Bug#797807: what is the point of mentioning -a R on the man page if it will never work?

The R format works in combination with the -p option: [220]: echo 00E9 | ascii2uni -a R -p 1 token converted é On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 4:20 AM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > X-debbugs-Cc: Bill Poser > Package: uni2ascii > Version: 4.18-2 > File:

Bug#797807: what is the point of mentioning -a R on the man page if it will never work?

OK but that should be mentioned on the man page (at R) and error message. Else the user won't be able to guess how to use it. > "BP" == Bill Poser writes: BP> The R format works in combination with the -p option: BP> [220]: echo 00E9 | ascii2uni -a R -p BP> 1 token

Bug#797807: what is the point of mentioning -a R on the man page if it will never work?

X-debbugs-Cc: Bill Poser Package: uni2ascii Version: 4.18-2 File: /usr/bin/ascii2uni $ man ascii2uni ...R Convert raw hexadecimal numbers (e.g. 00E9) $ echo 00E9|ascii2uni -a R It isn't possible reliably to parse raw hex unicode out of ASCII text. So