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a0760d61
RB		 12002-09-14 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
2
3 * .cvsignore: add stamp-vti.1
4
e99730fc
MV		 52002-08-24 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
6
7 * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Do not distribute guile-api.alist, it
8 can't be built currently.
9
f404387d
TTN		 102002-05-13 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
11
12 * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): New var.
13
500dc6ca
TTN		 142002-05-11 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
15
16 * Makefile.am: Include ../am/maintainer-dirs (in MAINTAINER_MODE).
17 (guile-api.alist, guile-api.alist-FORCE):
18 New rules (in MAINTAINER_MODE).
19
9327b8e6
TTN		 202002-05-09 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
21
22 * groupings.alist: Add copyright and commentary.
23
24 (favorite): Delete this example composite.
25 (embedded-libltdl, gdb, coop, gh, g-fdes, r-fdes, scm, k, POSIX,
26 guile-C-API): New groups.
27
282002-05-08 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
29
30 * groupings.alist: New file.
31
6336047f
TTN		 322002-04-23 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
33
34 * guile-api.alist: Update.
35
dc006627
MV		 362002-04-16 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
37
38 * Makefile.am (dist-hook): Simplified to not use "cd"; now it
39 works for relative pathnames in $(distdir).
40
21550b10
RB		 412002-04-10 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
42
43 * .cvsignore: add version-tutorial.texi, version.texi, and
44 stamp-vti1.
45
547ba688
TTN		 462002-03-01 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
47
48 * guile-api.alist: Update.
49
b45898ca
NJ		 502001-08-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
51
52 * mltext.texi (Guile Character Properties): Fix `hexidecimal'
53 spelling errors (merge from stable branch).
54
55 * AUTHORS: Removed. Authorship information for each manual is now
56 in the top-level Texinfo file for that manual.
57
11ca8865
NJ		 582001-08-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
59
60 * Makefile.am: Split documentation into per-manual subdirectories.
61
88176879
MD		 622001-08-22 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
63
64 * scheme-options.texi (Evaluator trap options): Splitted
65 section "Evaluator options".
66
67 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Evaluator Behaviour): Typo "reader
68 options" --> "evaluator options".
69
8098fca9
RB		 702001-08-17 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
71
72 * Makefile.am (guile_tut_TEXINFOS): remove guile-tut.texi. It's
73 already in info_TEXINFOS.
74
75 * .cvsignore: rename stamp-vti1 to stamp-vti.1. Of course this
76 only matters once you fix the bug in automake.
77
3524efbc
NJ		 782001-08-02 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
79
80 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Improve `make-stack' doc by
81 explaining cutting args.
82
61921779
RB		 832001-07-19 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
84
85 * posix.texi (Signals): add docs for setitimer and getitimer.
86
a7c0d85c
GH		 872001-07-11 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
88
89 * scheme-evaluation.texi: Added `load-from-path'. Corrected `load':
90 it doesn't use the load paths.
547ba688 91
04e3da4f
MG		 922001-07-04 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
93
94 * scheme-data.texi (Hook Reference): Removed documentation for
95 `make-hook-with-name', which does note exist. Added note about
96 unspecified return values to all procedure documentation
97
166882e1
MG		 982001-07-02 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
99
100 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Fold and Map): Documented extended
101 versions of `map' and `for-each'.
102
e9566a8e
MG		 1032001-06-30 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
104
105 * preface.texi (Manual Conventions): Added description of
106 @result{} and @print{}.
107
108 * scheme-data.texi (Hash Table Examples): New subsubsection.
547ba688 109
78c51768
MG		 1102001-06-30 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
111
112 * scheme-data.texi (Hash Tables): Added docs for
113 `make-hash-table'.
114
c2537425
MG		 1152001-06-29 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
116
117 * misc-modules.texi: New file.
118 (Pretty Printing): New chapter.
119 (Formatted Output): New chapter.
120
121 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added misc-modules.texi.
122
123 * guile.texi (Top): Added inclusion of misc-modules.texi.
124
125 * scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules): Added (srfi
126 srfi-4) and (ice-9 rw) modules.
127 (Module System Quirks): Removed note that `module-export!' must be
128 called via gh_eval_str, now that we have scm_c_export.
