Doc clarification from tomas@fabula.de.
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12003-04-26 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
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3 * data-rep.texi (Describing a New Type): Clarify that
4 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe is deprecated. (Thanks to
5 tomas@fabula.de.)
6
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7 * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Remove scm_sysmissing,
8 long since gone from libguile. (Thanks to Kevin Ryde.)
9
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102003-04-05 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
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12 * preface.texi: Reflect change to LGPL.
13
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142003-03-27 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
15
16 * scheme-io.texi (Reading): clarify character ordering in port for
17 unread-string.
18
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192003-03-07 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
20
21 * guile.texi: change MANUAL_EDITION to MANUAL-EDITION so we don't
22 choke TeX (thanks to Dale P. Smith).
23
24 * preface.texi: change MANUAL_EDITION to MANUAL-EDITION so we
25 don't choke TeX (thanks to Dale P. Smith).
26
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272003-01-02 Mikael Djurfeldt <djurfeldt@nada.kth.se>
28
29 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Low level thread primitives): Fixed typo
30 in broadcast-condition-variable.
31
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322002-12-08 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
33
34 * scheme-options.texi (Build Config): add effective-version docs.
35
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362002-11-17 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
37
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38 Applied patches from Stephen Compall as follows. (Thanks!)
39
40 2002-11-06 Stephen Compall <rushing@sigecom.net>
41
42 * posix.texi: Changed quotes to match Texinfo expectations.
43
44 Added references to the glibc manual.
45
46 Used proper Texinfo text marking for many keywords, such as @code,
47 @samp, @env, @var.
48
49 Fixed argument metasyntactic variable references in
50 file-manipulation section so the usage in the descriptions matches
51 the usage in the declarations.
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52
53 2002-10-26 Stephen Compall <rushing@sigecom.net>
54
55 * scheme-data.texi: Addition and change of many Texinfo tags,
56 particularly usage of @var and @samp, as well as reformatting of
57 some lists into tables and usage of @result.
58
59 Notes about some things I didn't understand, as well as a
60 missing section on non-control characters.
61
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622002-10-27 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
63
64 * scheme-modules.texi (Environments): only available when
65 (ice-9 r5rs) is used.
66 * scsh.texi (The Scheme shell (scsh)): current url is www.scsh.net.
67
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682002-10-27 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
69
70 * scheme-scheduling.texi: Updated mutex and condition varable
71 functions.
72
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732002-10-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
74
75 * debugging.texi (Debugging Features): Rewritten.
76
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772002-10-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
78
79 * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-binding.texi, scheme-io.texi,
80 scheme-scheduling.texi, posix.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
81
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822002-10-14 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
83
84 * intro.texi (Whirlwind Tour): Added pointer to examples
85 directory.
86
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872002-10-10 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
88
89 * scheme-scheduling.texi (System Asyncs): Updated.
90
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912002-10-07 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
92
93 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Asyncs): Updated.
94 * posix.texi (sigaction): Updated.
95
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962002-10-03 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
97
98 * posix.texi (Processes), scheme-options.texi (Common Feature
99 Symbols): Refer to provided? rather than deprecated feature?.
100
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1012002-10-03 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
102
103 * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Updated.
104 (Writing your own snarfing macros): New.
105
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1062002-09-25 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
107
108 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Make sections into nodes.
109 (Debugging Options): Node removed.
110
111 * scheme-options.texi (Feature Tracking): Brought forward before
112 sections on options.
113 (Runtime Options): New section, to group options-related nodes.
114
1152002-09-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
116
117 * scheme-options.texi (Options and Config): Chapter name changed,
118 and intro text improved.
119 (Install Config): Brought forward, and renamed Build
120 Configuration.
121
122 The following doc updates are from Ian Sheldon - thanks!
123
124 * scheme-data.texi (Appending Strings, Regexp Functions, Match
125 Structures): Add examples.
126 (Regular Expressions): Add instruction to use (ice-9 regex)
127 module.
