# $EPIC: stripansi.txt,v 1.2 2006/08/20 16:57:01 sthalik Exp $
======Synopsis:======
$__stripansi__(<text>)

======Technical:======
This function returns <text>, except that all ascii characters from 14 to 
31 (inclusive) except for 15 and 22 (^O and ^V) have been converted into 
their printable ascii equivalents.  The net effect is that all ESCape 
sequences in <text> have been mangled safely.

======Practical:======
This function is not useful and is maintained for backwards compatibility.
You should use $[[stripansicodes]]() instead.

======Returns:======
The input string with control characters mangled into submission.

======Examples:======
<file>
$stripansi($*)             make sure default input has no ESCs
</file>