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| author | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2024-07-10 16:28:06 -0400 |
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| committer | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2024-07-10 16:29:32 -0400 |
| commit | a493bd91d6366113178633b86dfd4703f73b520d (patch) | |
| tree | 96895ced2dfd43d33c4570f6aab45c2526b48a06 /jindroush/man/chkbas.rst | |
| parent | 9b2d35c14476f60d10b40aa1fed8e746d848a51d (diff) | |
| download | bw-atari8-tools-a493bd91d6366113178633b86dfd4703f73b520d.tar.gz | |
chkbas: add missing left-paren to LEFT$/RIGHT$/MID$ for BXL/BXE; warn about ATASCII and mention a8cat in man page.
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diff --git a/jindroush/man/chkbas.rst b/jindroush/man/chkbas.rst index e16f475..b6c678f 100644 --- a/jindroush/man/chkbas.rst +++ b/jindroush/man/chkbas.rst @@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ standard output. If **basic-file** is anything other than standard Atari BASIC, the BASIC dialect must be specified (see **OPTIONS**, below). +It's highly recommended to avoid running **chkbas** without +redirecting or piping its output: If the program contains ATASCII +graphics or inverse characters, they will be printed as-is to the +terminal, which can confuse the terminal. For simply reading the code, +pipe to **a8cat**\(1), thus:: + + $ chkbas -atari PROGRAM.BAS | a8cat + Sample run, with no options:: $ chkbas HELLO.BAS |