diff --git a/docs/src/miller-as-library.md b/docs/src/miller-as-library.md
index cf2149165..3b337852f 100644
--- a/docs/src/miller-as-library.md
+++ b/docs/src/miller-as-library.md
@@ -77,24 +77,41 @@ $ go run main1.go
 ## Another example use
 
 <pre class="pre-non-highlight-non-pair">
+// This is an example of using Miller as a library.
 package main
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"container/list"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/bifs"
 	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/cli"
 	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/input"
 	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/output"
-	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/transformers"
 	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/types"
 )
 
-func convert_csv_to_json(fileNames []string) error {
-	options := &cli.TOptions{
+// Put your record-processing logic here.
+func custom_record_processor(irac *types.RecordAndContext) (*types.RecordAndContext, error) {
+	irec := irac.Record
+
+	v := irec.Get("i")
+	if v == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("did not find key \"i\" at filename %s record number %d",
+			irac.Context.FILENAME, irac.Context.FNR,
+		)
+	}
+	v2 := bifs.BIF_times(v, v)
+	irec.PutReference("i2", v2)
+
+	return irac, nil
+}
+
+// Put your various options here.
+func custom_options() *cli.TOptions {
+	return &cli.TOptions{
 		ReaderOptions: cli.TReaderOptions{
 			InputFileFormat: "csv",
 			IFS:             ",",
@@ -105,6 +122,14 @@ func convert_csv_to_json(fileNames []string) error {
 			OutputFileFormat: "json",
 		},
 	}
+}
+
+// This function you don't need to modify.
+func convert_csv_to_json(
+	fileNames []string,
+	options *cli.TOptions,
+	record_processor func (irac *types.RecordAndContext) (*types.RecordAndContext, error),
+) error {
 	outputStream := os.Stdout
 	outputIsStdout := true
 
@@ -120,60 +145,55 @@ func convert_csv_to_json(fileNames []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Set up the channels for the record-reader.
+	readerChannel := make(chan *list.List, 2) // list of *types.RecordAndContext
+	inputErrorChannel := make(chan error, 1)
+	// Not needed in this example
+	readerDownstreamDoneChannel := make(chan bool, 1)
+
 	// Instantiate the record-writer
 	recordWriter, err := output.Create(&options.WriterOptions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	cat, err := transformers.NewTransformerCat(
-		false, // doCounters bool,
-		"",    // counterFieldName string,
-		nil,   // groupByFieldNames []string,
-		false, // doFileName bool,
-		false, // doFileNum bool,
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	recordTransformers := []transformers.IRecordTransformer{cat}
-
-	// Set up the reader-to-transformer and transformer-to-writer channels.
-	readerChannel := make(chan *list.List, 2) // list of *types.RecordAndContext
-	writerChannel := make(chan *list.List, 1) // list of *types.RecordAndContext
-
-	// We're done when a fatal error is registered on input (file not found,
-	// etc) or when the record-writer has written all its output. We use
-	// channels to communicate both of these conditions.
-	inputErrorChannel := make(chan error, 1)
-	doneWritingChannel := make(chan bool, 1)
-	dataProcessingErrorChannel := make(chan bool, 1)
-
-	readerDownstreamDoneChannel := make(chan bool, 1)
-
-	// Start the reader, transformer, and writer. Let them run until fatal input
-	// error or end-of-processing happens.
 	bufferedOutputStream := bufio.NewWriter(outputStream)
 
-	go recordReader.Read(fileNames, *initialContext, readerChannel, inputErrorChannel, readerDownstreamDoneChannel)
-	go transformers.ChainTransformer(readerChannel, readerDownstreamDoneChannel, recordTransformers,
-		writerChannel, options)
-	go output.ChannelWriter(writerChannel, recordWriter, &options.WriterOptions, doneWritingChannel,
-		dataProcessingErrorChannel, bufferedOutputStream, outputIsStdout)
+	// Start the record-reader.
+	go recordReader.Read(
+		fileNames, *initialContext, readerChannel, inputErrorChannel, readerDownstreamDoneChannel)
 