128
129 * slib.texi (SLIB): Remove duplicate `the'.
130
1312002-09-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
132
133 * scheme-options.texi (General option interface): Mention
134 eval-options-interface and debug-options-interface.
135
136 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): New node describing source
137 properties.
138
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1392002-09-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
140
141 * scheme-utility.texi (Hook Reference): Improvements to hook docs.
142 Thanks to Thien-Thi Nguyen for the patches.
143
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1442002-09-16 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
145
146 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Props): It's "set-symbol-property!",
147 not "set-symbol-property". Thanks to Pieter Pareit!
148
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1492002-09-15 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
150
151 * scheme-data.texi: Tell them to use 'provided?' instead of
152 '*feaures*'.
153
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1542002-09-09 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
155
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156 * scheme-ideas.texi (Creating a Procedure): Fixed typo. Thanks to
157 Pieter Pareit!
158
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159 * intro.texi: Updated GNu ftp server name. Use "-lguile" instead
160 of "libguile.a". Some small fixes/improvements.
161
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162 * scheme-reading.texi: Added www.schemers.org. Removed foldoc,
163 it's too generic. Updated 'teach yourself ...' URL.
164
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1652002-08-27 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
166
af31a24f 167 * scheme-modules.texi: Markup fixes and removal of gh_ references.
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168 Thanks to Dale Smith!
169
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1702002-08-14 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
171
172 * scheme-evaluation.texi (eval-string): Updated.
173
174 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Fluids): Touched up a bit, added
175 with-fluids.
176
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1772002-08-13 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
178
179 * scheme-modules.texi (More Modules Procedures): Removed.
180 (Accessing Modules from C): New.
181
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1822002-08-10 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
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184 * scheme-procedures.texi: new section Primitive Procedures,
185 documentation for scm_c_make_gsubr and scm_c_define_gsubr.
186 * scheme-modules.texi (Compiled Code Modules): replace
187 gh_new_procedure with scm_c_define_gsubr.
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1892002-08-08 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
190
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191 * gh.texi (Data types and constants defined by gh): Avoid
192 generating index entry for SCM.
193
194 * posix.texi (Runtime Environment): Remove duplicate doc for
195 setenv.
196
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197 * data-rep.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi: Merge
198 recent updates from stable branch.
199
200 * posix.texi (File System, Time, Pipes, Network Databases,
201 Internet Socket Examples): Add examples provided by Ian Sheldon.
202
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2032002-08-08 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
204
205 * scheme-binding.texi: Don't talk about 'bound?' which is gone.
206 Thanks to Christopher Cramer.
207
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2082002-08-06 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>
209
210 * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): add scm_calloc, scm_gc_calloc.
211 correct typos.
212
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2132002-08-05 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
214
215 * intro.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Added (use-modules (ice-9
216 rdelim)) to an example that uses read-line. Thanks to Ralf
217 Mattes!
218
219 * scheme-memory.texi: Added an introductory blurb about GC that I
220 had lying around.
221
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2222002-08-02 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
223
224 * scheme-modules.texi: split "Scheme and modules" into
225 "provide and require" and "Environments". Mention R5RS
226 environments.
227
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2282002-07-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
229
230 * scheme-options.texi (Debugger options): New subsection
231 describing stack overflow and what to do about it.
232
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2332002-07-10 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
234
235 * scheme-modules.texi (Compiled Code Modules): Removed description
236 of scm_register_module_xxx, which no longer exists. A description
237 of current techniques is needed.
238
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2392002-05-09 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
240
241 * scheme-data.texi (Numbers): Added description of the new values
242 +inf.0, -inf.0 and +nan.0.
243
244 * posix.texi (Runtime Environment): Added entries for 'setenv' and
245 'unsetenv'.
246
2472002-04-28 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
248
249 * gh.texi, data-rep.texi: Moved `@deftyp {Data type} SCM' line
250 from gh.texi to data-rep.texi. Both files already had similar
251 descriptions for SCM. Given that gh.texi is deprecated, looking
252 up `SCM' in the index should take one to the primary location
253 rather than deprecated section. Hence this change. Added
254 `@deftp' for scm_t_bits data type so that a proper index entry is
255 added for this. Thanks to Richard Y. Kim!
