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NAME

       convickt - convert INTERCAL files between formats

SYNOPSIS

       convickt incharset outcharset [paddingrule]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual page describes the convickt command.  Fuller documentation
       is available via the command info convickt

       convickt converts INTERCAL programs from one character set to  another;
       it  takes  input  from  standard input and sends its output to standard
       output.

OPTIONS

       For incharset and outcharset

       atari  Interpret the input as being ASCII-7 Atari syntax  INTERCAL,  as
              is  used  by  the Atari INTERCAL-72 compiler, J-INTERCAL, and C-
              INTERCAL default syntax, or output in that syntax.

       baudot Interpret the input as being in CLC-INTERCAL’s  extended  Baudot
              syntax, or output in that syntax.

       ebcdic Interpret  the  input  as  being  in the CLC-INTERCAL dialect of
              EBCDIC, or output in that syntax.

       latin1 Interpret the input as being Latin-1 Princeton syntax  INTERCAL,
              as  is  used  by default by CLC-INTERCAL and also readable by C-
              INTERCAL with the -X switch, or output in that syntax.

       For paddingrule

       zero   Pad the irrelevant bits in ASCII-7 and Baudot output with zeros.

       printable
              Set  the  values  of  the  irrelevant bits in ASCII-7 and Baudot
              output to try to cause the output to stay within character range
              32-126.  This  option  is the default. (Note that paddingrule is
              irrelevant for 8-bit character sets like Latin-1 and EBCDIC).

       random Pad the irrelevant bits in ASCII-7 and Baudot output with random
              data, except that outputing an all-bits-zero octet is avoided.

CAVEATS

       Not  all  conversions  are  possible,  due to the character sets having
       different characters available. In  most  cases,  an  unconvertible  or
       invalid  character will be converted to a 0 (padded appropriately); the
       exception is that if a tab cannot be  converted,  it  will  instead  be
       converted  to  a  single  space (so that INTERCAL programs still run if
       converted to Baudot). Using atari as an input or output  character  set
       will  literally  convert  characters  which  differ  between  Atari and
       Princeton syntax without checking to see whether they are being used as
       operators or not.

AUTHOR

       convickt and this manual page were written by Alex Smith.