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

======Technical:======
   * The return value is equivalent to $[[stripcrap]](ANSI <text>)
   * This function is deprecated and should not be used.

======Practical:======
There is no practical use for this function.  Use $[[stripcrap]]() instead.

======Returns:======
<text> with safe ansi codes normalized and unsafe ansi codes removed.

======Examples:======
<file>
$stripansi($*)             make sure default input has no strange ansi's
</file>