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$NetBSD: patch-ac,v 1.2 2005/11/03 22:19:01 rillig Exp $
--- bwbasic-2.20/bwbasic.doc Tue Oct 12 19:30:12 1993
+++ bwbasic-2.20/bwbasic.1 Fri Feb 11 22:42:36 2000
@@ -1,33 +1,10 @@
-
-
-
-
- Bywater BASIC Interpreter/Shell, version 2.10
- ---------------------------------------------
-
- Copyright (c) 1993, Ted A. Campbell
- for bwBASIC version 2.10, 11 October 1993
-
-
-CONTENTS:
-
- 1. DESCRIPTION
- 2. TERMS OF USE
- 3. QUICK REFERENCE LIST OF COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS
- 4. GENERAL NOTES ON USAGE
- 5. EXPANDED REFERENCE FOR COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS
- 6. PREDEFINED VARIABLES
- 7. UNIMPLEMENTED COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS
- and AGENDA FOR DEVELOPMENT
- 8. THE STORY OF BYWATER BASIC
- 9. COMMUNICATIONS
-
- The author wishes to express his thanks to Mr. David MacKenzie,
- who assisted in the development Unix installation and configuration
- for this version.
-
-
-1. DESCRIPTION
+.Dd October 11, 1993
+.Dt bwBASIC 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm bwBASIC
+.Nd BASIC Interpreter/Shell, version 2.10
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
The Bywater BASIC Interpreter (bwBASIC) implements a large
superset of the ANSI Standard for Minimal BASIC (X3.60-1978)
@@ -60,7 +37,7 @@
offer further shell-processing capabilities.
-2. TERMS OF USE:
+.Sh TERMS OF USE
This version of Bywater BASIC is released under the terms of the
GNU General Public License (GPL), which is distributed with this
@@ -71,7 +48,7 @@
for information on which you should contact the author.
-3. QUICK REFERENCE LIST OF COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS
+.Sh QUICK REFERENCE LIST OF COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS
Be aware that many of these commands and functions will not be
available unless you have set certain flags in the header files
@@ -199,7 +176,7 @@
WRITE [# device-number,] element [, element ]....
-4. GENERAL NOTES ON USAGE:
+.Sh GENERAL NOTES ON USAGE
4.a. Interactive Environment
@@ -305,7 +282,7 @@
aliases to allow Microsoft-style programs to be run.
-5. EXPANDED REFERENCE FOR COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS
+.Sh EXPANDED REFERENCE FOR COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS
The "Dependencies" listed in the folowing reference materials
refers to flags that must be set to TRUE in bwbasic.h for the
@@ -1636,7 +1613,7 @@
------------------------------------------
-6. PREDEFINED VARIABLES
+.Sh PREDEFINED VARIABLES
BWB.EDITOR$
BWB.FILES$
@@ -1669,7 +1646,7 @@
(specifically CLS, LOCATE, and INKEY$) may be available.
-7. UNIMPLEMENTED COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS, and AGENDA FOR DEVELOPMENT
+.Sh UNIMPLEMENTED COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS, and AGENDA FOR DEVELOPMENT
There are some items not implemented that have been so long
a part of standard BASICs that their absence will seem surprising.
@@ -1853,7 +1830,7 @@
ZONEWIDTH
-8. THE STORY OF BYWATER BASIC
+.Sh THE STORY OF BYWATER BASIC
This program was originally begun in 1982 by my grandmother, Mrs.
Verda Spell of Beaumont, TX. She was writing the program using
@@ -1873,9 +1850,3 @@
bag and eventually managed to have it all copied over to a PC
diskette. I have revised it slightly prior to this release. You
should know, though, that I myself am an historian, not a programmer.
-
-
-9. COMMUNICATIONS:
-
- email: tcamp@delphi.com
-
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