* the application first. You should probably not call
* g_application_activate() for yourself, however: just return -1 and
* allow the default handler to do it for you. This will ensure that
- * the <literal>--gapplication-service</literal> switch works properly
- * (ie: no activation in that case).
+ * the `--gapplication-service` switch works properly (i.e. no activation
+ * in that case).
*
* Note that this signal is emitted from the default implementation of
* local_command_line(). If you override that function and don't
* application can inspect the values of its #GOptionEntrys.
*
* #GApplication::handle-local-options is a good place to handle options
- * such as <literal>--version</literal>, where an immediate reply from
- * the local process is desired (instead of communicating with an
- * already-running instance). A #GApplication::handle-local-options
- * handler can stop further processing by returning a non-negative
- * value, which then becomes the exit status of the process.
+ * such as `--version`, where an immediate reply from the local process is
+ * desired (instead of communicating with an already-running instance).
+ * A #GApplication::handle-local-options handler can stop further processing
+ * by returning a non-negative value, which then becomes the exit status of
+ * the process.
*
* What happens next depends on the flags: if
* %G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE was specified then the remaining