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diff --git a/doc/msgcat.n b/doc/msgcat.n
index 7bff211..d5aa1c9 100644
--- a/doc/msgcat.n
+++ b/doc/msgcat.n
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ msgcat \- Tcl message catalog
 .PP
 The \fBmsgcat\fR package provides a set of functions
 that can be used to manage multi-lingual user interfaces.
-Text strings are defined in a ``message catalog'' which
-is independent from the application, and
+Text strings are defined in a
+.QW "message catalog"
+which is independent from the application, and
 which can be edited or localized without modifying
 the application source code.  New languages
 or locales are provided by adding a new file to
@@ -100,8 +101,9 @@ returns \fB{en_US_funky en_US en {}}\fR.
 \fB::msgcat::mcload \fIdirname\fR
 Searches the specified directory for files that match
 the language specifications returned by \fB::msgcat::mcpreferences\fR
-(note that these are all lowercase), extended by the file
-extension ``.msg''.  Each matching file is 
+(note that these are all lowercase), extended by the file extension
+.QW .msg .
+Each matching file is 
 read in order, assuming a UTF-8 encoding.  The file contents are
 then evaluated as a Tcl script.  This means that Unicode characters
 may be present in the message file either directly in their UTF-8
@@ -141,10 +143,15 @@ The locale is specified to \fBmsgcat\fR by a locale string
 passed to \fB::msgcat::mclocale\fR.
 The locale string consists of
 a language code, an optional country code, and an optional
-system-specific code, each separated by ``_''.  The country and language
+system-specific code, each separated by
+.QW _ .
+The country and language
 codes are specified in standards ISO-639 and ISO-3166.
-For example, the locale ``en'' specifies English and ``en_US'' specifies
-U.S. English.
+For example, the locale
+.QW en
+specifies English and
+.QW en_US
+specifies U.S. English.
 .PP
 When the msgcat package is first loaded, the locale is initialized
 according to the user's environment.  The variables \fBenv(LC_ALL)\fR,
@@ -163,12 +170,20 @@ On Windows, if none of those environment variables is set, msgcat will
 attempt to extract locale information from the
 registry.  If all these attempts to discover an initial locale
 from the user's environment fail, msgcat defaults to an initial
-locale of ``C''.
+locale of
+.QW C .
 .PP
-When a locale is specified by the user, a ``best match'' search is
+When a locale is specified by the user, a
+.QW "best match"
+search is
 performed during string translation.  For example, if a user specifies
 .VS 1.4
-en_GB_Funky, the locales ``en_GB_Funky'', ``en_GB'', ``en'' and ``''
+en_GB_Funky, the locales
+.QW en_GB_Funky ,
+.QW en_GB ,
+.QW en
+and
+.MT
 (the empty string)
 .VE 1.4
 are searched in order until a matching translation
@@ -204,7 +219,9 @@ then the parent of the current namespace, and so on until
 the global namespace is reached.  This allows child namespaces
 to "inherit" messages from their parent namespace.
 .PP
-For example, executing (in the ``en'' locale) the code 
+For example, executing (in the
+.QW en
+locale) the code 
 .CS
 \fB::msgcat::mcset\fR en m1 ":: message1"
 \fB::msgcat::mcset\fR en m2 ":: message2"
@@ -235,16 +252,20 @@ to the following conditions:
 All message files for a package are in the same directory.
 .IP [2]
 The message file name is a msgcat locale specifier (all lowercase)
-followed by ``.msg''.  For example:
+followed by
+.QW .msg .
+For example:
 .CS
 es.msg    -- spanish
 en_gb.msg -- United Kingdom English
 .CE
 .VS 1.4
-\fIException:\fR The message file for the root locale ``'' is
-called \fBROOT.msg\fR.  This exception is made so as not to
+\fIException:\fR The message file for the root locale
+.MT
+is called \fBROOT.msg\fR.  This exception is made so as not to
 cause peculiar behavior, such as marking the message file as
-``hidden'' on Unix file systems.
+.QW hidden
+on Unix file systems.
 .VE 1.4
 .IP [3]
 The file contains a series of calls to \fBmcset\fR and