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authorB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2024-06-26 04:47:08 -0400
committerB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2024-06-26 04:47:08 -0400
commit35f4a061cc467b750e00894e4bea42e43599e26c (patch)
tree9ce9e8eb16d0ffafaf24e6b5a76fb738be5cbe75 /listbas.1
parent7a597bb19e8d6a60aff83366ee19c6192066431c (diff)
downloadbw-atari8-tools-35f4a061cc467b750e00894e4bea42e43599e26c.tar.gz
listbas: tweak doc.
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@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ format.
By default, output is piped through \fBa8eol\fP(1), to convert ATASCII
characters to human\-readable sequences. Raw ATASCII and Unicode output
are also available.
+.sp
+\fBa8eol\fP(1) and \fBa8utf8\fP(1) (for \fB\-u\fP) are run as external
+processes. The executables are searched for first in the current
+directory, and then in \fIPATH\fP\&.
.SH OPTIONS
.SS List options
.INDENT 0.0
@@ -54,8 +58,7 @@ Output raw ATASCII; no translation to the host character set. Must be
used with redirection; \fBlistbas\fP will not write ATASCII to the terminal.
.TP
.B \fB\-u\fP
-Use \fBa8utf8\fP(1) to translate ATASCII to ASCII. Requires \fBa8utf8\fP
-somewhere in \fIPATH\fP\&.
+Use \fBa8utf8\fP(1) to translate ATASCII to ASCII.
.UNINDENT
.SS General Options
.INDENT 0.0
@@ -72,6 +75,11 @@ be prefixed with \fI$\fP if it\(aqs in hex, or no prefix for decimal.
.UNINDENT
.SH NOTES
.sp
+\fBlistbas\fP will refuse to operate on a LIST\-protected program with
+scrambled variable names. For code\-protected programs, it will stop at
+the line with the invalid offset. Use \fBunprotbas\fP(1) to remove the
+protection.
+.sp
\fBlistbas\fP is similar to Jindroush\(aqs \fBchkbas\fP(1). The main differences are:
.INDENT 0.0
.IP \(bu 2