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diff --git a/jindroush/man/chkbas.rst b/jindroush/man/chkbas.rst index 2ab92e7..b6c678f 100644 --- a/jindroush/man/chkbas.rst +++ b/jindroush/man/chkbas.rst @@ -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 |