option*) -> *None*
 
 *option* is one of the constants pycurl.GLOBAL_SSL, pycurl.GLOBAL_WIN32,
 pycurl.GLOBAL_ALL, pycurl.GLOBAL_NOTHING, pycurl.GLOBAL_DEFAULT. Corresponds
 to `curl_global_init`_ in libcurl.
 
-``pycurl.global_cleanup()`` -> *None*
+**pycurl.global_cleanup**\ () -> *None*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_global_cleanup`_ in libcurl.
 
-``pycurl.version``
+**pycurl.version**
 
 This is a string with version information on libcurl, corresponding to
 `curl_version`_ in libcurl.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Example usage:
     >>> pycurl.version
     'PycURL/7.19.3 libcurl/7.33.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8x zlib/1.2.7'
 
-``pycurl.version_info()`` -> *Tuple*
+**pycurl.version_info**\ () -> *Tuple*
 
 Corresponds to `curl_version_info`_ in libcurl. Returns a tuple of
 information which is similar to the ``curl_version_info_data`` struct
@@ -59,19 +59,19 @@ Example usage:
     'imap', 'imaps', 'pop3', 'pop3s', 'rtsp', 'smtp', 'smtps', 'telnet',
     'tftp'), None, 0, None)
 
-``pycurl.Curl()`` -> *Curl object*
+**pycurl.Curl**\ () -> *Curl object*
 
 This function creates a new `Curl object`_ which corresponds to a ``CURL``
 handle in libcurl. Curl objects automatically set CURLOPT_VERBOSE to 0,
 CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS to 1, provide a default CURLOPT_USERAGENT and setup
 CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER to point to a private error buffer.
 
-``pycurl.CurlMulti()`` -> *CurlMulti object*
+**pycurl.CurlMulti**\ () -> *CurlMulti object*
 
 This function creates a new `CurlMulti object`_ which corresponds to a
 ``CURLM`` handle in libcurl.
 
-``pycurl.CurlShare()`` -> *CurlShare object*
+**pycurl.CurlShare**\ () -> *CurlShare object*
 
 This function creates a new `CurlShare object`_ which corresponds to a
 ``CURLSH`` handle in libcurl. CurlShare objects is what you pass as an