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@@ -61,12 +61,17 @@ OPTIONS and bells are translated to the ASCII versions. -r - Reverse conversion: Input is UTF-8, output is ATASCII (or XL ICS, with **-i**). - 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 **-i** option was used to - create the input, it must be used with **-r** also. + Reverse conversion: Input is plain text, or UTF-8 created by a previous + run of **a8cat**; output is ATASCII (or XL ICS, with **-i**). ASCII + tabs, backspaces, and newlines will be coverted to the ATASCII + equivalent. ASCII carriage returns will be silently ignored. + + Only the UTF-8 codepoints that correspond to ATASCII characters will + be converted. If the **-i** option was used to create the input, it + must be used with **-r** also. + + **a8cat** will refuse to print ATASCII to a terminal. You must + redirect or pipe the output. -m Magazine listing mode. Rather than Unicode graphics characters, |