129
130 * repl-modules.texi (Loading Readline Support, Readline Options):
131 New nodes.
132
02d9f388
NJ		 1332001-06-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
134
135 * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Grammar fix -
136 thanks to Christopher Cramer!
137
c34f5274
MG		 1382001-06-27 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
139
140 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-4): Added documentation for the new
141 module (srfi srfi-4).
142
d95c0b76
NJ		 1432001-06-26 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
144
145 * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Refer to scm_mem2string
146 instead of scm_makfromstr.
147
36284627
DH		 1482001-06-26 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
149
150 * oldfmt.c (scm_oldfmt): Use scm_mem2string instead of
151 scm_makfromstr.
152
fbcd68ab
NJ		 1532001-06-25 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
154
155 * gh.texi (GH deprecation): Remove paragraph about portability.
156
157 * extend.texi (Libguile Intro): Updated following Marius'
158 suggestions.
159
4172703a
MV		 1602001-06-25 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
161
162 * Makefile.am (version.texi, version-tutorial.texi): Removed
163 kluges to build them unconditionally.
164
0c02b408
NJ		 1652001-06-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
166
167 * gh.texi (scm transition summary): New node for summary of how to
168 transition from GH to scm interface.
169 (GH): Link to new node.
fbcd68ab
NJ		 170 (Calling Scheme procedures from C): Remove doc for gh_set_car and
171 gh_set_cdr, which don't actually exist.
172 (Data types and constants defined by gh): Correct
173 SCM_UNSPECIFIED/SCM_UNDEFINED confusion.
174 (Calling Scheme procedures from C): Correct SCM_EOL/SCM_UNDEFINED
175 confusion.
0c02b408 176
a0143ebc
NJ		 1772001-06-20 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
178
179 * guile.texi (Top): Move GH chapter to end of Part V.
180
181 * extend.texi (Libguile Intro), gh.texi (GH deprecation): Explain
182 deprecation of GH and broad plan for documentation of scm
183 interface.
184
39e30745
MG		 1852001-06-18 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
186
187 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1): Completed procedure documentation.
188
189 * scheme-data.texi (List Constructors): Added make-list.
190 Added type index entries for all data types.
191
1922001-06-15 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
193
194 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1): New section documenting the SRFI-1
195 module.
196
1972001-06-14 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
198
199 * scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules): Added reference to
200 (srfi srfi-1) module.
201
eb6c2de8
MV		 2022001-06-16 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
203
204 * posix.texi (Conventions): Use `system-error-errno' instead of
205 explicit code
206
4bcdfe46
GH		 2072001-06-04 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
208
547ba688 209 * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): added
4bcdfe46
GH		 210 write-string/partial, updated read-string!/partial.
211
cee2ed4f
MG		 2122001-05-30 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
213
214 * General: A lot of typo, texinfo markup and layout corrections.
215
216 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Clarified docs for - and /.
217 (String Modification): Removed docs for C functions
218 (scm_substring_move_right_x etc.)
219 (Keyword Procedures): New section documenting the keyword
220 procedures from boot-9.scm.
221 (Vectors): Moved the section before the non-standard data types.
222
223 * data-rep.texi (Defining New Types (Smobs)): Adapted description
224 of smobs and proocedure creation to new terminology.
225 (Describing a New Type): Removed mentioning of
226 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe from smob function list and added
227 deprecation notice for this function.
228 (Creating Instances): Added description and macro docs for smobs
229 with 2 or 3 data cells.
230 (Garbage Collecting Smobs): Removed old docs for SCM_GCTYP16.
231 (Garbage Collecting Simple Smobs): Added some clarification about
232 usage and usefulness.
233 (Non-immediate Datatypes): Changed R4RS reference to R5RS.
234 (Vector Data): Document type-specific accessors.
235
236
92905faf
MG		 2372001-05-23 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
238
239 * guile.texi: Commented out menu entry and inclusion of Tcl/Tk
240 stuff.
241
242 * indices.texi: Users are advised to look under C and Scheme
243 names, xref to transformation rules added.
244
245 * intro.texi, scheme-modules.texi, scheme-ideas.texi,
246 scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
247 Fixed most REFFIXMEs.
248
249 * srfi-modules.texi (About SRFI Usage): New node.
250 (SRFI-0): Extended.
