Index: trunk/src/view.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/view.c	(revision 21332)
+++ trunk/src/view.c	(revision 21333)
@@ -330,6 +330,23 @@
 	return view_load_post(ctx);
 }
 
+void *pcb_view_load_start_file(FILE *f)
+{
+	int c;
+	load_ctx_t *ctx = malloc(sizeof(load_ctx_t));
+
+	ctx->doc = lht_dom_init();
+
+	while((c = fgetc(f)) != EOF) {
+		lht_err_t err = lht_dom_parser_char(ctx->doc, c);
+		if ((err != LHTE_SUCCESS) && (err != LHTE_STOP)) {
+			pcb_view_load_end(ctx);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	return view_load_post(ctx);
+}
+
 #define LOADERR "Error loading view: "
 
 static void pcb_view_load_objs(pcb_view_t *dst, int grp, lht_node_t *olist)
Index: trunk/src/view.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/view.h	(revision 21332)
+++ trunk/src/view.h	(revision 21333)
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #ifndef PCB_VIEW_H
 #define PCB_VIEW_H
 
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <genlist/gendlist.h>
 #include <genvector/gds_char.h>
 #include "unit.h"
@@ -126,8 +127,10 @@
 
 /*** Load a serialized view (or list of views) ***/
 
-/* Parse a serialized string into memory; returns a load_ctx or NULL on error */
+/* Parse a serialized string/file into memory; returns a load_ctx or NULL on
+   error. Does not close the file. */
 void *pcb_view_load_start_str(const char *src);
+void *pcb_view_load_start_file(FILE *f);
 
 /* Load the next item from load_ctx; returns NULL on error if there are no
    more items. If dst is not NULL, it's returned on success; else a newly