256
257 * data-rep.texi (Subrs): Changed scm_make_gsubr to
258 scm_c_define_gsubr. Thanks to Richard Y. Kim!
259
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2602002-04-24 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
261
262 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13 Miscellaneous): Updated docs of
263 string-tokenize.
264
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2652002-04-20 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
266
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267 * scheme-intro.texi (Scheme Layout), scm.texi (Reference Layout):
268 Node moved from a to b.
269
270 * guile.texi (Scheme Intro, Basic Ideas, Guile Scripting, Command
271 Line Handling, Debugging Features, Autoconf Support, Miscellaneous
272 Tools, Further Reading): Moved to new Part II.
273
274 * preface.texi (Manual Layout): Part numbers updated accordingly.
275
276 * guile.texi (Top): Move API Overview node to beginning of Guile
277 API Reference part.
278 (Part II: Writing and Running Guile Scheme): New part; will
279 contain content from `Programming with Guile' that pertains to
280 writing and using Guile on the Scheme level.
281
282 * scm.texi (API Overview): Renamed from `Guile API'.
283
284 * guile.texi (Top), scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules):
285 Debugger User Interface node renamed Debugging Features.
286
287 * debugging.texi (Stacks and Frames): Node deleted; non-duplicated
288 material moved to scheme-debug.texi.
289 (Debugging Features): Renamed from `Debugger User Interface'.
290
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291 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Rename chapter `Debugging
292 Infrastructure' and reorganize its contents.
293
294 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-control.texi (Handling
295 Errors): Move display-error to error-focussed section.
296
297 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), debugging.texi (Backtrace): Move
298 backtrace to user-level debugging chapter.
299
300 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-procedures.texi (Procedure
301 Properties): Move procedure-name, procedure-source and
302 procedure-environment to procedures chapter.
303
304 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-memory.texi (Memory
305 Blocks): Move malloc-stats to memory management chapter.
306
307 * scheme-procedures.texi (Syntax Rules): Remove mention of
308 use-modules for loading syncase; only use-syntax really works.
309 Thanks to Panagiotis Vossos for spotting this.
310
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311 * program.texi (Scheme vs C): New node, with existing material
312 taken from chapter intro.
313 (Programming Overview): New intro para to introduce example of
314 Guile integration:
315 (Extending Dia): New node.
316
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3172002-04-17 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
318
319 * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): Added guile.cps, guile.fns, guile.rns,
320 guile.tps, guile.vrs, guile.tmp.
321
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3222002-04-01 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
323
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324 * scheme-intro.texi (Scheme Layout): Remove reference to defunct
325 Guile Extensions index.
326
327 * guile.texi: Removed Guile Extensions index.
328
329 * scheme-indices.texi (Guile Extensions Index): Removed.
330
331 * guile.texi: Remove vgone, vdeprecated, vchanged and vnote
332 macros; they're not actually useful after all. Update copyright
333 years.
334
335 * scheme-compound.texi (Vectors): Make subsections into nodes.
336 (Vectors): Review, slightly reorg and clarify docs in this
337 section.
338
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339 * scheme-data.texi (Symbols): Reorganized node substructure and
340 added lots of explanatory text around the @deffn's.
341
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3422002-03-29 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
343
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344 * scheme-modules.texi (Variables): Mention obarrays.
345
346 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables, Symbol Props): Remove vgone
347 markers for deprecated symbol items.
348 (Symbol Props): Remove doc for obsolete 2 arg version of
349 symbol-interned?.
350 (String Miscellanea): Removed, since it only contained duplicate
351 doc for string-ci->symbol.
352 (Symbol Tables): Move doc for gensym to Symbol Primitives; rest of
353 section removed.