251 Fixed all REFFIXMEs.
252
7215d65e
NJ		 2532001-05-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
254
255 * posix.texi (Networking): Split existing material into new nodes
256 `Network Address Conversion' and `Network Databases'.
257
258 * scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch): Update doc for new constraint
259 that lazy-catch handlers are not allowed to return.
260
d579d165
RB		 2612001-05-16 Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
262
263 * scheme-options.texi (Install Config): fixed minor-version docs
264 and added micro-version docs.
265
230712c9
NJ		 2662001-05-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
267
268 * data-rep.texi, srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-14 Iterating Over
269 Character Sets), scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing),
270 scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch), scheme-procedures.texi (Internal
271 Macros): Add @bullet to @itemize usages. (Thanks for Masao
272 Uebayashi for the bug report!)
273
fb02eb66
MG		 2742001-05-15 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
275
276 * scripts.texi (Invoking Guile): Added docs for --use-srfi.
277
278 * expect.texi, repl-modules.texi: Start the chapters with a new
279 page.
280
281 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Added note about supported feature
282 identifiers and an example. Start the chapter with a new page.
283
284 * srfi-modules.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-control.texi,
285 scheme-binding.texi, repl-modules.texi, posix.texi, intro.texi,
286 scheme-utility.texi: Change `--' to `-' throughout.
287
554901a3
MG		 2882001-05-14 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
289
290 * srfi-13-14.texi: Removed.
291
292 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13): Merged SRFI-13 docs into SRFI
293 chapter.
294 (SRFI-14): Merged SRFI-14 too.
295
296 * guile.texi (Top): Remove inclusion of obsolete SRFI-13/14 file.
297
298 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): New section.
299 (SRFI-16): New section.
547ba688 300
554901a3
MG		 301 Change `--' to `-' throughout.
302
0281752f
TTN		 3032001-05-13 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
304
a8b56291
TTN		 305 * intro.texi, scheme-modules.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
306 Fixup some module-related references.
307
0281752f
TTN		 308 * scheme-modules.texi (Modules): Remove "babbling" fixme.
309 (The Guile module system): Rewrite intro.
310 (General Information about Modules): Rewrite some parts.
311 Move problems to "Module System Quirks".
312 (Using Guile Modules): Renamed from "Loading Guile Modules".
313 Rewrite most parts.
314 Remove reivewme comment.
315 (Creating Guile Modules): Review, touch up.
316 Remove "Tkintr" comment.
317 (Module System Quirks): New node/subsection.
318
90b7e69a
TTN		 3192001-05-06 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
320
321 * intro.texi (Using Guile Modules): Review; remove reviewme
322 comment. Expand `GUILE_LOAD_PATH' blurb; add small example.
323 (Reporting Bugs): Review; remove reviewme comment.
324 Reword some phrases; add texi markup.
325 Add suggestion to include `guile-config info' output.
326 Update gdb invocation; add fixme question.
327
725fd980
NJ		 3282001-05-05 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
329
3777a9d3
NJ		 330 * AUTHORS: Added Martin Grabmueller.
331
725fd980
NJ		 332 * scheme-procedures.texi (Macros, Syntax Rules, Internal Macros):
333 New material.
334 (Syntax Case): New node, but currently empty.
335
336 * scheme-data.texi (Booleans, Symbols): Supply cross-references.
337
7a095584
NJ		 3382001-05-04 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
339
340 * new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, scheme-control.texi,
341 scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
342 scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
343 Automatic docstring updates (mostly argument name updates and
344 blank lines).
345
346 * scheme-modules.texi: Change double hyphens to single.
90b7e69a 347
7a095584
NJ		 348 * scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch): Completed.
349
350 * posix.texi (Network Databases and Address Conversion): New
351 subsubsection `IPv6 Address Conversion'.
352
f92a9df0
TTN		 3532001-05-04 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
354
355 * preface.texi (iff): Use proper texi markup.
356 Thanks to Florian Weimer.
357
76f944c3
MG		 3582001-05-04 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
359
360 * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): Moved the
361 documentation for read-string!/partial from the node `Reading'.
362
363 * scheme-data.texi (List/String Conversion): Added docstring for
364 `string-split'.
365
fc8529c7
MG		 3662001-05-02 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
367
368 * srfi-13-14.texi: Added @bullet to various @itemize lists.
