-Normally, if none of -c, -g, or -o are selected, vis turns on
-all three flags. The -n flag forces vis to disable any encoding,
-except for backslash stuffing and line length folding.
-.IP -h
-When using -i to invert data, this causes
-.B vis
-to treat the hat (^) as a special character all the time (normally, all
-visual sequences are preceded by a backslash). This option
-is provided for compatibility with the common convention that ^C
-introduces a control character sequence; however, the new invertible
-sequence, \\^C, is recommended as the preferred representation.
+Turns off any encoding, except for the fact that backslashes are
+still doubled and hidden newline sequences inserted if -f or -F
+is selected. When combined with the -f flag, vis becomes like
+an invertible version of the fold(1) utility. That is, the output
+can be unfolded by running the output through unvis(1).
+.IP -b
+Turns off prepending of backslash before up-arrow control sequences
+and Meta characters, and disables the doubling of backslashes. This
+produces output which is neither invertible or precise, but does
+represent a minimum of change to the input. It is similar to cat -v.
+.IP -l
+Mark newlines with the visable sequence '\\$', followed by the newline.