+	// Loop through the record stream.
 	var retval error
 	done := false
 	for !done {
 		select {
+
 		case ierr := &lt;-inputErrorChannel:
 			retval = ierr
 			break
-		case _ = &lt;-dataProcessingErrorChannel:
-			retval = errors.New("exiting due to data error") // details already printed
-			break
-		case _ = &lt;-doneWritingChannel:
-			done = true
+
+		case iracs := &lt;-readerChannel:
+			// Handle the record batch
+			for e := iracs.Front(); e != nil; e = e.Next() {
+				irac := e.Value.(*types.RecordAndContext)
+				if irac.Record != nil {
+					orac, err := record_processor(irac)
+					if err != nil {
+						retval = err
+						done = true
+						break
+					}
+					recordWriter.Write(orac.Record, bufferedOutputStream, outputIsStdout)
+				}
+				if irac.OutputString != "" {
+					fmt.Fprintln(bufferedOutputStream, irac.OutputString)
+				}
+				if irac.EndOfStream {
+					done = true
+				}
+			}
 			break
+
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -183,7 +203,8 @@ func convert_csv_to_json(fileNames []string) error {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	err := convert_csv_to_json(os.Args[1:])
+	options := custom_options()
+	err := convert_csv_to_json(os.Args[1:], options, custom_record_processor)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
 	}
@@ -198,10 +219,9 @@ nadir.west.our.org,down
 
 ```
 $ go build main2.go
-$ ./main2 data/hostnames.csv
-{"host": "apoapsis.east.our.org", "status": "up"}
-{"host": "nadir.west.our.org", "status": "down"}
+{"a": "pan", "b": "pan", "i": 1, "x": 0.3467901443380824, "y": 0.7268028627434533, "i2": 1}
+{"a": "eks", "b": "pan", "i": 2, "x": 0.7586799647899636, "y": 0.5221511083334797, "i2": 4}
+{"a": "wye", "b": "wye", "i": 3, "x": 0.20460330576630303, "y": 0.33831852551664776, "i2": 9}
+{"a": "eks", "b": "wye", "i": 4, "x": 0.38139939387114097, "y": 0.13418874328430463, "i2": 16}
+{"a": "wye", "b": "pan", "i": 5, "x": 0.5732889198020006, "y": 0.8636244699032729, "i2": 25}$ ./main2 data/small.csv
 ```
-
-
-
diff --git a/docs/src/miller-as-library.md.in b/docs/src/miller-as-library.md.in
index f5bda1b00..ba950f0cb 100644
--- a/docs/src/miller-as-library.md.in
+++ b/docs/src/miller-as-library.md.in
@@ -50,10 +50,9 @@ GENMD-INCLUDE-ESCAPED(data/hostnames.csv)
 
 ```
 $ go build main2.go
-$ ./main2 data/hostnames.csv
-{"host": "apoapsis.east.our.org", "status": "up"}
-{"host": "nadir.west.our.org", "status": "down"}
+{"a": "pan", "b": "pan", "i": 1, "x": 0.3467901443380824, "y": 0.7268028627434533, "i2": 1}
+{"a": "eks", "b": "pan", "i": 2, "x": 0.7586799647899636, "y": 0.5221511083334797, "i2": 4}
+{"a": "wye", "b": "wye", "i": 3, "x": 0.20460330576630303, "y": 0.33831852551664776, "i2": 9}
+{"a": "eks", "b": "wye", "i": 4, "x": 0.38139939387114097, "y": 0.13418874328430463, "i2": 16}
+{"a": "wye", "b": "pan", "i": 5, "x": 0.5732889198020006, "y": 0.8636244699032729, "i2": 25}$ ./main2 data/small.csv
 ```
-
-
-
diff --git a/docs/src/miller-as-library/main2.go b/docs/src/miller-as-library/main2.go
index 07d4be50e..e4be222d5 100644
--- a/docs/src/miller-as-library/main2.go
+++ b/docs/src/miller-as-library/main2.go
@@ -1,21 +1,38 @@
+// This is an example of using Miller as a library.
 package main
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"container/list"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/bifs"
 	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/cli"
 	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/input"
 	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/output"
-	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/transformers"
 	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/types"
 )
 