369
370 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI Support): New file and chapter.
371
372 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added repl-modules.texi and
373 srfi-modules.texi.
374
375 * guile.texi (Top): New menu entries for the new chapters.
376 (Top): @includes for the new chapters.
377 (Top): New menu entry for `SRFI Support', @include for
378 `srfi-modules.texi'.
379
380 * repl-modules.texi: New file.
381 (Readline Support): New chapter for (ice-9 readline).
382 (Value History): New chapter for (ice-9 history).
383
0892b63b
MG		 3842001-05-02 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
385
386 * scheme-modules.texi (Dynamic Libraries): Renamed from `Dynamic
387 Linking from Marius''.
388 (The Guile module system): Removed obsolete naming convention.
389 (Loading Guile Modules, Creating Guile Modules),
390 (More Module Procedures, Included Guile Modules): New nodes, split
391 from `The Guile module system'.
392 (The Guile module system): Changed references to (ice-9 slib) to
393 (ice-9 popen), because note everybody has SLIB installed.
394 (Included Guile Modules): Added a bunch of modules shipped with
395 Guile.
396
397 (Dynamic Libraries): (old version) Removed.
398
399 * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): Corrected
400 capitalization, so it builds again.
401
e200c20f
GH		 4022001-05-01 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
403
404 * scheme-io.texi: Removed obsolete section Binary IO. Added
405 new section Block Reading and Writing. Updated section
406 Line/Delimited with module usage.
407
370babab
NJ		 4082001-04-29 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
409
d72691f2
NJ		 410 * deprecated.texi (Tags): Removed - deprecation expired.
411
412 * scheme-io.texi (Random Access): Removed `fseek' - deprecation
413 expired.
414
370babab 415 * guile.texi (Top): Add menu entry for Manual Conventions node.
f92a9df0 416
370babab
NJ		 4172001-04-28 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
418
419 * THANKS: Move authorship bit into AUTHORS, simplify structure,
420 add Dirk Herrmann.
421
422 * AUTHORS, guile.texi, guile-tut.texi, goops.texi, Makefile.am:
423 Consolidate authorship information in AUTHORS file, and @include
424 AUTHORS from the top level source file for each manual.
425
255b50e0
TTN		 4262001-04-28 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
427
428 * preface.texi (Manual Conventions): New chapter.
429
c59ef9c1
MG		 4302001-04-26 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
431
432 * srfi-13-14.texi (Reverse/Append): Updated procedure names for
433 string-concatenate-reverse[/shared].
434 (Reverse/Append): Document the parameter `end' to
435 string-concatenate-reverse.
436
bd5e6840
NJ		 4372001-04-26 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
438
439 * data-rep.texi (Defining New Types (Smobs)): Use non-deprecated
440 smob interface. Thanks to Masao Uebayashi for the patch!
441 (Creating Instances): Don't need SCM_NIMP anymore.
442
253081cf
MV		 4432001-04-25 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
444
445 * guile.1: New file, from Robert Merkel and Rob Browning.
446 * Makefile.am (man_MANS, EXTRADIST): Added, but still commented
447 out: install and distribute the manpage. It is not yet installed
448 or distributed since we don't have Robert's papers yet.
449
b516a720
NJ		 4502001-04-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
451
452 * guile-tut.texi: Include version-tutorial.texi rather than
453 version.texi.
454
455 * Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/version-tutorial.texi): New target, to
456 avoid having two files both include version.texi.
457
612943c6
MG		 4582001-04-24 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
459
460 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added srfi-13-14.texi.
461
462 * srfi-13-14.texi: New file documenting SRFI-13/14.
463
464 * guile.texi (Top): Added the SRFI-13/14 menu entry and @include.
465
006064ce
NJ		 4662001-04-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
467
72ad43dc
NJ		 468 * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Automatic
469 docstring updates for `socket' and `connect'. (For IPV6 support.)
470
8c34cf5b
NJ		 471 * scheme-io.texi: Remove old docstring comments referring to
472 r4rs.scm.
