3 Output Format

Teseq produces output that is primarily intended to be read by humans (from input that is usually not). For this reason, Teseq output follows the following principles:

• Displays for different sorts of characters and sequences are displayed on distinct lines, and are easily distinguished by the initial character.
• Every input character should be unambiguously visible to the user in the output (except, of course, when the user explicitly asks not to see them, as with the -E option). In particular, trailing space should be visible.
• Line lengths are limited to a maximum of 78 characters, so as to fit comfortably on most terminal displays.
• The output makes clear distinction between line breaks that occur due to line limits or intermixed character types, and those that actually occurred in the input.

See Overview, for an output example.