@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ \subsection{Platform variations}
177177\end {verbatim }
178178
179179On Windows, you'd probably unpack the archive before opening the command
180- prompt. If you downloaded the archive file to \file {C:\bslash {}Temp},
180+ prompt. If you downloaded the archive file to \file {C:\textbackslash {}Temp},
181181then it probably unpacked (depending on your software) into
182- \file {C:\bslash {}Temp\bslash {}foo-1.0}; from the command prompt window,
182+ \file {C:\textbackslash {}Temp\textbackslash {}foo-1.0}; from the command prompt window,
183183you would then run
184184\begin {verbatim }
185185cd c:\temp\foo-1.0
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ \subsection{How installation works}
278278 {(1)}
279279 \lineiv {Windows}
280280 {\filenq {\var {prefix}}}
281- {\filenq {C:\bslash {}Python}}
281+ {\filenq {C:\textbackslash {}Python}}
282282 {(2)}
283283 \lineiv {Mac~OS (pure)}
284284 {\filenq {\var {prefix}:Lib}}
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ \subsection{How installation works}
298298 any Unix-like system), the default \filevar {prefix} and
299299 \filevar {exec-prefix} are \file {/usr/local}.
300300\item [(2)] The default installation directory on Windows was
301- \file {C:\bslash {}Program Files\bslash {}Python} under Python 1.6a1,
301+ \file {C:\textbackslash {}Program Files\textbackslash {}Python} under Python 1.6a1,
302302 1.5.2, and earlier.
303303\end {description }
304304
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ \subsection{Alternate installation: Unix (the home scheme)}
391391python setup.py install --home=<dir>
392392\end {verbatim }
393393where you can supply any directory you like for the \longprogramopt {home}
394- option. Lazy typists can just type a tilde (\code {\tilde }); the
394+ option. Lazy typists can just type a tilde (\code {\textasciitilde }); the
395395\command {install} command will expand this to your home directory:
396396\begin {verbatim }
397397python setup.py install --home=~
@@ -487,16 +487,16 @@ \subsection{Alternate installation: Windows}
487487\begin {verbatim }
488488python setup.py install --prefix="\Temp\Python"
489489\end {verbatim }
490- to install modules to the \file {\bslash {}Temp} directory on the current
490+ to install modules to the \file {\textbackslash {}Temp} directory on the current
491491drive.
492492
493493The installation base is defined by the \longprogramopt {prefix} option; the
494494\longprogramopt {exec-prefix} option is not supported under Windows. Files are
495495installed as follows:
496496\installscheme {prefix}{}
497497 {prefix}{}
498- {prefix}{\bslash {}Scripts}
499- {prefix}{\bslash {}Data}
498+ {prefix}{\textbackslash {}Scripts}
499+ {prefix}{\textbackslash {}Data}
500500
501501
502502\subsection {Alternate installation: Mac~OS }
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ \section{Custom Installation}
546546
547547For example, say you're installing a module distribution to your home
548548directory under Unix---but you want scripts to go in
549- \file {\tilde /scripts} rather than \file {\tilde /bin}. As you might
549+ \file {\textasciitilde /scripts} rather than \file {\textasciitilde /bin}. As you might
550550expect, you can override this directory with the
551551\longprogramopt {install-scripts} option; in this case, it makes most sense to
552552supply a relative path, which will be interpreted relative to the
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