473
474 * appendices.texi (The Basic Guile Package, Packages not shipped
475 with Guile), env.texi (Switching to Environments), format.texi
476 (Format Specification), gh.texi
477 (Executing Scheme code, Calling Scheme procedures from C),
478 guile-tut.texi (How to characterize Guile), scheme-data.texi
479 (Symbols, Keywords, Keyword Read Syntax, Append/Reverse),
480 scheme-evaluation.texi (Delayed Evaluation), scheme-modules.texi
481 (Scheme and modules), scheme-io.texi (Soft Ports): Change R4RS
482 references to R5RS.
483
63f412c2 484 * r4rs.texi: Removed.
255b50e0 485
63f412c2
NJ		 486 * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Remove r4rs.
487
b9bf148f
NJ		 488 * README: Note removal of r4rs, and provide a reference.
489
006064ce
NJ		 490 * scheme-control.texi (Exceptions): Extended documentation.
491 (Continuations): Correct "except" typo, and fix reference to
492 Exceptions node. Plus minor review changes.
493
0447f5c9
NJ		 4942001-04-20 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
495
496 * scheme-control.texi (Exceptions): Reorganized and extended
497 existing documentation; more to come.
498
ee756534
MG		 4992001-04-20 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
500
501 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Comments): Document normal comments and
502 comment conventions.
503 (Block Comments): Documented multiline comments.
504 (Case Sensitivity): Documented R5RS and Guile behaviour and how to
505 switch it off.
506
507 * scheme-control.texi (Continuations): Added some documentation
508 for call/cc.
509 (Exceptions): Added xref to `Continuations'.
510
511 * scheme-binding.texi (Binding Reflection): Typo fix.
512
a26fb67d
NJ		 5132001-04-20 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
514
ffda6093
NJ		 515 * gh.texi (Executing Scheme code): gh_eval_file returns
516 SCM_UNSPECIFIED. Thanks to Dirk for the report!
517
518 * data-rep.texi (Non-immediate Datatypes, Immediates vs
519 Non-immediates): Emphasize current rather than pre-1.4 practice
520 when talking about not needing to call SCM_NIMP.
521
a26fb67d
NJ		 522 * recipe-guidelines.txt: New file: guidelines for contributions to
523 the Guile Recipes manual.
524
2da0d971
MG		 5252001-04-20 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
526
527 * intro.texi (Using Guile Modules): Wrote intro to using modules.
528 (Writing New Modules): New intro for writing modules.
529 (Reporting Bugs): Added info about what is a bug and what to
530 include in a bug report (taken and adapted from the Emacs
531 Reference Manual).
532
65f7a650
MG		 5332001-04-19 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
534
535 * scheme-control.texi (while do): Added documentation for named
536 let.
537
538 * scheme-binding.texi (Internal Definitions): New explanation of
539 `Internal Definitions'.
540 (Top Level): Documented behaviour of top level definitions.
541 (Binding Constructs): New introductory text.
542 (Local Bindings): Explain concept of local bindings. Document
543 let, let* and letrec.
544
5452001-04-18 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
546
547 * scheme-modules.texi (Modules): Added menu descriptions.
548 (Scheme and modules, The Guile module system): Some whitespace
549 cleanup
550 (The Guile module system): Layout fixes, docstring fix for
551 `define-module'.
552
da54ce85
MG		 5532001-04-17 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
554
555 * scheme-control.texi (Multiple Values): Documented concept of
556 multiple values, added docs for `receive'.
557 (begin): Documented `begin'.
558 (if cond case): Documented `if', `cond' and `case'.
559 (and or): Documented `and' and `or'.
560 (while do): Documented `do' and `while'.
561
562 * scheme-procedures.texi (Optional Arguments): Split the node,
563 added introductory text, added menu for subsections.
564 (let-optional Reference, let-keywords Reference),
565 (lambda* Reference, define* Reference): Added syntax documentation
566 for all exported procedures from (ice-9 optargs).
567
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569
570 * scheme-utility.texi (General Conversion): New node, added
571 `object->string'.
572 (Equality): Added definition and explanation of `sameness'.
573
574 * posix.texi (System Identification): Added `gethostname' and
575 `sethostname'.
576 (Processes): Added `setpriority' and `getpriority'.
577 (User Information): Added `cuserid' and `getlogin'.
578 (Ports and File Descriptors): Added `flock'.
579 (Processes): Added `chroot'.
580 (File System): Added `mkstemp!'.
581 (Encryption): New node, added `crypt' and `getpass'.
