Passes testsuite.

doc/release_new_version

@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ New in this release:
   approximate. It can deviate as much as the size of one record.
   Default is 1M.
 
-* --recstart sets the regular expression matching the start of a
+* --recstart sets the string matching the start of a
   record. Default is "".
 
-* --recend sets the regular expression matching the end of a
+* --recend sets the string matching the end of a
-  record. Default is "\n". To specify none use --recend "".
+  record. Default is '\n'. To specify none use --recend "".
 
   If both --recstart and --recend are set, the end of a record must be
   followed immediately by a start of a record. This is useful if
@@ -175,8 +175,10 @@ New in this release:
   these files.
 
 * -N set the number of records to read. If used with --blocksize
-  the block read will at most be --blocksize. -N is much slower
+  the block read will at most be --blocksize.
-  than --blocksize so avoid -N if performance is important.
+
+* GNU Parallel is now on ohloh.net. Thanks to Wim Muskee.
+  https://www.ohloh.net/p/gnu-parallel
 
 * Advanced recursive example. Thanks to Ruarí Ødegaard.
   http://my.opera.com/ruario/blog/2011/01/24/editing-debian-packages-more-fun-with-gnu
@@ -186,17 +188,18 @@ New in this release:
 = About GNU Parallel =
 
 GNU Parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one
-or more computers. A job is typically a single command or a small
+or more computers. A job is can be a single command or a small script
-script that has to be run for each of the lines in the input. The
+that has to be run for each of the lines in the input. The typical
-typical input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a list of users, a
+input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a list of users, a list of
-list of URLs, or a list of tables.
+URLs, or a list of tables. A job can also be a command that reads from
+a pipe. GNU Parallel can then split the input and pipe it into
+commands in parallel.
 
-If you use xargs today you will find GNU Parallel very easy to use as
+If you use xargs and tee today you will find GNU Parallel very easy to
-GNU Parallel is written to have the same options as xargs. If you
+use as GNU Parallel is written to have the same options as xargs. If
-write loops in shell, you will find GNU Parallel may be able to
+you write loops in shell, you will find GNU Parallel may be able to
 replace most of the loops and make them run faster by running several
-jobs in parallel. If you use ppss or pexec you will find GNU Parallel
+jobs in parallel.
-will often make the command easier to read.
 
 GNU Parallel makes sure output from the commands is the same output as
 you would get had you run the commands sequentially. This makes it

src/parallel.pod

@@ -572,10 +572,10 @@ of each job is saved in a file and the filename is then printed.
 Spread input to jobs on stdin. Read a block of data from stdin
 (standard input) and give one block of data as input to one job.
 
-The block size is determined by B<--block>. The regular expressions
+The block size is determined by B<--block>. The strings B<--recstart>
-B<--recstart> and B<--recend> tell GNU B<parallel> how a record starts
+and B<--recend> tell GNU B<parallel> how a record starts and/or
-and/or ends. The block read will have the final partial record removed
+ends. The block read will have the final partial record removed before
-before the block is passed on to the job. The partial record will be
+the block is passed on to the job. The partial record will be
 prepended to next block.
 
 If B<--recstart> is given this will be used to split at record start.
@@ -588,8 +588,7 @@ match to find a split position.
 If neither B<--recstart> nor B<--recend> are given B<--recend>
 defaults to '\n'. To have no record separator use B<--recend "">.
 
-If B<--output-as-files> is set the output will not be the output of
+B<--files> is often used with B<--pipe>.
-the jobs but a list of files containing the output of the jobs run.
 
 
 =item B<--progress>
@@ -705,15 +704,15 @@ default.
 If the stdin (standard input) only contains whitespace, do not run the command.
 
 
-=item B<--recstart> I<startregexp> (beta testing)
+=item B<--recstart> I<startstring> (beta testing)
 
-=item B<--recend> I<endregexp> (beta testing)
+=item B<--recend> I<endstring> (beta testing)
 
-If B<--recstart> is given I<startregexp> will be used to split at record start.
+If B<--recstart> is given I<startstring> will be used to split at record start.
 
-If B<--recend> is given I<endregexp> will be used to split at record end.
+If B<--recend> is given I<endstring> will be used to split at record end.
 
-If both B<--recstart> and B<--recend> are given the regular expression
+If both B<--recstart> and B<--recend> are given the string
 I<startregexp>I<endregexp> will have to match to find a split
 position. This is useful if either I<startregexp> or I<endregexp>
 match in the middle of a record.
@@ -723,6 +722,15 @@ defaults to '\n'. To have no record separator use B<--recend "">.
 
 B<--recstart> and B<--recend> are used with B<--pipe>.
 
+Use B<--regexp> to interpret B<--recstart> and B<--recend> as regular
+expressions. This is slow, however.
+
+
+=item B<--regexp> (unimplimented)
+
+Use B<--regexp> to interpret B<--recstart> and B<--recend> as regular
+expressions. This is slow, however.
+
 
 =item B<--remove-rec-sep> (alpha testing)
 

testsuite/wanted-results/test51

@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ jjjjjjjjjj
 303111434
 303111434
 303111434
-0
-0
 ### Test --rrs -N1 --recend single
 1>12
 2>34