354
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355 * posix.texi (Ports and File Descriptors), scheme-evaluation.texi
356 (Fly Evaluation): Remove vgone markers for close-all-ports-except,
357 eval2 and read-and-eval!.
358
359 * data-rep.texi (Describing a New Type), scheme-compound.texi
360 (Append/Reverse), scheme-procedures.texi (Internal Macros):
361 Trivial updates to sync with stable branch.
362
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3632002-03-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
364
365 * scheme-compound.texi (List Searching): Remove docs for
366 `scm_sloppy_mem*', which no longer exist.
367
3682002-03-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
369
370 * guile.texi (Top), intro.texi (What is Guile?, The Basic Guile
371 Package): Use @ifnottex instead of @ifinfo, so that HTML
372 generation works correctly.
373
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3742002-03-24 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
375
376 * tools.texi: Updated to reflect changes to the guile-snarf tool.
377
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3782002-03-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
379
380 * scheme-utility.texi (Hooks): Further updates. New material on
381 GC hooks.
382
383 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Note disappearance of
384 eval2 and read-and-eval!.
385
386 * deprecated.texi (Deprecated): Remove docs about previously
387 deprecated items that have now been removed.
388
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3892002-03-15 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
390
391 * tools.texi (guile-1.4 guile-snarf): Remove this node.
392 (How guile-snarf works): Update usage and description to
393 no longer mention "--compat=1.4" and instead "-d" and "-D".
394 (Macros guile-snarf recognizes): Add list of deprecated macros
395 and blurb. Add cindex for deprecated macros.
396
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3972002-03-15 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
398
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399 * scheme-utility.texi (Hooks): Reviewed and updated.
400
401 * scheme-options.texi (Feature Tracking): New section.
402
403 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic, Primitive Numerics): Add
404 description of corresponding C functions.
405
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406 * scheme-utility.texi (Object Properties): Revamp documentation on
407 object properties.
408
409 * scheme-memory.texi (Weak References): Update reference to Object
410 Properties node.
411
412 * guile.texi: Add macros for describing version information.
413
414 * scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-io.texi,
415 scheme-procedures.texi: Automatic updates from snarfed libguile
416 docstrings.
417
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4182002-03-13 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
419
420 * Makefile.am (guile_toc.html): Look for guile.texi in $(srcdir).
421
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422 * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Mention "--compat=1.4", and
423 new processing steps. Update usage example, makefile frag.
424
425 (guile-1.4 guile-snarf): New subsubsection under
426 "Init Snarfing with guile-snarf".
427
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4282002-03-12 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
429
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430 * scheme-compound.texi, scheme-data.texi, new-docstrings.texi:
431 Automatic updates from snarfed libguile docstrings.
432
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433 * data-rep.texi, guile.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
434 scheme-options.texi, scheme-translation.texi: Various minor
435 enhancements ported from the stable CVS branch.
436
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4372002-03-08 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
438
439 * tools.texi (Miscellaneous Tools): New node/chapter.
440 (Snarfing, Init Snarfing with guile-snarf, How guile-snarf works,
441 Macros guile-snarf recognizes, Doc Snarfing): New nodes/(sub)sections.
442 (Executable Modules): Now a section under "Miscellaneous Tools".
443
444 * guile.texi (Miscellaneous Tools): Add under "Part II".
445 Implement by including tools.texi.
446
447 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add tools.texi.
448
4492002-03-07 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
450
451 * tools.texi: New file.
452
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4532002-03-03 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
454
455 * autoconf.texi (Autoconf Background): Insert missing `of'.
456
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4572002-03-01 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
458
459 * api.txt, data-rep.texi: Renamed the struct scm_cell to
460 scm_t_cell.
461
462 * data-rep.texi: Renamed scm_alloc_cell to scm_cell and
463 scm_alloc_double_cell to scm_double_cell.
464
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4652002-03-01 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
466
467 * scheme-memory.texi (Upgrading from scm_must_malloc et al): New
468 section.