582
583 * new-docstrings.texi: Moved several docstrings over to the
584 reference manual (see above which).
585
586 * scheme-data.texi (Data Types), (Numerical Tower): Add explicit
587 @bullet to @itemize to satisfy older `makeinfo'.
588
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590
591 * data-rep.texi (Signalling Type Errors): Update SCM_ASSERT doc
592 for recent changes to disallow passing a string parameter as the
593 `pos'. Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the patch!
594
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596
597 * data-rep.texi (Unpacking the SCM type): New section, taken from
598 Dirk Herrmann's description of SCM and scm_bits_t in api.txt.
599 (Immediate Datatypes, Non-immediate Datatypes): Remove obsolete
600 notes about needing to call SCM_NIMP.
601
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603
604 * scheme-procedures.texi (Procedures with Setters): Fix dvi
605 building syntax error. Thanks to Dale P. Smith for the report and
606 patch.
607
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609
610 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Arbiters): New explanatory text.
611 (Asyncs): New explanations and documentation.
612 (Scheduling): Added menu entry descriptions.
613 (Fluids): New documentation.
614
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616
617 * scheme-procedures.texi (Lambda): Documented the lambda form.
618 (Procedure Properties): Concept and usage explanation added.
619 (Procedures with Setters): Explain by example, introduce
620 definitions.
621
622 * scheme-data.texi (Symbols and Variables): Split and reorganized
623 this section.
624 (Symbols): New introductory text.
625 (Characters): Added char-ci* procedures to rn index.
626
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628
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NJ		 629 * scm.texi (Handling Errors): Improve Texinfo markup. Thanks to
630 Dale P. Smith for the patch!
631
2b6aab94
NJ		 632 * api.txt (Accessing Cell Entries): Fix typo.
633
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635
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NJ		 636 * deprecated.texi (Shared And Read Only Strings): New section for
637 deprecated string stuff. I've also updated the text a bit to
638 reflect current usage of "read only" strings.
639
640 * scheme-data.texi (Shared Substrings, Read Only Strings): Moved
641 to deprecated.texi.
642
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644 scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
645 scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
646 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
647 scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi,
648 scheme-utility.texi: Remove `@c docstring' comments, since they
649 aren't used any more by the docstring tracking utilities.
650
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652
653 * scheme-data.texi (Pairs): New data type and procedure
654 description.
655 (Lists): Added new subsections for grouping the list procedures.
656 (Hooks): Added new nodes for hook subsections.
657 (String Syntax): New node, factoring out read syntax.
658 (Strings): Some blurb about allowed characters, zero-termination
659 etc.
660 (Keywords): Added menu descriptions.
661
6622001-04-08 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
663
664 * scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index): Print index `rn', not `r5'.
665
666 * guile.texi: The index formerly known as `r5' is now called `rn'.
667
668 * scheme-utility.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-io.texi,
669 scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi:
670 Changed all @r5index entries to @rnindex.
671
6722001-04-06 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
673
674 * scheme-data.texi (Hooks): Added hook description and
675 constraints.
676
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678
679 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
680 procedures): Replace some instances of `@var' with `@code'.
681
682 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
683 procedures): Rewrite.
684
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686
687 * scheme-data.texi (Alphabetic Case Mapping),
688 (String Comparison): Rearranged function order.
689 (Vectors): Reorganized, new introductory text, docs about read
690 syntax.
691
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693
694 * scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
695 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-control.texi,
696 scheme-utility.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
697 scheme-data.texi: Removed a lot of ARGFIXME's after tweaking
698 docstrings and C source.
699
700 * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-data.texi,
701 posix.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
702 scheme-memory.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
703 scheme-scheduling.texi: Automated docstring merging.
704
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706
707 * data-rep.texi (Immediates vs. Non-immediates): Update
708 out-of-date documentation. (Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the
709 report!)
710 (Immediates vs Non-immediates): Renamed without the dot, since the
711 dot causes `info' not to be able to display this node!
712
713 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add in a few more source files
714 that had got left out.
715
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717
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NJ		 718 * scheme-reading.texi (Further Reading): Add bullets to further
719 reading list.
720
721 * gh.texi: Insert page break before chapter. Remove page breaks
722 within the chapter.
723
724 * Makefile.am: Add script-getopt.texi.
