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2 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/listbas.1 b/listbas.1
index a7751e5..baf8847 100644
--- a/listbas.1
+++ b/listbas.1
@@ -155,11 +155,6 @@ Comments (\fBREM\fP text).
Variable names.
.UNINDENT
.sp
-Quotes around strings and commas between \fBDATA\fP items are
-never colorized, so they\(aqll appear in the default foreground color
-(usually white if the terminal has a black background, or black if the
-background is white).
-.sp
Black and white are not used by default because presumably, one or the
other is the background color of the terminal.
.SS Customization
@@ -243,6 +238,8 @@ 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
+\-\-
+.sp
\fBlistbas\fP is similar to Jindroush\(aqs \fBchkbas\fP(1). The main differences are:
.INDENT 0.0
.IP \(bu 2
@@ -270,6 +267,8 @@ specifically asked to do so.
on variable\-protected programs.
.UNINDENT
.sp
+\-\-
+.sp
I thought about adding an HTML output option, but there\(aqs no need: if you want
a colorful listing of an Atari BASIC program, install \fBaha\fP(1) from
\fI\%https://github.com/theZiz/aha\fP (or your distro\(aqs package repo) and run
diff --git a/listbas.rst b/listbas.rst
index 2743d45..bef304e 100644
--- a/listbas.rst
+++ b/listbas.rst
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ scrambled variable names. For code-protected programs, it will stop at
the line with the invalid offset. Use **unprotbas**\(1) to remove the
protection.
+--
+
**listbas** is similar to Jindroush's **chkbas**\(1). The main differences are:
- **listbas** prints ATASCII graphics as Unicode equivalents, so the listing
@@ -231,6 +233,17 @@ protection.
- **listbas** tells you if the program is protected, and refuses to operate
on variable-protected programs.
+--
+
+The color and inverse/bold/underline support assumes your terminal supports
+ANSI/VT220 escape codes... but it does *not* use **curses**\(3X) or
+**terminfo**\(5), or even look at **TERM** in the environment. It just
+blindly emits the escape codes. Likewise, Unicode characters are printed
+in UTF-8 encoding, without actually checking whether the terminal or the
+current locale supports UTF-8.
+
+--
+
I thought about adding an HTML output option, but there's no need: if you want
a colorful listing of an Atari BASIC program, install **aha**\(1) from
https://github.com/theZiz/aha (or your distro's package repo) and run