469
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4702002-02-28 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
471
472 * data-rep.texi: Use scm_gc_malloc and scm_gc_free instead of
473 scm_must_malloc and free in example code. Updated text for the
474 new memory management functions.
475
476 * scheme-debug.texi (malloc-stats): Refer to scm_gc_malloc instead
477 of to scm_must_malloc.
478
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4792002-02-27 Stefan Jahn <stefan@lkcc.org>
480
481 * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Documented some more
482 gh equivalents and removed appropriate FIXME's.
483
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4842002-02-26 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
485
486 * Makefile.am: Update path to pre-inst-guile automake frag.
487
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4882002-02-24 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
489
490 * .cvsignore: add autoconf-macros.texi.
491
492 * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): add autoconf-macros.texi.
493
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4942002-02-19 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
495
496 * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): New section.
497
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4982002-02-05 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
499
500 * Makefile.am: Include $(top_srcdir)/pre-inst-guile.am.
501
502 (GUILE): Delete var.
503 (autoconf-macros.texi): Use $(preinstguiletool).
504
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5052002-02-04 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
506
507 * autoconf.texi (Autofrisk, Using Autofrisk): New sections.
508 (Autoconf Support): Add new sections to menu.
509
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5102002-02-04 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
511
512 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Uninterned): Added node.
513
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5142002-01-29 Stefan Jahn <stefan@lkcc.org>
515
516 * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Documented gh equivalents
517 `scm_c_string2str', `scm_c_substring2str' and `scm_c_symbol2str'
518 and removed the appropriate FIXME's.
519
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5202002-01-14 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
521
522 * Makefile.am (autoconf-macros.texi): Also set GUILE_LOAD_PATH
523 when invoking the uninstalled guile executable.
524
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5252002-01-09 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
526
527 * Makefile.am (autoconf-macros.texi): Fix build bug:
528 Write this file to srcdir. Thanks to I. N. Golubev.
529
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5302002-01-08 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
531
532 * Makefile.am: attempt to use guile from $(top_builddir)/libguile
533 when building autoconf-macros.texi. There are still problems with
534 modules and running makeinfo when builddir != srcdir.
535
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5362002-01-08 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
537
538 * data-rep.texi, gh.texi, guile.texi, intro.texi,
539 misc-modules.texi, new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, program.texi,
540 repl-modules.texi, scheme-binding.texi, scheme-compound.texi,
541 scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
542 scheme-ideas.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
543 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
544 scheme-translation.texi, scheme-utility.texi, scm.texi, slib.texi,
545 srfi-modules.texi: Spell check. Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.
546
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5472002-01-07 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
548
549 * intro.texi (Linking Programs With Guile): Fix typo (superfluous
550 `do'). Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.
551
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553
554 * intro.texi: Spell check. Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.
555
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557
558 * guile.texi (Part II): Add "Autoconf Support"; include
559 autoconf.texi.
560
561 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add autoconf.texi and
562 autoconf-macros.texi.
563 (autoconf.texi, autoconf-macros.texi): New rules.
564
565 * autoconf.texi: New file.
566
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568
569 * scheme-compound.texi (Alist Example): Changed "Bismarck" to
570 "Pierre". Thanks to Ron Peterson!
571
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573
574 * program.texi (Programming Overview): Chapter renamed from
575 `Programming Options'; some new material added.
576
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5772001-12-07 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
578
579 * scm.texi (Guile API): Renamed from `Scheme Primitives' and
580 broadened so that this chapter discusses the Guile API as a whole.
581
582 * program.texi (Available Functionality): Revise so that text
583 reads better.
584
585 * guile.texi (Programming Intro): New introductory text.
586
587 * scheme-ideas.texi (Definition): Reorder reference bullets in
588 ascending page number order.
589
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591
592 * scheme-procedures.texi (Optional Arguments): Typo fix: wither ->
593 either.
594
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5952001-12-01 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
596
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597 * scheme-data.texi (Hooks): Moved into scheme-utility.texi.
598
599 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added scheme-compound.texi.
