From ad20c5466321f6c8bd3006953b3b37e50935cdb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "B. Watson" <urchlay@slackware.uk>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 21:45:25 -0400
Subject: a8xd: implement -o, -s, -l, add more messages for -v.

---
 a8xd.rst | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'a8xd.rst')

diff --git a/a8xd.rst b/a8xd.rst
index ebe3364..4803acc 100644
--- a/a8xd.rst
+++ b/a8xd.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Options marked with **\*** are not yet implemented.
   Print XL/XE International Character Set conversions instead of ATASCII.
 
 -l *len*
-  **\*** Stop after dumping *len* bytes. *len* may be given in decimal or hex (with
+  Stop after dumping *len* bytes. *len* may be given in decimal or hex (with
   leading *0x* or *$*).
 
 -m
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ Options marked with **\*** are not yet implemented.
 
 -o *offset*
   Add *offset* to displayed file position. *offset* can be given in decimal
-  or hex (with leading *0x* or *$*).
+  or hex (with leading *0x* or *$*). Negative offsets are allowed, but they
+  will be printed as very large positive numbers in the output (this matches
+  **xxd**\'s behaviour).
 
 -s *[-]seek*
-  **\*** Start at *seek* bytes. Without *-*, this is an absolute offset. With *-*,
+  Start at *seek* bytes. Without *-*, this is an absolute offset. With *-*,
   it's relative to the end of the file. The *-* option won't work when
   reading from standard input. *seek* may be given in decimal or hex
   (with leading *0x* or *$*).
@@ -68,7 +70,8 @@ Options marked with **\*** are not yet implemented.
   Use uppercase letters for hex digits; the default is lowercase.
 
 -v
-  Verbose. Currently, this option is accepted, but it doesn't do anything yet.
+  Verbose. Shows various debug messages that are probably only useful
+  if you're hacking on **a8xd**.
 
 **--**
   End of options; the nex argument is the filename. Use this if you're
@@ -100,4 +103,7 @@ missing are:
 
 - **-b** (bits mode).
 
+Another difference is that **a8xd** doesn't support files larger than
+2GB. This won't be a problem for Atari 8-bit-related files!
+
 .. include:: manftr.rst
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