725
726 * guile.texi (Top): Include and link to new script-getopt.texi
727 chapter.
728
729 * script-getopt.texi: New chapter on command line handling.
730 (Written and contributed by Martin Grabmueller, revised by me.)
731
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NJ		 732 * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Fix typo.
733
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735
736 * scheme-data.texi (Strings): Reorganized the whole `Strings'
737 section and wrote introductory material for each new subsection.
738
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740
741 * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Some short text about
742 dynamic libraries and modules.
743
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745
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NJ		 746 * intro.texi (Writing Extensions for Guile), scheme-data.texi
747 (Lists): Fix typos.
748
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NJ		 749 * guile-tut.texi, ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial: Added to CVS. It
750 seems that I somehow missed these out when I moved everything from
751 guile-doc to guile-core.
752
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NJ		 753 * posix.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
754 scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
755
756 * new-docstrings.texi: New file. Holds snarfed docstrings that
757 have not yet been incorporated into the reference manual.
758
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760
761 * scheme-options.texi (Evaluator options): Added evaluator
762 options, corrected docs for evaluator trap options.
763
764 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Scheme Read): New docs for read-options,
765 read-enable, read-disable and read-set! and cross references to
766 option nodes.
767 (Evaluator Options): New docs for eval-options, eval-enable,
768 eval-disable and eval-set!, traps, trap-enable, trap-disable and
769 trap-set! and cross references to option nodes.
770 (Evaluator Behaviour): Renamed node from `Evaluator options' to
771 avoid name clash.
772
773 * scheme-io.texi (String Ports): Added docs for SRFI-6 procedures.
774 (Void Ports): Corrected introductory comment.
775
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777
778 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Documented the arithmetic
779 procedures.
780 (Integer Operations): Added documentation.
781 (Comparison): Added documentation.
782 (Complex): Added documentation.
783 (Symbols and Variables): Comment out `builtin-bindings', which is
784 removed according to NEWS.
785 (Pairs): Added documentation.
786
787 * scheme-io.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
788 procedures.
789 (File Ports): New docs for `call-with-input-file',
790 `call-with-output-file', `with-input-from-file',
791 `with-output-to-file', `with-error-to-file'.
792
793 * scheme-control.texi, scheme-utility.texi,
794 * scheme-procedures.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
795 procedures.
796
797 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Added documentation for
798 `apply'. Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS procedures.
799
800 * scheme-data.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
801 procedures. Removed R5RS index entries for `ass{q,v,occ}-set!'.
802 Removed explicit entries into the function entries. They are
803 automagic.
804 (Vectors): Added documentation for `make-vector', `vector-ref' and
805 `vector-set!'.
806
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808
809 * intro.texi: Changed to reflect current practice better. Added
810 stuff about writing Guile Extensions (aka dynamically loaded
811 shared libraries).
812
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814
815 * goops.texi (VERSION): Bumped to version 0.3.
816
7d435120 817 * goops-tutorial.texi, goops.texi: Updated to reflect new
04426527
MD		 818 define-method syntax.
819
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821
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NJ		 822 * Makefile.am: Change HTML to HTMLDOC, now that we're part of a
823 wider distribution.
824
c2dc2842
NJ		 825 Moving documentation files from guile-doc and guile-doc into
826 guile-core/doc:
4aa8647c
NJ		 827
828 * env.texi, indices.texi, mbapi.texi, mltext.texi, scripts.texi,
829 scsh.texi, tcltk.texi, hierarchy.txt, scheme-indices.texi,
830 slib.texi, deprecated.texi, scheme-binding.texi, appendices.texi,
831 scheme-intro.texi, goops.texi, extend.texi, gh.texi, intro.texi,
832 preface.texi, scm.texi, goops-tutorial.texi, hierarchy.eps,
833 r4rs.texi, r5rs.texi, texinfo.tex, scheme-reading.texi,
834 data-rep.texi, scheme-utility.texi, posix.texi,
835 scheme-control.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
836 scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
837 scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
838 scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi, guile.texi,
9cca936f
NJ		 839 scheme-data.texi, scheme-ideas.texi, expect.texi,
840 ChangeLog-guile-doc-ref, guile-tut.texi,
c2dc2842
NJ		 841 ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial, AUTHORS, BUGS, NEWS, THANKS: New
842 files.
