VADE: fix tex translation

Author: chrisws

_build/pages/vade_control.markdown

@@ -14,30 +14,31 @@ Two Words of Caution
 --------------------
 
 -   This booklet is about the SmallBASIC programming language -- it's *not* an
-    introduction to programming in general. While not a lot of software
-    background is expected from the reader, it is assumed that common
-    programming concepts are already understood.[^1] Some knowledge in
-    programming languages like »C«, Pascal, or Ruby is useful.
-
--   SmallBASIC is a language with a long and varied history. Some features which
-    are still present in its code are no longer actively supported.
-    These deprecated features may be removed in future releases, and, to
-    keep the Vademecum concise, they will not be dealt with in this
-    document.
+    introduction to programming in general. While not a lot of
+    software background is expected from the reader, it is assumed that
+    common programming concepts are already understood.[^1] Some
+    knowledge in programming languages like ~C~, Pascal, or Ruby
+    is useful.
+
+-   SmallBASIC is a language with a long and varied history. Some
+    features which are still present in its code are no longer actively
+    supported. These deprecated features may be removed in future
+    releases, and, to keep the Vademecum concise, they will not be dealt
+    with in this document.
 
 Features, or: Is it for me?
 ---------------------------
 
-SmallBASIC started life as something like an »extended handheld calculator«,
-designed for PIMs[^2] running the Palm OS. One release note read,
-It's not meant to be a full-fledged programming language, and it
-will never be. Please don't ask us to turn it into one.
+SmallBASIC started life as something like an ~extended\ handheld\ calculator~, 
+designed for PIMs[^2] running the Palm OS. One release
+note read, _It's not meant to be a full-fledged programming language,
+and it will never be. Please don't ask us to turn it into one._
 
 Some time has gone by since, and *Nicholas Christopoulos* and *Chris
 Warren-Smith*, the driving forces behind the project, have developed
-SmallBASIC into a dialect of the BASIC language which is neither »small« (in
-the sense of it's capabilities), nor does it share too much with classic
-BASIC dialects.[^3]
+SmallBASIC into a dialect of the BASIC language which is neither
+~small~ (in the sense of it's capabilities), nor does it share too
+much with classic BASIC dialects.[^3]
 
 Today, some of SmallBASIC's features are:
 
@@ -69,20 +70,15 @@ Resources
 Here you will find a few internet resources that might be helpful for
 you when you want to get more closely acquainted with :
 
--   <http://smallbasic.github.io/> is the central hub for
+-   <http://smallbasic.github.io> is the central hub for
     information about SmallBASIC in general -- a good starting point for a user of
     SmallBASIC. It leads you to the download of the current SmallBASIC versions and provides
     a lot of background information.
 
--   <https://github.com/smallbasic/SmallBASIC/> hosts the source code
+-   <https://github.com/smallbasic/SmallBASIC> hosts the source code
     and cutting-edge SmallBASIC releases -- most interesting if you want to
     contribute to the further development of SmallBASIC.
 
--   <https://www.facebook.com/groups/12117250426/> and
-    <https://www.facebook.com/pages/SmallBASIC/110997952286349> are two
-    Facebook groups dedicated to SmallBASIC. (Both don't exactly swamp you with
-    traffic either.)
-
 -   You can get directly in touch with the developing team of SmallBASIC through
     [e-mail](mailto:[email protected]).
 
@@ -91,31 +87,29 @@ Licenses
 
 -   SmallBASIC is released under the [GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0)
 
--   This document, the &raquo;Vademecum&laquo;, is released under the
+-   This document, the ~Vademecum~, is released under the
     [Creative Commons License by-nc-nd](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/de/deed.en_GB).
     In short, this license means that you are free to reproduce and
     distribute this document in any non-commercial manner, as long as
     you don't change the author's name (that's mine), and as long as the
     contents remain unchanged.
 
-[^1]: If you're struggling with terms like &raquo;strings&laquo;,
-    &raquo;loops&laquo;, or &raquo;pointers&laquo;, this booklet might not be for
-    you.
+[^1]: If you're struggling with terms like ~strings~,
+    ~loops~, or ~pointers~, this booklet might not be for you.
 
-[^2]: &raquo;Personal Information Manager&laquo; -- for you youngsters out
+[^2]: ~Personal\ Information\ Manager~ -- for you youngsters out
     there, that's a smartphone without connectivity.
 
 [^3]: On a completely unrelated tangent, I'm convinced that one of the
     reasons BASIC has become much less popular today than many of the
-    more strictly standardized languages like &raquo;C&laquo;, Python, or
+    more strictly standardized languages like ~C~, Python, or
     Ruby, is that though there actually *is* a standard for the
     language, it never has really been implemented. Rather, every BASIC
     dialect shows its own strengths and shortcomings, and one never
     really knows what one gets when one toys with a new dialect. This is
     one of the charms of working with BASIC, but of course it makes
     maintaining or porting software written in that language a
-    nightmare.
-    Back to our scheduled programme.
+    nightmare.  Back to our scheduled programme.
 
 [^4]: Older ports for Palm OS, DOS, and several others are no longer
     actively maintained. While some of these versions are still around,