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colcrt - filter nroff output for CRT previewing

Availability

       The colcrt command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

util-linux 2.40.2                                  2024-01-31                                          COLCRT(1)

Bugs

       Should fold underlines onto blanks even with the - option so that a true underline character would show.

       Can’t back up more than 102 lines.

       General overstriking is lost; as a special case '|' overstruck with '-' or underline becomes '+'.

       Lines are trimmed to 132 characters.

       Some provision should be made for processing superscripts and subscripts in documents which are already
       double-spaced.

Description

colcrt provides virtual half-line and reverse line feed sequences for terminals without such capability,
       and on which overstriking is destructive. Half-line characters and underlining (changed to dashing `-')
       are placed on new lines in between the normal output lines.

Examples

       A typical use of colcrt would be:

          tblexum2.n|nroff-ms|colcrt-|more

History

       The colcrt command appeared in 3.0BSD.

Name

       colcrt - filter nroff output for CRT previewing

Options

-, --no-underlining
           Suppress all underlining. This option is especially useful for previewing allboxed tables from
           tbl(1).

       -2, --half-lines
           Causes all half-lines to be printed, effectively double spacing the output. Normally, a minimal space
           output format is used which will suppress empty lines. The program never suppresses two consecutive
           empty lines, however. The -2 option is useful for sending output to the line printer when the output
           contains superscripts and subscripts which would otherwise be partially invisible.

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Print version and exit.

Reporting Bugs

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.

See Also

col(1), more(1), nroff(1), troff(1), ul(1)

Synopsis

colcrt [options] [file ...]

See Also