-func convert_csv_to_json(fileNames []string) error {
-	options := &cli.TOptions{
+// Put your record-processing logic here.
+func custom_record_processor(irac *types.RecordAndContext) (*types.RecordAndContext, error) {
+	irec := irac.Record
+
+	v := irec.Get("i")
+	if v == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("did not find key \"i\" at filename %s record number %d",
+			irac.Context.FILENAME, irac.Context.FNR,
+		)
+	}
+	v2 := bifs.BIF_times(v, v)
+	irec.PutReference("i2", v2)
+
+	return irac, nil
+}
+
+// Put your various options here.
+func custom_options() *cli.TOptions {
+	return &cli.TOptions{
 		ReaderOptions: cli.TReaderOptions{
 			InputFileFormat: "csv",
 			IFS:             ",",
@@ -26,6 +43,14 @@ func convert_csv_to_json(fileNames []string) error {
 			OutputFileFormat: "json",
 		},
 	}
+}
+
+// This function you don't need to modify.
+func convert_csv_to_json(
+	fileNames []string,
+	options *cli.TOptions,
+	record_processor func (irac *types.RecordAndContext) (*types.RecordAndContext, error),
+) error {
 	outputStream := os.Stdout
 	outputIsStdout := true
 
@@ -41,60 +66,55 @@ func convert_csv_to_json(fileNames []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Set up the channels for the record-reader.
+	readerChannel := make(chan *list.List, 2) // list of *types.RecordAndContext
+	inputErrorChannel := make(chan error, 1)
+	// Not needed in this example
+	readerDownstreamDoneChannel := make(chan bool, 1)
+
 	// Instantiate the record-writer
 	recordWriter, err := output.Create(&options.WriterOptions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	cat, err := transformers.NewTransformerCat(
-		false, // doCounters bool,
-		"",    // counterFieldName string,
-		nil,   // groupByFieldNames []string,
-		false, // doFileName bool,
-		false, // doFileNum bool,
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	recordTransformers := []transformers.IRecordTransformer{cat}
-
-	// Set up the reader-to-transformer and transformer-to-writer channels.
-	readerChannel := make(chan *list.List, 2) // list of *types.RecordAndContext
-	writerChannel := make(chan *list.List, 1) // list of *types.RecordAndContext
-
-	// We're done when a fatal error is registered on input (file not found,
-	// etc) or when the record-writer has written all its output. We use
-	// channels to communicate both of these conditions.
-	inputErrorChannel := make(chan error, 1)
-	doneWritingChannel := make(chan bool, 1)
-	dataProcessingErrorChannel := make(chan bool, 1)
-
-	readerDownstreamDoneChannel := make(chan bool, 1)
-
-	// Start the reader, transformer, and writer. Let them run until fatal input
-	// error or end-of-processing happens.
 	bufferedOutputStream := bufio.NewWriter(outputStream)
 
-	go recordReader.Read(fileNames, *initialContext, readerChannel, inputErrorChannel, readerDownstreamDoneChannel)
-	go transformers.ChainTransformer(readerChannel, readerDownstreamDoneChannel, recordTransformers,
-		writerChannel, options)
-	go output.ChannelWriter(writerChannel, recordWriter, &options.WriterOptions, doneWritingChannel,
-		dataProcessingErrorChannel, bufferedOutputStream, outputIsStdout)
+	// Start the record-reader.
+	go recordReader.Read(
+		fileNames, *initialContext, readerChannel, inputErrorChannel, readerDownstreamDoneChannel)
 