600
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601 * scheme-data.texi (Variables): Node moved to modules chapter.
602 (Symbol Read Syntax): New node, with syntax-related material taken
603 from old Symbols node.
604 (Symbol Primitives): Renamed from `Symbols'.
605 (Symbols and Variables): Renamed to `Symbols'.
606 (Symbol Props): Renamed from `Symbol Tables'.
607 (Symbols): General review, improvements and additional material
608 throughout this section.
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609 (Other Data Types): New material: links to object types documented
610 elsewhere. Also renamed node to `Other Types'.
611 (Data Types): Split into two: `Simple Data Types' and `Compound
612 Data Types'. Introductory blurbs rewritten accordingly.
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613
614 * guile.texi: Updated Notes comment.
615
616 * scheme-data.texi (Rx Interface): Node moved to Guile Modules
617 part, as the Rx interface is not core Guile.
618
6192001-11-30 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
620
621 * scheme-data.texi (String Miscellanea): Removed, moving doc for
622 string-ci->symbol into the node on Symbols.
623
624 * Makefile.am (ETAGS_ARGS): Added.
625
626 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables): Removed doc for gentemp,
627 intern-symbol, string->obarray-symbol, symbol-binding,
628 symbol-bound?, symbol-set!, unintern-symbol, symbol-interned?; all
629 of which no longer exist.
630
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632
633 * posix.texi: Fix spelling. Thanks to Chris Cramer.
634 Reword `getpass' intro blurb.
635
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6362001-11-23 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
637
638 * program.texi (Program Control): Remove spurious placeholder
639 text.
640
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642
643 * scheme-options.texi (Install Config):
644 Tweak `%load-path' verb to not imply it's a proc.
645 Add documentation for `%guile-build-info'.
646
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6472001-11-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
648
649 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables), new-docstrings.texi: Removed
650 doc for builtin-bindings (no longer exists).
651 (Variables): Expanded existing description of variables. Removed
652 doc for builtin-variable (no longer exists).
653
654 * scheme-binding.texi (Top Level): New docs for define, scm_define
655 and scm_c_define. Also clarified point about interchangeability
656 of define and set!.
657
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6582001-11-18 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
659
660 * scheme-data.texi (Vectors): Autoupdate docs for
661 vector-move-left! and vector-move-right!.
662
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664
665 * debugging.texi, deprecated.texi, intro.texi, misc-modules.texi,
666 new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, scheme-binding.texi,
667 scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
668 scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
669 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
670 scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi,
671 scheme-utility.texi, script-getopt.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Change
672 category for "primitive" and "procedure" @deffn's to {Scheme
673 Procedure}; add @deffnx lines for {C Function}s; automatic updates
674 from libguile docstring changes.
675
676 * scheme-memory.texi (Garbage Collection): Removed doc for removed
677 `unhash-name'.
678
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680
681 * scheme-procedures.texi: Spell "library" correctly.
682
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684
685 * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-data.texi: Merge recent doc
686 improvements from stable branch.
687
688 * scheme-options.texi: Automatic updates from docstring changes in
689 libguile's C source code.
690
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692
693 * scheme-data.texi (Vtables, Structure Basics): Automatic doc
694 updates for struct? and struct-vtable?.
695 (String Searching): Add missing "for". Thanks to Scott Lenser.
696
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698
699 * guile.texi (Top): Added new chapter `Programming Options'.
700
701 * program.texi: New file.
702
703 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added program.texi.
704
7052001-11-07 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
706
707 * scheme-memory.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
708 scheme-data.texi, scheme-binding.texi, posix.texi,
709 new-docstrings.texi: Automatic updates from improved libguile
710 docstrings.
711
7122001-11-04 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
713
714 * preface.texi: Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.
715 (Manual Layout): Updated to reflect reorg.
716
717 * guile.texi (MANUAL_EDITION): New variable, with value
718 incremented from 1.0 to 1.1 to reflect the reorg described here.
719 (Top): Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.
