From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 23:52:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: More about how filterator works.
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More about how filterator works.
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diff --git a/comparator.xml b/comparator.xml
index ddb69be..6538990 100644
--- a/comparator.xml
+++ b/comparator.xml
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ shred size is a useful way to filter out spurious matches; thus, while
 5. The <option>-x</option> enables some debugging output.  It is for
 developers; if you need to understand it, read the code.</para>
 
+<para>Each <application>filterator</application> line beginning with %
+is the filename from which the following common span of lines is displayed 
+<application>filterator</application> displays each span of lines,
+unnormalized, from the first file in the clique of matches that it can
+find and open.</para>
+
 <para>Occasionally the <application>filterator</application> output
 looks as through the code has failed to properly merge two or more
 overlapping line ranges, When this happens, the ranges have different