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authorgrant <grant@NetBSD.org>2002-09-30 11:08:56 +0000
committergrant <grant@NetBSD.org>2002-09-30 11:08:56 +0000
commitbe8ae688aec64158b0247c8fd459dd89959c531b (patch)
treef669ea9c350797862203fa6b70d071fb9ed8d30c /usr.bin/vis
parent19eb88dfa10bacee7429eca32d22b5fde893984e (diff)
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diff --git a/usr.bin/vis/vis.1 b/usr.bin/vis/vis.1
index e9a0b11ecfd..c8a54f0f268 100644
--- a/usr.bin/vis/vis.1
+++ b/usr.bin/vis/vis.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: vis.1,v 1.8 2000/10/05 17:50:56 wennmach Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: vis.1,v 1.9 2002/09/30 11:09:16 grant Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a filter for converting non-printable characters
-into a visual representation. It differs from
+into a visual representation.
+It differs from
.Ql cat -v
in that
-the form is unique and invertible. By default, all non-graphic
+the form is unique and invertible.
+By default, all non-graphic
characters except space, tab, and newline are encoded.
A detailed description of the
various visual formats is given in
@@ -60,9 +62,11 @@ The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl b
Turns off prepending of backslash before up-arrow control sequences
-and meta characters, and disables the doubling of backslashes. This
+and meta characters, and disables the doubling of backslashes.
+This
produces output which is neither invertible or precise, but does
-represent a minimum of change to the input. It is similar to
+represent a minimum of change to the input.
+It is similar to
.Dq Li cat -v .
.It Fl c
Request a format which displays a small subset of the
@@ -94,15 +98,16 @@ still doubled and hidden newline sequences inserted if
.Fl f
or
.Fl F
-is selected. When combined with the
+is selected.
+When combined with the
.Fl f
flag,
.Nm
becomes like
an invertible version of the
.Xr fold 1
-utility. That is, the output
-can be unfolded by running the output through
+utility.
+That is, the output can be unfolded by running the output through
.Xr unvis 1 .
.It Fl o
Request a format which displays non-printable characters as