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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mandoc.3,v
retrieving revision 1.28
retrieving revision 1.30
diff -u -p -r1.28 -r1.30
--- mandoc/mandoc.3	2014/11/26 21:40:17	1.28
+++ mandoc/mandoc.3	2015/01/15 02:29:26	1.30
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mandoc.3,v 1.28 2014/11/26 21:40:17 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mandoc.3,v 1.30 2015/01/15 02:29:26 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 26 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 15 2015 $
 .Dt MANDOC 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ initiate a parsing sequence with
 and
 .Fn mparse_alloc ;
 .It
-parse files or file descriptors with
+parse files with
+.Fn mparse_open
+and
 .Fn mparse_readfd ;
 .It
 retrieve a parsed syntax tree, if the parse was successful, with
@@ -396,6 +398,12 @@ open with
 .Xr gunzip 1 ;
 otherwise, with
 .Xr open 2 .
+If
+.Xr open 2
+fails, append
+.Pa .gz
+and try with
+.Xr gunzip 1 .
 Return a file descriptor open for reading in
 .Fa fd ,
 or -1 on failure.
@@ -407,17 +415,16 @@ Declared in
 implemented in
 .Pa read.c .
 .It Fn mparse_readfd
-Parse a file or file descriptor.
-If
-.Va fd
-is -1,
-.Va fname
-is opened for reading.
-Otherwise,
-.Va fname
-is assumed to be the name associated with
-.Va fd .
-This may be called multiple times with different parameters; however,
+Parse a file descriptor opened with
+.Xr open 2
+or
+.Fn mparse_open .
+Pass the associated filename in
+.Va fname .
+Calls
+.Fn mparse_wait
+before returning.
+This function may be called multiple times with different parameters; however,
 .Fn mparse_reset
 should be invoked between parses.
 Declared in
@@ -461,11 +468,12 @@ implemented in
 .It Fn mparse_wait
 Bury a
 .Xr gunzip 1
-child process
-.Fa child_pid
-that was spawned with
+child process that was spawned with
 .Fn mparse_open .
 To be called after the parse sequence is complete.
+Not needed after
+.Fn mparse_readfd ,
+but does no harm in that case, either.
 Returns
 .Dv MANDOCLEVEL_OK
 on success and