Clean up double backticks

Author: dstansby

README.md

@@ -1,38 +1,39 @@
 # Matplotlib Sphinx Theme
 
-This is the official Sphinx theme for Matplotlib documentation.  It extends the
-``pydata-sphinx-theme`` project, but adds custom styling and a navigation bar.
+This is the official Sphinx theme for Matplotlib documentation. It extends the
+`pydata-sphinx-theme` project, but adds custom styling and a navigation bar.
 
-A demo of the theme built with the ``main`` branch can be seen at
+A demo of the theme built with the `main` branch can be seen at
 https://matplotlib.org/mpl-sphinx-theme/.
 
 When creating a Matplotlib subproject you can include this theme by changing this
-line in your ``conf.py`` file
+line in your `conf.py` file
 
 ```python
 html_theme = 'mpl_sphinx_theme'
 ```
 
-And by including ``mpl_sphinx_theme`` as a requirement in your documentation
+And by including `mpl_sphinx_theme` as a requirement in your documentation
 installation.
 
-See the ``docs/conf.py`` file for other settings.
+See the `docs/conf.py` file for other settings.
 
-There are two main templates that replace the defaults in ``pydata-sphinx-theme``:
+There are two main templates that replace the defaults in `pydata-sphinx-theme`:
 
 ```
 navbar_center = mpl_nav_bar.html
 navbar_end = mpl_icon_links.html
 ```
+
 Note that the logo options need not be specified as they are included in theme
 initialization. The logo is stored at
-``mpl_sphinx_theme/static/logo_{light,dark}.svg``.
+`mpl_sphinx_theme/static/logo_{light,dark}.svg`.
 
-To change the top navbar, edit ``mpl_sphinx_theme/mpl_nav_bar.html``
+To change the top navbar, edit `mpl_sphinx_theme/mpl_nav_bar.html`
 
-To change the social icons, edit ``mpl_sphinx_theme/mpl_icon_links.html``
+To change the social icons, edit `mpl_sphinx_theme/mpl_icon_links.html`
 
-To change the style, edit ``mpl_sphinx_theme/static/css/style.css``
+To change the style, edit `mpl_sphinx_theme/static/css/style.css`
 
 ## Overriding hard coded elements
 
@@ -42,33 +43,33 @@ and [list of third-party packages](https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl-third-party
 As such several elements are hard coded. However, the theme may also be used by
 other subprojects that need to change the hard-coded defaults.
 The following sections explain how to reset these back to their defaults by modifying
-``html_theme_options`` in ``conf.py``.
+`html_theme_options` in `conf.py`.
 
 ### Header section links
 
-Use a copy of [the default pydata-sphinx-theme navbar](https://github.com/pydata/pydata-sphinx-theme/blob/main/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/components/navbar-nav.html) and set the ``'navbar_center'`` key to this HTML file in ``html_theme_options``.
+Use a copy of [the default pydata-sphinx-theme navbar](https://github.com/pydata/pydata-sphinx-theme/blob/main/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/components/navbar-nav.html) and set the `'navbar_center'` key to this HTML file in `html_theme_options`.
 
 ## Building
 
-To build the theme with a sample page, navigate into the ``doc/`` directory and run
+To build the theme with a sample page, navigate into the `doc/` directory and run
 
 ```
 make html
 ```
 
-The built html pages can be found in ``doc/_build/html/``
+The built html pages can be found in `doc/_build/html/`
 
 ## Releasing
 
 This project [uses GitHub Actions](https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl-sphinx-theme/blob/main/.github/workflows/release.yml)
 to automatically push a new release to PyPI whenever a release is made.
 
-For example, to release a new ``3.9.0`` version of ``mpl-sphinx-theme``:
+For example, to release a new `3.9.0` version of `mpl-sphinx-theme`:
 
 - be sure to edit `mpl_sphinx_theme/_version.py`
 - checkout the commit you would like to release
 - add a git tag
-- push the tag to the ``matplotlib/mpl-sphinx-theme`` repository
+- push the tag to the `matplotlib/mpl-sphinx-theme` repository
 
 ```sh
 git checkout <commit-hash>
@@ -78,10 +79,10 @@ git push upstream --tags
 
 Finally, [turn the tag into a GitHub release](https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl-sphinx-theme/releases/new).
 
-Update the required ``mpl-sphinx-theme`` version in the following files:
+Update the required `mpl-sphinx-theme` version in the following files:
 
-* [matplotlib/matplotlib](https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib): requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
-* [matplotlib/mpl-brochure-site](https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl-brochure-site): requirements.txt
-* [matplotlib/mpl-third-party](https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl-third-party): docs/requirements.txt
-* [matplotlib/governance](https://github.com/matplotlib/governance): requirements-doc.txt
-* [matplotlib/mpl-gui](https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl-gui): requirements-doc.txt
+- [matplotlib/matplotlib](https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib): requirements/doc/doc-requirements.txt
+- [matplotlib/mpl-brochure-site](https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl-brochure-site): requirements.txt
+- [matplotlib/mpl-third-party](https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl-third-party): docs/requirements.txt
+- [matplotlib/governance](https://github.com/matplotlib/governance): requirements-doc.txt
+- [matplotlib/mpl-gui](https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl-gui): requirements-doc.txt