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author | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2025-03-11 05:17:56 -0400 |
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committer | B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> | 2025-03-11 05:17:56 -0400 |
commit | 997fb1bf0878cb6a455abec1d9d399cd5fcb0b44 (patch) | |
tree | 1c5c3375468728f49c0f43eef0cca7941c9b380e /listamsb.1 | |
parent | e092e5c4bafd6bf507e0930dd64aa7dc8c61b86e (diff) | |
download | bw-atari8-tools-997fb1bf0878cb6a455abec1d9d399cd5fcb0b44.tar.gz |
listamsb: add -k option, reorganize man page.
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@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u .. -.TH "LISTAMSB" 1 "2025-03-08" "0.2.1" "Urchlay's Atari 8-bit Tools" +.TH "LISTAMSB" 1 "2025-03-11" "0.2.1" "Urchlay's Atari 8-bit Tools" .SH NAME listamsb \- List the source of a tokenized Atari Microsoft BASIC program .SH SYNOPSIS .sp -listamsb [\fB\-l\fP] | [\fB\-C\fP] | [\fB\-D\fP] | [[\fB\-a\fP] [\fB\-c\fP] [\fB\-v\fP] [\fB\-h\fP] [\fB\-i\fP] [\fB\-u\fP] [\fB\-t\fP] [\fB\-m\fP] [\fB\-n\fP] [\fB\-s\fP] ...] [\fB\-r\fP \fIline\-range\fP] [\fBinput\-file\fP] [\fBoutput\-file\fP] +listamsb [\fB\-U\fP] | [\fB\-C\fP] | [\fB\-D\fP] | [[\fB\-L\fP] [\fB\-a\fP] [\fB\-c\fP] [\fB\-v\fP] [\fB\-h\fP] [\fB\-i\fP] [\fB\-u\fP] [\fB\-t\fP] [\fB\-m\fP] [\fB\-n\fP] [\fB\-s\fP] [\fB\-r\fP \fIline\-range\fP] ...] [\fBinput\-file\fP] [\fBoutput\-file\fP] .SH DESCRIPTION .sp \fBlistamsb\fP acts like the \fILIST\fP command in Atari Microsoft BASIC. It reads a @@ -52,45 +52,71 @@ input is read from \fBstdin\fP\&. .sp Programs created with \fISAVE "filename" LOCK\fP are autodetected, and will be listed normally. It\(aqs also possible to convert a LOCKed -program to an unencrypted one, with the \fB\-l\fP option. +program to an unencrypted one, with the \fB\-U\fP option. .sp Programs can be "crunched" and "decrunched" with the \fB\-C\fP and \fB\-D\fP options. .sp If no \fBoutput\-file\fP is given, output is to \fBstdout\fP\&. .SH OPTIONS +.SS Operation Modes .INDENT 0.0 .TP -.B \fB\-a\fP -Output raw ATASCII. This option must be used with an -\fBoutput\-file\fP, a pipe, or redirection: \fBlistamsb\fP will not write -ATASCII to a terminal. \fBa8cat\fP is not used, with this option. -.TP -.B \fB\-c\fP -Check only. No output on stdout. Diagnostics are still printed on stderr, -and the exit status is unchanged. It\(aqs an error to give an \fBoutput\-file\fP with -this option. +.B \fB\-L\fP +LIST program. This is the default, so there\(aqs no need to give this option +normally. See next section for options that control the listing. .TP .B \fB\-C\fP "Crunch" program: remove comments and spaces that occur outside of a -string. The resulting program is usually 5 to 10 percent smaller, and -will RUN correctly, but will be difficult to edit in AMSB because its -parser requires the spaces. Also, if any comment\-only lines are the -target of GOTO or GOSUB, the program won\(aqt run because all comment\-only -lines are removed. +string. The resulting program is tokenized, and is usually 5 to 10 +percent smaller. It should RUN correctly, but will be difficult to +edit in AMSB because its parser requires the spaces. +.sp +If any comment\-only lines are the target of GOTO or GOSUB, the +program won\(aqt RUN correctly because all comment\-only lines are +removed. If this happens, you can use the \fB\-k\fP option (see below). .sp This option must be used with an \fBoutput\-file\fP, since seeking is done. None of the other options have any effect with \fB\-C\fP\&. .TP .B \fB\-D\fP "Decrunch" a crunched program. Puts spaces where they\(aqre required for -AMSB\(aqs parser. The result will be editable in