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@@ -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