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@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ SYNOPSIS
chkbas [**-atari**] [**-short**] [**-verbose**] [**-noinverse**] [**-tbs** | **-bxl** | **-bxe**] **basic-file** [**output-file**]
-listbas [**-atari**] [**-verbose**] [**-noinverse**] [**-tbs** | **-bxl** | **-bxe**] **basic-file** [**output-file**]
-
DESCRIPTION
===========
@@ -30,7 +28,13 @@ standard output. If **basic-file** is anything other than standard
Atari BASIC, the BASIC dialect must be specified (see **OPTIONS**,
below).
-**listbas** is simply an alias for **chkbas -short**.
+It's highly recommended to avoid running **chkbas** without
+redirecting or piping its output: If the program contains ATASCII
+graphics or inverse characters, they will be printed as-is to the
+terminal, which can confuse the terminal. For simply reading the code,
+pipe to **a8cat**\(1), thus::
+
+ $ chkbas -atari PROGRAM.BAS | a8cat
Sample run, with no options::
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ Output Options
**-short**
Output only the program listing, with lines terminated by the
system default newline character(s), e.g. **\n** on UNIX-like OSes,
- **\r\n** on MS-DOS or Windows. This is the default for **listbas**.
+ **\r\n** on MS-DOS or Windows.
**-verbose**
Program listing will be interspersed with per-line and per-statement