AMSB. Of course, any -comments that were removed during crunching will not magically be -retored (they\(aqre gone). +AMSB\(aqs parser. The resulting program is tokenized, and will be +editable in AMSB. Of course, any comments that were removed during +crunching will not magically be retored (they\(aqre gone). .sp This option must be used with an \fBoutput\-file\fP, since seeking is done. None of the other options have any effect with \fB\-D\fP\&. .TP +.B \fB\-U\fP +UnLOCK or LOCK the the program. Locked programs are created with +\fISAVE "filename" LOCK\fP\&. The "encryption" is a reciprocal cipher: locking and +unlocking are the same operation (similar to ROT13). The output will +be the locked or unlocked tokenized program (rather than a listing). +.sp +This option must be used with an \fBoutput\-file\fP, a pipe, or +redirection: \fBlistamsb\fP will not write tokenized BASIC to a +terminal. None of the other options have any effect with \fB\-U\fP\&. +.UNINDENT +.SS Options for \fB\-L\fP (list) Mode +.sp +None of these options have any effect when used with \fB\-C\fP, \fB\-D\fP, +or \fB\-U\fP\&. +.INDENT 0.0 +.TP +.B \fB\-a\fP +Output raw ATASCII. This option must be used with an +\fBoutput\-file\fP, a pipe, or redirection: \fBlistamsb\fP will not write +ATASCII to a terminal. \fBa8cat\fP is not used, with this option. +.TP +.B \fB\-c\fP +Check only. No output on stdout. Diagnostics are still printed on stderr, +and the exit status is unchanged. It\(aqs an error to give an \fBoutput\-file\fP with +this option. +.TP +.B \fB\-i\fP, \fB\-u\fP, \fB\-t\fP, \fB\-m\fP, \fB\-s\fP +These options are passed to \fBa8cat\fP\&. See its man page for details. +.TP .B \fB\-r\fP \fIline\-range\fP Show only part of the listing. \fIline\-range\fP can be a single line, or a comma\- or hyphen\-separated pair of starting and ending line numbers (e.g. \fB100,200\fP, or @@ -101,20 +127,21 @@ If the start line number is omitted (e.g. \fB,100\fP), it will be treated as number is omitted (e.g. \fB100,\fP), it means "list until the end of the program". \fB\-r,\fP or \fB\-r\-\fP is equivalent to not using the \fB\-r\fP option at all. .TP -.B \fB\-l\fP -"Lock" or "unlock" the program. Locked programs are created with -\fISAVE "filename" LOCK\fP\&. The "encryption" is a reciprocal cipher: locking and -unlocking are the same operation (similar to ROT13). The output will -be the locked or unlocked tokenized program (rather than a listing). -.sp -This option must be used with an \fBoutput\-file\fP, a pipe, or -redirection: \fBlistamsb\fP will not write tokenized BASIC to a -terminal. \fBa8cat\fP is not used, with this option. None of the -other options have any effect with \fB\-l\fP\&. -.TP .B \fB\-n\fP No empty line. By default, \fBlistamsb\fP prints an empty line at the start of the output, to match AMSB\(aqs LIST command. +.UNINDENT +.SS Options for \fB\-C\fP (crunch) Mode +.INDENT 0.0 +.TP +.B \fB\-k\fP +Keep comment\-only lines. Normally these are removed. If the program +gives UNDEF\(aqD LINE ERROR, it means the target line was a comment\-only +line that got removed. With \fB\-k\fP, these lines will be kept, although +the actual comments won\(aqt (\fI10 REM HELLO\fP will become \fI10 REM\fP). +.UNINDENT +.SS Utility Options +.INDENT 0.0 .TP .B \fB\-v\fP Verbose output, on \fBstderr\fP\&. May be given twice for extra verbosity, @@ -125,10 +152,6 @@ Print built\-in help and exit. .TP .B \fB\-\-version\fP Print version number and exit. -.TP -.B \fB\-i\fP, \fB\-u\fP, \fB\-t\fP, \fB\-m\fP, \fB\-s\fP -These options are passed to \fBa8cat\fP\&. See its man page for details. If -any of the \fB\-a\fP, \fB\-c\fP, or \fB\-l\fP options are used, these options have no effect. .UNINDENT .SH DIAGNOSTICS .sp |