1 files changed, 97 insertions, 92 deletions

diff --git a/doc/gawk.info b/doc/gawk.info
index e5a52702..4e46df9e 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.info
+++ b/doc/gawk.info
@@ -27693,10 +27693,14 @@ and functions in the 'inplace' namespace (*note Namespaces::):
      # Please set inplace::suffix to make a backup copy.  For example, you may
      # want to set inplace::suffix to .bak on the command line or in a BEGIN rule.
 
+     # Before there were namespaces in gawk, this extension used
+     # INPLACE_SUFFIX as the variable for making backup copies. We allow this
+     # too, so that any code that used the previous version continues to work.
+
      # By default, each filename on the command line will be edited inplace.
-     # But you can selectively disable this by adding an inplace=0 argument
+     # But you can selectively disable this by adding an inplace::enable=0 argument
      # prior to files that you do not want to process this way.  You can then
-     # reenable it later on the commandline by putting inplace=1 before files
+     # reenable it later on the commandline by putting inplace::enable=1 before files
      # that you wish to be subject to inplace editing.
 
      # N.B. We call inplace::end() in the BEGINFILE and END rules so that any
@@ -27709,17 +27713,18 @@ and functions in the 'inplace' namespace (*note Namespaces::):
      }
 
      BEGINFILE {
+         sfx = (suffix ? suffix : awk::INPLACE_SUFFIX)
          if (filename != "")
-             end(filename, suffix)
+             end(filename, sfx)
          if (enable)
-             begin(filename = FILENAME, suffix)
+             begin(filename = FILENAME, sfx)
          else
              filename = ""
      }
 
      END {
          if (filename != "")
-             end(filename, suffix)
+             end(filename, (suffix ? suffix : awk::INPLACE_SUFFIX))
      }
 
    For each regular file that is processed, the extension redirects
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 Node: Extension Sample Fnmatch1119000
 Node: Extension Sample Fork1120487
 Node: Extension Sample Inplace1121705
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-Node: Extension Sample Rev2way1128128
-Node: Extension Sample Read write array1128868
-Node: Extension Sample Readfile1130810
-Node: Extension Sample Time1131905
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-Ref: Ranges and Locales-Footnote-21176708
-Ref: Ranges and Locales-Footnote-31176943
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-Node: History summary1183117
-Node: Installation1184497
-Node: Gawk Distribution1185441
-Node: Getting1185925
-Node: Extracting1186888
-Node: Distribution contents1188526
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+Node: Extension Sample Revout1127860
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+Node: Extension Sample Time1132226
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+Ref: Ranges and Locales-Footnote-31177264
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+Node: Additional Configuration Options1199512
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+Ref: Basic High Level-Footnote-11276008
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