720
721 * scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index, Guile Extensions Index): Use
722 @unnumbered rather than @chapter for these indices.
723
724 * guile.texi (Top): A little top-level reshuffling, with the aims
725 that: (1) the `Guile Scheme' (reference) part of the manual
726 becomes the `Guile API Reference', and covers both Scheme and C
727 interfaces; (2) non-API-reference material such as the `Basic
728 Ideas in Scheme' chapter is collected together to form a new part
729 `Programming with Guile'. This new part will contain general
730 documentation on using and programming Guile in both Scheme and C,
731 including - for example - awareness of GC when C programming, how
732 to use the snarf macros, how to debug ...
733 (Top): Move inclusion of scheme-indices.texi so that all indices
734 appear together in the printed manual.
735
736 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Removed appendices.texi, added
737 debugging.texi.
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739 * appendices.texi: Removed.
740
741 * debugging.texi (Debugger User Interface): New file, same as the
742 material that used to be in appendices.texi, but now a chapter in
743 Part II rather than an appendix.
744
745 * appendices.texi (Obtaining and Installing Guile): Moved to
746 become a chapter in ...
747 * intro.texi: ... Part I: Introduction to Guile.
748
749 * scm.texi (I/O Extensions): Moved to become a section of ...
750 * scheme-io.texi (Input and Output): ... this chapter.
751
752 * scm.texi (Handling Errors): Moved to become a section of ...
753 * scheme-control.texi (Control Mechanisms): ... this chapter.
754
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756
757 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-19, SRFI-19 Constants, SRFI-19 Current
758 time and clock resolution, SRFI-19 Time object and accessors,
759 SRFI-19 Time comparison procedures, SRFI-19 Time arithmetic
760 procedures, SRFI-19 Date object and accessors, SRFI-19
761 Time/Date/Julian Day/Modified Julian Day converters, SRFI-19 Date
762 to string/string to date converters): New nodes.
04bbd6ce 763 (SRFI Support): Add "SRFI-19" to menu.
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766
767 * scripts.texi: Document `--debug' and `--no-debug'.
768
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7692001-10-27 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
770
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771 * guile.texi, scsh.texi: removed obsolete guile-scsh material
772 and updated links (I don't know if it should remain in the
773 main menu. It's like slib I think.)
774
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776
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778
779 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Removed documentation
780 for `read-and-eval!' and `eval2'. (Thanks to Alex Schroeder for
781 noticing that they'd disappeared!)
782
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784
785 * scheme-io.texi (Writing): Add entry for `display'.
786 Include in R5RS Index. Thanks to Alex Schroeder for suggestion.
787
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789
790 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13): Tyop fix.
791 (SRFI-13): Changed paragraph about bindings both in the code and
792 in SRFI-13.
793
794 * misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Tyop fix.
795 (Formatted Output): Document ~g properly.
796
797 Thanks to Alex Schroeder for pointing out the typos and sending
798 suggestions.
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801
802 * scheme-procedures.texi (Syntax Rules): Add `cindex' directive.
803 Thanks to suggestion by Alex Schroeder.
804
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806
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807 * guile.texi (Top): Group all index nodes together so that
808 `Info-index' works more effectively in Info. Thanks to Eric
809 Hanchrow for the report and fix.
810
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811 * scheme-data.texi (Random, String Syntax, String Modification,
812 Regular Expressions), scheme-ideas.texi (Definition),
813 scheme-modules.texi (Dynamic Linking and Compiled Code Modules),
814 scm.texi (Transforming Scheme name to C name, Port
815 Implementation): Various typo fixes and clarifications merged from
816 the stable CVS branch.
817
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819
820 * intro.texi: Merged wording fixes from stable CVS branch.
821
822 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Remove ../AUTHORS.
823
824 * guile.texi: Incorporate text previously in separate AUTHORS
825 file.
826
8272001-08-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
828
829 The change log for files in this directory continues backwards
830 from 2001-08-27 in ../ChangeLog, as all the Guile documentation
831 prior to this date was contained in a single directory.