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
-  record. Default is "\n". To specify none use --recend "".
+* --recend sets the string matching the end of a
+  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
-  than --blocksize so avoid -N if performance is important.
+  the block read will at most be --blocksize.
+
+* 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
-script that has to be run for each of the lines in the input. The
-typical input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a list of users, a
-list of URLs, or a list of tables.
+or more computers. A job is can be a single command or a small script
+that has to be run for each of the lines in the input. The typical
+input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a list of users, a list of
+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
-GNU Parallel is written to have the same options as xargs. If you
-write loops in shell, you will find GNU Parallel may be able to
+If you use xargs and tee today you will find GNU Parallel very easy to
+use as GNU Parallel is written to have the same options as xargs. If
+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
-will often make the command easier to read.
+jobs in parallel.
 
 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
-B<--recstart> and B<--recend> tell GNU B<parallel> how a record starts
-and/or ends. The block read will have the final partial record removed
-before the block is passed on to the job. The partial record will be
+The block size is determined by B<--block>. The strings B<--recstart>
+and B<--recend> tell GNU B<parallel> how a record starts and/or
+ends. The block read will have the final partial record removed before
+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
-the jobs but a list of files containing the output of the jobs run.
+B<--files> is often used with B<--pipe>.
 
 
 =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