9cca936f 843
c2dc2842 844 * .cvsignore, Makefile.am, README: Merged.
4aa8647c 845
c2dc2842 846 * sources: New subdirectory.
a8944ae1 847
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NJ		 848 Both the following files are about to be replaced by files from
849 guile-doc/ref.
a8944ae1 850
da00aada
NJ		 851 * texinfo.tex: Removed.
852
4bc59ee7
NJ		 853 * data-rep.texi: Removed.
854
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856
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NJ		 857 * README: Explain retirement of `data-rep.texi'.
858
859 * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS, data_rep_TEXINFOS): Removed.
860
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NJ		 861 * data-rep.texi: Replace this copy of data-rep.texi with a notice
862 indicating that it has been retired. The master copy of
863 data-rep.texi is at guile-doc/ref/data-rep.texi.
864
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866
867 * data-rep.texi: Use SCM_SMOB_DATA instead of SCM_CDR. Also
868 things like SCM_SMOB_PREDICATE and SCM_NEWSMOB. Thanks to Dale
869 P. Smith!
870
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872
873 * mop.text: Preliminary documentation of the GOOPS meta object
874 protocol.
875
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877
878 * data-rep.texi (Garbage Collection): Fix "accomodate" spelling
879 mistake.
a8944ae1 880
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DH		 8812000-06-30 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
882
883 * data-rep.tex: Removed documentation for SCM_OUTOFRANGE.
884
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886
887 * data-rep.texi: Center discussion around the standard interface
888 for smob type creation (scm_make_smob_type) and warn about the
889 ongoing discussion which may result in deprecating
890 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe in next release of Guile.
891
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893
894 * data-rep.texi: Updated the macro names for operating on
895 characters.
896
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DH		 8972000-03-22 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
898
899 * api.txt: Added a first attempt for a description of the newly
900 designed low level API.
901
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903
904 * Makefile.am (version.texi): Override automake's rule for
905 version.texi so that it gets created even in non-maintainer-mode.
906
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GB		 907Thu Jan 20 13:00:18 2000 Greg J. Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
908
909 * version.texi, stamp-vti: Removed -- these are auto-generated.
910
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912
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MD		 913 * Makefile.am (dist-hook): Updated to include oldfmt.c in
914 distribution archive.
915
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MD		 916 * README: Updated with note about oldfmt.c.
917
918 * oldfmt.c: New file: Used by application writers to adapt to
919 new-style error format strings.
920
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GH		 9211999-12-06 Gary Houston <ghouston@freewire.co.uk>
922
923 * data-rep.texi: change dircategory to match change in guile-doc
924 and scm.
925
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JB		 9261999-10-05 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
927
928 * Makefile.in: Deleted from CVS repository. Run the autogen.sh
929 script to create generated files like this one.
930
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932
933 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
934
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936
937 * data-rep.texi: Updated SMOB docs to talk about
938 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, SCM_RETURN_NEWSMOB, SCM_NEWSMOB function
939 and macros.
a8944ae1 940
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942
943 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
944
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JB		 9451998-10-19 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
946
947 * COPYING: New file.
948 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
949
950 * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES): List example-smob/COPYING.
951 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
952
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954
955 * Makefile.in: Regenerated, after change to qthreads.m4.
956
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JB		 9571998-10-15 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
958
959 * stamp-vti: Regenerated.
960
961 * hacks.el: Some handy helper functions for working on the manual.
962
963 * data-rep.texi: Extended to accomodate a full running example,
964 provided with the manual.
965 * example-smob: A new subdirectory, containing example files for
966 the manual chapter on smobs.
967 * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES, dist-hook): New variable and
968 target, to get the example-smob directory into the distribution.
969 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
a8944ae1 970
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972
973 * .cvsignore: New file, containing data-rep.info. I'm not sure
974 whether we want to check this file into CVS, because it's
975 generated; if you find compelling reasons it should be, let me
976 know.
977
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979
980 * New directory for documentation.
981 * README: New file.
982 * data-rep.texi: It's not a real manual, but it's better than
983 nothing.
984 * Makefile.am, Makefile.in, data-rep.info, data-rep.texi,
985 mdate-sh, stamp-vti, texinfo.tex, version.texi: The usual support
986 files.
Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository.