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Diffstat (limited to 'a8cat.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | a8cat.1 | 23 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ 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 "A8CAT" 1 "2024-06-29" "0.2.1" "Urchlay's Atari 8-bit Tools" +.TH "A8CAT" 1 "2024-07-02" "0.2.1" "Urchlay's Atari 8-bit Tools" .SH NAME a8cat \- Convert Atari 8-bit text to UTF-8 encoded Unicode (and back). .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -87,12 +87,17 @@ Unicode graphics character. In text mode, ATASCII tabs, backspace, and bells are translated to the ASCII versions. .TP .B \-r -Reverse conversion: Input is UTF\-8, output is ATASCII (or XL ICS, with \fB\-i\fP). -Beware that printing ATASCII to a terminal may look funny, and may -even confuse the terminal. Redirecting to a file is safe; piping -to a pager usually is. Only the UTF\-8 codepoints that correspond to -ATASCII characters will be converted. If the \fB\-i\fP option was used to -create the input, it must be used with \fB\-r\fP also. +Reverse conversion: Input is plain text, or UTF\-8 created by a previous +run of \fBa8cat\fP; output is ATASCII (or XL ICS, with \fB\-i\fP). ASCII +tabs, backspaces, and newlines will be coverted to the ATASCII +equivalent. ASCII carriage returns will be silently ignored. +.sp +Only the UTF\-8 codepoints that correspond to ATASCII characters will +be converted. If the \fB\-i\fP option was used to create the input, it +must be used with \fB\-r\fP also. +.sp +\fBa8cat\fP will refuse to print ATASCII to a terminal. You must +redirect or pipe the output. .TP .B \-m Magazine listing mode. Rather than Unicode graphics characters, @@ -132,8 +137,9 @@ Watson <\fI\%urchlay@slackware.uk\fP>; Urchlay on irc.libera.chat \fI##atari\fP\ .UNINDENT .SH SEE ALSO .sp +\fBa8cat\fP(1), \fBa8eol\fP(1), -\fBa8utf8\fP(1), +\fBa8xd\fP(1), \fBatr2xfd\fP(1), \fBatrsize\fP(1), \fBaxe\fP(1), @@ -152,6 +158,7 @@ Watson <\fI\%urchlay@slackware.uk\fP>; Urchlay on irc.libera.chat \fI##atari\fP\ \fBunmac65\fP(1), \fBunprotbas\fP(1), \fBvxrefbas\fP(1), +\fBxex1to2\fP(1), \fBxexamine\fP(1), \fBxexcat\fP(1), \fBxexsplit\fP(1), |