Added more information on the differences between the htmllib and HTMLParser

modules.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libhtmlparser.tex b/Doc/lib/libhtmlparser.tex
index e8b4dd9..68c93e0 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libhtmlparser.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libhtmlparser.tex
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 
 This module defines a class \class{HTMLParser} which serves as the
 basis for parsing text files formatted in HTML\index{HTML} (HyperText
-Mark-up Language) and XHTML.\index{XHTML}
+Mark-up Language) and XHTML.\index{XHTML}  Unlike the parser in
+\refmodule{htmllib}, this parser is not based on the SGML parser in
+\refmodule{sgmllib}.
 
 
 \begin{classdesc}{HTMLParser}{}
@@ -15,6 +17,10 @@ The \class{HTMLParser} class is instantiated without arguments.
 An HTMLParser instance is fed HTML data and calls handler functions
 when tags begin and end.  The \class{HTMLParser} class is meant to be
 overridden by the user to provide a desired behavior.
+
+Unlike the parser in \refmodule{htmllib}, this parser does not check
+that end tags match start tags or call the end-tag handler for
+elements which are closed implicitly by closing an outer element.
 \end{classdesc}