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authorB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2024-12-21 04:34:10 -0500
committerB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2024-12-21 04:34:10 -0500
commit255436113adb73659428e18fd3f8e54858025ffe (patch)
tree874624736c8def7ff01ce641571561e49bd7a98d
parentd7546f793ca01866ba1a1351e2f139a7c0ed9711 (diff)
downloaduxd-255436113adb73659428e18fd3f8e54858025ffe.tar.gz
update man page
-rw-r--r--uxd.141
-rw-r--r--uxd.rst33
2 files changed, 43 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/uxd.1 b/uxd.1
index cb36f29..735845a 100644
--- a/uxd.1
+++ b/uxd.1
@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ changed with the \fB\-c\fP option (see above).
.B \fBgreen\fP, \fByellow\fP
Printable characters (except the space, U+0020) alternate between green and yellow.
.TP
-.B \fBpurple\fP
+.B \fBpurple\fP, \fBcyan\fP
Spaces and unprintable characters ("control" characters, newlines,
-tabs, etc). These are printed as "visible" characters, e.g. ␣ for
-the space, ↵ for a newline. Hopefully this is an improvement over
-the usual practice of printing these as periods, like standard hex
-dumpers do. The Unicode BOM (byte order marker, U+FEFF) is printed
-as a purple letter B.
+tabs, etc) alternate between purple and cyan. These are printed as
+"visible" characters, e.g. ␣ for the space, ↵ for a newline.
+Hopefully this is an improvement over the usual practice of printing
+these as periods, like standard hex dumpers do. The Unicode BOM
+(byte order marker, U+FEFF) is printed as a purple letter B.
.TP
.B \fBred\fP
Invalid UTF\-8 sequences. These are rendered as � (U+0FFD) with
@@ -332,11 +332,20 @@ sequences are:
.INDENT 0.0
.IP \(bu 2
Prefix bytes (>= 0x80) which are not followed by the correct number of continuation
-bytes (with their high 2 bits set to \fB10\fP). Rendered as \fB�\fP\&.
+bytes (with their high 2 bits set to \fB10\fP).
.IP \(bu 2
-Continuation bytes that aren\(aqt preceded by a valid prefix byte. Rendered as \fB�\fP\&.
+Continuation bytes that aren\(aqt preceded by a valid prefix byte.
.IP \(bu 2
-Truncated UTF\-8 sequence at EOF. Rendered as \fB�\fP\&.
+Truncated UTF\-8 sequence at EOF.
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+Also, there are sequences that are valid UTF\-8 encodings, but not valid Unicode.
+These are normally rendered with a red background.
+.INDENT 7.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+.INDENT 0.0
.IP \(bu 2
UTF\-16 surrogates (codepoints U+D800 to U+DFFF) [\fB*\fP]. Rendered as \fBS\fP\&.
.IP \(bu 2
@@ -346,15 +355,15 @@ Rendered as \fB>\fP\&.
Overlong encodings (e.g. codepoints U+0000 to U+007F encoded
as 2 or more bytes) [\fB*\fP]. Rendered as \fBO\fP\&.
.UNINDENT
-.sp
-For items marked with [\fB*\fP], the \fB\-j\fP, \fB\-p\fP, and/or \fB\-w\fP
-options can disable error highlighting for this type of error. They
-will be displayed in purple rather than red.
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
.sp
Each error\-highlighted sequence will increment the "Bad
sequences" count, if the \fB\-i\fP option is used.
-.UNINDENT
-.UNINDENT
+.sp
+For items marked with [\fB*\fP], the \fB\-j\fP, \fB\-p\fP, and/or \fB\-w\fP
+options can disable error highlighting for this type of error. They
+will be displayed in purple or cyan rather than red.
.UNINDENT
.SH TERMINAL SUPPORT
.sp
@@ -373,7 +382,7 @@ Known \fBnot\fP to work: rxvt (doesn\(aqt support Unicode at all), and its
derivatives such as aterm.
.sp
\fBuxd\fP also builds and runs correctly on a Mac running a recent
-version of OSX (though I\(aqm not sure what terminal was used).
+version of OSX with Terminal.app.
.SH FONTS
.sp
For the human\-readable column to display correctly, you\(aqll need a font
diff --git a/uxd.rst b/uxd.rst
index 6069e4e..7e35440 100644
--- a/uxd.rst
+++ b/uxd.rst
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@ changed with the **-c** option (see above).
**green**, **yellow**
Printable characters (except the space, U+0020) alternate between green and yellow.
-**purple**
+**purple**, **cyan**
Spaces and unprintable characters ("control" characters, newlines,
- tabs, etc). These are printed as "visible" characters, e.g. ␣ for
- the space, ↵ for a newline. Hopefully this is an improvement over
- the usual practice of printing these as periods, like standard hex
- dumpers do. The Unicode BOM (byte order marker, U+FEFF) is printed
- as a purple letter B.
+ tabs, etc) alternate between purple and cyan. These are printed as
+ "visible" characters, e.g. ␣ for the space, ↵ for a newline.
+ Hopefully this is an improvement over the usual practice of printing
+ these as periods, like standard hex dumpers do. The Unicode BOM
+ (byte order marker, U+FEFF) is printed as a purple letter B.
**red**
Invalid UTF-8 sequences. These are rendered as � (U+0FFD) with
@@ -274,11 +274,14 @@ changed with the **-c** option (see above).
sequences are:
- Prefix bytes (>= 0x80) which are not followed by the correct number of continuation
- bytes (with their high 2 bits set to **10**). Rendered as **�**.
+ bytes (with their high 2 bits set to **10**).
- - Continuation bytes that aren't preceded by a valid prefix byte. Rendered as **�**.
+ - Continuation bytes that aren't preceded by a valid prefix byte.
- - Truncated UTF-8 sequence at EOF. Rendered as **�**.
+ - Truncated UTF-8 sequence at EOF.
+
+ Also, there are sequences that are valid UTF-8 encodings, but not valid Unicode.
+ These are normally rendered with a red background.
- UTF-16 surrogates (codepoints U+D800 to U+DFFF) [**\***]. Rendered as **S**.
@@ -288,12 +291,12 @@ changed with the **-c** option (see above).
- Overlong encodings (e.g. codepoints U+0000 to U+007F encoded
as 2 or more bytes) [**\***]. Rendered as **O**.
- For items marked with [**\***], the **-j**, **-p**, and/or **-w**
- options can disable error highlighting for this type of error. They
- will be displayed in purple rather than red.
+ Each error-highlighted sequence will increment the "Bad
+ sequences" count, if the **-i** option is used.
- Each error-highlighted sequence will increment the "Bad
- sequences" count, if the **-i** option is used.
+ For items marked with [**\***], the **-j**, **-p**, and/or **-w**
+ options can disable error highlighting for this type of error. They
+ will be displayed in purple or cyan rather than red.
TERMINAL SUPPORT
================
@@ -313,7 +316,7 @@ Known **not** to work: rxvt (doesn't support Unicode at all), and its
derivatives such as aterm.
**uxd** also builds and runs correctly on a Mac running a recent
-version of OSX (though I'm not sure what terminal was used).
+version of OSX with Terminal.app.
FONTS
=====