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commit 63c5726f8c7bc3c0e6457840049d83d6a2f09995
Author: Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
Date:   Tue Jun 12 20:24:37 2018 +0300

    Update doc/wordlist.

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 99abe07..8607b0c 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
        * gawktexi.in (Records, gawk split records): More explanation
        of how RS works when it's longer than one character. Thanks
        to Andrew Schorr for most of the wording.
+       * wordlist: Updated.
 
 2018-06-11         Arnold D. Robbins     <address@hidden>
 
diff --git a/doc/wordlist b/doc/wordlist
index 3763056..f372990 100644
--- a/doc/wordlist
+++ b/doc/wordlist
@@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@ fieldwidth
 fifo
 filedata
 filefuncs
+filelist
 filename
 filenames
 fileno

http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/commit/?id=1af10cc65aae14e3015870353dc0c1633bd39bc8

commit 1af10cc65aae14e3015870353dc0c1633bd39bc8
Author: Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
Date:   Tue Jun 12 20:24:07 2018 +0300

    Further improvement on discussion of RS.

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index d515ccc..99abe07 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-06-12         Arnold D. Robbins     <address@hidden>
+
+       * gawktexi.in (Records, gawk split records): More explanation
+       of how RS works when it's longer than one character. Thanks
+       to Andrew Schorr for most of the wording.
+
 2018-06-11         Arnold D. Robbins     <address@hidden>
 
        * gawktexi.iin (awk split records): Document that even if the
diff --git a/doc/gawk.info b/doc/gawk.info
index 9c4ce33..29051f6 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.info
+++ b/doc/gawk.info
@@ -4281,6 +4281,12 @@ Another predefined variable, 'NR', records the total 
number of input
 records read so far from all data files.  It starts at zero, but is
 never automatically reset to zero.
 
+   Normally, records are separated by newline characters.  You can
+control how records are separated by assigning values to the built-in
+variable 'RS'.  If 'RS' is any single character, that character
+separates records.  Otherwise (in 'gawk'), 'RS' is treated as a regular
+expression.  This mechanism is explained in greater detail shortly.
+
 * Menu:
 
 * awk split records::           How standard 'awk' splits records.
@@ -4427,15 +4433,15 @@ File: gawk.info,  Node: gawk split records,  Prev: awk 
split records,  Up: Recor
 ----------------------------------
 
 When using 'gawk', the value of 'RS' is not limited to a one-character
-string.  It can be any regular expression (*note Regexp::).  (c.e.)  In
-general, each record ends at the next string that matches the regular
-expression; the next record starts at the end of the matching string.
-This general rule is actually at work in the usual case, where 'RS'
-contains just a newline: a record ends at the beginning of the next
-matching string (the next newline in the input), and the following
-record starts just after the end of this string (at the first character
-of the following line).  The newline, because it matches 'RS', is not
-part of either record.
+string.  If it contains more than one character, it is treated as a
+regular expression (*note Regexp::).  (c.e.)  In general, each record
+ends at the next string that matches the regular expression; the next
+record starts at the end of the matching string.  This general rule is
+actually at work in the usual case, where 'RS' contains just a newline:
+a record ends at the beginning of the next matching string (the next
+newline in the input), and the following record starts just after the
+end of this string (at the first character of the following line).  The
+newline, because it matches 'RS', is not part of either record.
 
    When 'RS' is a single character, 'RT' contains the same single
 character.  However, when 'RS' is a regular expression, 'RT' contains
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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi
index 54b2168..7da5048 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.texi
+++ b/doc/gawk.texi
@@ -6461,6 +6461,12 @@ Another predefined variable, @code{NR}, records the 
total number of input
 records read so far from all @value{DF}s.  It starts at zero, but is
 never automatically reset to zero.
 
+Normally, records are separated by newline characters.  You can control how
+records are separated by assigning values to the built-in variable @code{RS}.
+If @code{RS} is any single character, that character separates records.
+Otherwise (in @command{gawk}), @code{RS} is treated as a regular expression.
+This mechanism is explained in greater detail shortly.
+
 @menu
 * awk split records::           How standard @command{awk} splits records.
 * gawk split records::          How @command{gawk} splits records.
@@ -6647,9 +6653,9 @@ sets the variable @code{RT} to the text in the input that 
matched
 
 @cindex common extensions, @code{RS} as a regexp
 @cindex extensions, address@hidden @code{RS} as a regexp
-When using @command{gawk},
-the value of @code{RS} is not limited to a one-character
-string.  It can be any regular expression
+When using @command{gawk}, the value of @code{RS} is not limited to a
+one-character string.  If it contains more than one character, it is
+treated as a regular expression
 (@pxref{Regexp}). @value{COMMONEXT}
 In general, each record
 ends at the next string that matches the regular expression; the next
diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in
index 8ed19cb..a9a670d 100644
--- a/doc/gawktexi.in
+++ b/doc/gawktexi.in
@@ -6244,6 +6244,12 @@ Another predefined variable, @code{NR}, records the 
total number of input
 records read so far from all @value{DF}s.  It starts at zero, but is
 never automatically reset to zero.
 
+Normally, records are separated by newline characters.  You can control how
+records are separated by assigning values to the built-in variable @code{RS}.
+If @code{RS} is any single character, that character separates records.
+Otherwise (in @command{gawk}), @code{RS} is treated as a regular expression.
+This mechanism is explained in greater detail shortly.
+
 @menu
 * awk split records::           How standard @command{awk} splits records.
 * gawk split records::          How @command{gawk} splits records.
@@ -6430,9 +6436,9 @@ sets the variable @code{RT} to the text in the input that 
matched
 
 @cindex common extensions, @code{RS} as a regexp
 @cindex extensions, address@hidden @code{RS} as a regexp
-When using @command{gawk},
-the value of @code{RS} is not limited to a one-character
-string.  It can be any regular expression
+When using @command{gawk}, the value of @code{RS} is not limited to a
+one-character string.  If it contains more than one character, it is
+treated as a regular expression
 (@pxref{Regexp}). @value{COMMONEXT}
 In general, each record
 ends at the next string that matches the regular expression; the next

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 doc/gawk.info   | 1032 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 doc/gawk.texi   |   12 +-
 doc/gawktexi.in |   12 +-
 doc/wordlist    |    1 +
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