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28 .TH BSFILT 1 "February, 1991"
29 .BY "Purdue University"
31 bsfilt, colcrt \- a colcrt-like backspace filter
41 filters backspace sequences from the input \fIfile\fR(s)
42 (standard input if none)
43 in an approximation of
45 Both the backspace and the character it returns to are removed,
46 unless they form an underline sequence.
47 Underline sequences are treated according to the settings of
56 specifies that no underlining of any kind is to be propagated.
57 Without this option or the
61 approximates underlining with minus signs (`-') in following lines.
64 specifies that underlining with underscore (`_') and backspace (`\b')
65 character sequences is permitted.
67 cawf(1), colcrt(1) and nroff(1).
69 Diagnostic messages are delivered to the standard error file.
71 Vic Abell of Purdue University wrote
73 to have a backspace filter for
75 that is independent of licensed source code.
77 The maximum length of a line that can be underlined with minus signs is
81 does not examine the characters that are being overprinted via backspace
83 Thus, overprinting that is intended to form a new character from several
84 different ones is ineffective and only the last character of the
85 sequence is propagated \- e. g., ``o^H+'', intended to look like
86 a bullet, is reduced to `+'.