+	// Loop through the record stream.
 	var retval error
 	done := false
 	for !done {
 		select {
+
 		case ierr := <-inputErrorChannel:
 			retval = ierr
 			break
-		case _ = <-dataProcessingErrorChannel:
-			retval = errors.New("exiting due to data error") // details already printed
-			break
-		case _ = <-doneWritingChannel:
-			done = true
+
+		case iracs := <-readerChannel:
+			// Handle the record batch
+			for e := iracs.Front(); e != nil; e = e.Next() {
+				irac := e.Value.(*types.RecordAndContext)
+				if irac.Record != nil {
+					orac, err := record_processor(irac)
+					if err != nil {
+						retval = err
+						done = true
+						break
+					}
+					recordWriter.Write(orac.Record, bufferedOutputStream, outputIsStdout)
+				}
+				if irac.OutputString != "" {
+					fmt.Fprintln(bufferedOutputStream, irac.OutputString)
+				}
+				if irac.EndOfStream {
+					done = true
+				}
+			}
 			break
+
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -104,7 +124,8 @@ func convert_csv_to_json(fileNames []string) error {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	err := convert_csv_to_json(os.Args[1:])
+	options := custom_options()
+	err := convert_csv_to_json(os.Args[1:], options, custom_record_processor)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
 	}
diff --git a/docs/src/miller-as-library/main3.go b/docs/src/miller-as-library/main3.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07d4be50e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/miller-as-library/main3.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"container/list"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/cli"
+	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/input"
+	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/output"
+	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/transformers"
+	"github.com/johnkerl/miller/pkg/types"
+)
+
+func convert_csv_to_json(fileNames []string) error {
+	options := &cli.TOptions{
+		ReaderOptions: cli.TReaderOptions{
+			InputFileFormat: "csv",
+			IFS:             ",",
+			IRS:             "\n",
+			RecordsPerBatch: 1,
+		},
+		WriterOptions: cli.TWriterOptions{
+			OutputFileFormat: "json",
+		},
+	}
+	outputStream := os.Stdout
+	outputIsStdout := true
+
+	// Since Go is concurrent, the context struct needs to be duplicated and
+	// passed through the channels along with each record.
+	initialContext := types.NewContext()
+
+	// Instantiate the record-reader.
+	// RecordsPerBatch is tracked separately from ReaderOptions since join/repl
+	// may use batch size of 1.
+	recordReader, err := input.Create(&options.ReaderOptions, options.ReaderOptions.RecordsPerBatch)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Instantiate the record-writer
+	recordWriter, err := output.Create(&options.WriterOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	cat, err := transformers.NewTransformerCat(
+		false, // doCounters bool,
+		"",    // counterFieldName string,
+		nil,   // groupByFieldNames []string,
+		false, // doFileName bool,
+		false, // doFileNum bool,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	recordTransformers := []transformers.IRecordTransformer{cat}
+
+	// Set up the reader-to-transformer and transformer-to-writer channels.
+	readerChannel := make(chan *list.List, 2) // list of *types.RecordAndContext
+	writerChannel := make(chan *list.List, 1) // list of *types.RecordAndContext
+
+	// We're done when a fatal error is registered on input (file not found,
+	// etc) or when the record-writer has written all its output. We use
+	// channels to communicate both of these conditions.
+	inputErrorChannel := make(chan error, 1)
+	doneWritingChannel := make(chan bool, 1)
+	dataProcessingErrorChannel := make(chan bool, 1)
+
+	readerDownstreamDoneChannel := make(chan bool, 1)
+
+	// Start the reader, transformer, and writer. Let them run until fatal input
+	// error or end-of-processing happens.
+	bufferedOutputStream := bufio.NewWriter(outputStream)
+
+	go recordReader.Read(fileNames, *initialContext, readerChannel, inputErrorChannel, readerDownstreamDoneChannel)
+	go transformers.ChainTransformer(readerChannel, readerDownstreamDoneChannel, recordTransformers,
+		writerChannel, options)
+	go output.ChannelWriter(writerChannel, recordWriter, &options.WriterOptions, doneWritingChannel,
+		dataProcessingErrorChannel, bufferedOutputStream, outputIsStdout)
+
+	var retval error
+	done := false
+	for !done {
+		select {
+		case ierr := <-inputErrorChannel:
+			retval = ierr
+			break
+		case _ = <-dataProcessingErrorChannel:
+			retval = errors.New("exiting due to data error") // details already printed
+			break
+		case _ = <-doneWritingChannel:
+			done = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	bufferedOutputStream.Flush()
+
+	return retval
+}
+
+func main() {
+	err := convert_csv_to_json(os.Args[1:])
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v\n", err)
+	}
+}