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30.\"     @(#)colcrt.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/30/93
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32.Dd June 30, 1993
33.Dt COLCRT 1
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm colcrt
37.Nd filter nroff output for CRT previewing
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl
41.Op Fl \&2
42.Op Ar
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44.Nm
45provides virtual half-line and reverse line feed sequences
46for terminals without such capability, and on which overstriking
47is destructive.
48Half-line characters and underlining (changed to dashing `\-')
49are placed on new lines in between the normal output lines.
50.Pp
51Available options:
52.Bl -tag -width Ds
53.It Fl
54Suppress all underlining.
55This option is especially useful for previewing
56.Em allboxed
57tables from
58.Xr tbl 1 .
59.It Fl 2
60Causes all half-lines to be printed, effectively double spacing the output.
61Normally, a minimal space output format is used which will suppress empty
62lines.
63The program never suppresses two consecutive empty lines, however.
64The
65.Fl 2
66option is useful for sending output to the line printer when the output
67contains superscripts and subscripts which would otherwise be invisible.
68.El
69.Sh EXAMPLES
70A typical use of
71.Nm
72would be
73.Bd -literal
74tbl exum2.n \&| nroff \-ms \&| colcrt \- \&| more
75.Ed
76.Sh SEE ALSO
77.Xr col 1 ,
78.Xr more 1 ,
79.Xr nroff 1 ,
80.Xr troff 1 ,
81.Xr ul 1
82.Sh HISTORY
83The
84.Nm
85command appeared in
86.Bx 1 .
87.Sh BUGS
88Should fold underlines onto blanks even with the
89.Ql Fl
90option so that
91a true underline character would show.
92.Pp
93Can't back up more than 102 lines.
94.Pp
95General overstriking is lost;
96as a special case
97.Ql \&|
98overstruck with
99.Ql \-
100or underline becomes
101.Ql \&+ .
102.Pp
103Lines are trimmed to 132 characters.
104.Pp
105Some provision should be made for processing superscripts and subscripts
106in documents which are already double-spaced.
107