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To: =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/misc/viz - Imported sources
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From: Thomas Gellekum <tg@ihf.rwth-aachen.de>
Date: 02 Jul 1997 16:28:51 +0200
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=?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> writes:

> On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Thomas Gellekum wrote:
> 
> >   Import of viz port. viz converts invisible characters into a
> >   visible form.
> 
> We already have 'vis' with the same function

Interesting. I never noticed that one. ;-)

>From a quick glance over the man pages the major difference seems to
be:

       By  default, the input is treated as a sequence of charac-
       ters.  However, a file format may be specified,  in  which
       case  viz can handle files containing a mixture of data of
       arbitrary types.

       The format can contain include repeat counts and  comments
       to be embedded in the output stream.

       Uninteresting  data can be skipped over and not printed on
       stdout.

       Additional flexibility is provided  through  user-settable
       variables,  which  can  be  used as repeat counts.  Simple
       math can be done on the variables, and chars,  shorts,  or
       integers from the input stream can be stored in them.

tg