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3 * scheme-data.texi (Alphabetic Case Mapping),
4 (String Comparison): Rearranged function order.
5 (Vectors): Reorganized, new introductory text, docs about read
6 syntax.
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82001-04-03 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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10 * scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
11 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-control.texi,
12 scheme-utility.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
13 scheme-data.texi: Removed a lot of ARGFIXME's after tweaking
14 docstrings and C source.
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16 * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-data.texi,
17 posix.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
18 scheme-memory.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
19 scheme-scheduling.texi: Automated docstring merging.
20
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212001-04-02 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
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23 * data-rep.texi (Immediates vs. Non-immediates): Update
24 out-of-date documentation. (Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the
25 report!)
26 (Immediates vs Non-immediates): Renamed without the dot, since the
27 dot causes `info' not to be able to display this node!
28
29 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add in a few more source files
30 that had got left out.
31
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322001-03-30 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
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34 * scheme-reading.texi (Further Reading): Add bullets to further
35 reading list.
36
37 * gh.texi: Insert page break before chapter. Remove page breaks
38 within the chapter.
39
40 * Makefile.am: Add script-getopt.texi.
41
42 * guile.texi (Top): Include and link to new script-getopt.texi
43 chapter.
44
45 * script-getopt.texi: New chapter on command line handling.
46 (Written and contributed by Martin Grabmueller, revised by me.)
47
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48 * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Fix typo.
49
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502001-03-27 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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52 * scheme-data.texi (Strings): Reorganized the whole `Strings'
53 section and wrote introductory material for each new subsection.
54
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552001-03-25 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
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57 * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Some short text about
58 dynamic libraries and modules.
59
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602001-03-23 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
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62 * intro.texi (Writing Extensions for Guile), scheme-data.texi
63 (Lists): Fix typos.
64
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65 * guile-tut.texi, ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial: Added to CVS. It
66 seems that I somehow missed these out when I moved everything from
67 guile-doc to guile-core.
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69 * posix.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
70 scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
71
72 * new-docstrings.texi: New file. Holds snarfed docstrings that
73 have not yet been incorporated into the reference manual.
74
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752001-03-20 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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77 * scheme-options.texi (Evaluator options): Added evaluator
78 options, corrected docs for evaluator trap options.
79
80 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Scheme Read): New docs for read-options,
81 read-enable, read-disable and read-set! and cross references to
82 option nodes.
83 (Evaluator Options): New docs for eval-options, eval-enable,
84 eval-disable and eval-set!, traps, trap-enable, trap-disable and
85 trap-set! and cross references to option nodes.
86 (Evaluator Behaviour): Renamed node from `Evaluator options' to
87 avoid name clash.
88
89 * scheme-io.texi (String Ports): Added docs for SRFI-6 procedures.
90 (Void Ports): Corrected introductory comment.
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922001-03-16 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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94 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Documented the arithmetic
95 procedures.
96 (Integer Operations): Added documentation.
97 (Comparison): Added documentation.
98 (Complex): Added documentation.
99 (Symbols and Variables): Comment out `builtin-bindings', which is
100 removed according to NEWS.
101 (Pairs): Added documentation.
102
103 * scheme-io.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
104 procedures.
105 (File Ports): New docs for `call-with-input-file',
106 `call-with-output-file', `with-input-from-file',
107 `with-output-to-file', `with-error-to-file'.
108
109 * scheme-control.texi, scheme-utility.texi,
110 * scheme-procedures.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
111 procedures.
112
113 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Added documentation for
114 `apply'. Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS procedures.
115
116 * scheme-data.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
117 procedures. Removed R5RS index entries for `ass{q,v,occ}-set!'.
118 Removed explicit entries into the function entries. They are
119 automagic.
120 (Vectors): Added documentation for `make-vector', `vector-ref' and
121 `vector-set!'.
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125 * intro.texi: Changed to reflect current practice better. Added
126 stuff about writing Guile Extensions (aka dynamically loaded
127 shared libraries).
128
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1292001-03-09 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
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131 * goops.texi (VERSION): Bumped to version 0.3.
132
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134 define-method syntax.
135
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1362001-03-09 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
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138 * Makefile.am: Change HTML to HTMLDOC, now that we're part of a
139 wider distribution.
140
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141 Moving documentation files from guile-doc and guile-doc into
142 guile-core/doc:
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144 * env.texi, indices.texi, mbapi.texi, mltext.texi, scripts.texi,
145 scsh.texi, tcltk.texi, hierarchy.txt, scheme-indices.texi,
146 slib.texi, deprecated.texi, scheme-binding.texi, appendices.texi,
147 scheme-intro.texi, goops.texi, extend.texi, gh.texi, intro.texi,
148 preface.texi, scm.texi, goops-tutorial.texi, hierarchy.eps,
149 r4rs.texi, r5rs.texi, texinfo.tex, scheme-reading.texi,
150 data-rep.texi, scheme-utility.texi, posix.texi,
151 scheme-control.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
152 scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
153 scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
154 scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi, guile.texi,
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155 scheme-data.texi, scheme-ideas.texi, expect.texi,
156 ChangeLog-guile-doc-ref, guile-tut.texi,
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157 ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial, AUTHORS, BUGS, NEWS, THANKS: New
158 files.
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162 * sources: New subdirectory.
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164 Both the following files are about to be replaced by files from
165 guile-doc/ref.
166
167 * texinfo.tex: Removed.
168
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169 * data-rep.texi: Removed.
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173 * README: Explain retirement of `data-rep.texi'.
174
175 * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS, data_rep_TEXINFOS): Removed.
176
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177 * data-rep.texi: Replace this copy of data-rep.texi with a notice
178 indicating that it has been retired. The master copy of
179 data-rep.texi is at guile-doc/ref/data-rep.texi.
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1812001-02-04 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
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183 * data-rep.texi: Use SCM_SMOB_DATA instead of SCM_CDR. Also
184 things like SCM_SMOB_PREDICATE and SCM_NEWSMOB. Thanks to Dale
185 P. Smith!
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189 * mop.text: Preliminary documentation of the GOOPS meta object
190 protocol.
191
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194 * data-rep.texi (Garbage Collection): Fix "accomodate" spelling
195 mistake.
196
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199 * data-rep.tex: Removed documentation for SCM_OUTOFRANGE.
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203 * data-rep.texi: Center discussion around the standard interface
204 for smob type creation (scm_make_smob_type) and warn about the
205 ongoing discussion which may result in deprecating
206 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe in next release of Guile.
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210 * data-rep.texi: Updated the macro names for operating on
211 characters.
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2132000-03-22 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
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215 * api.txt: Added a first attempt for a description of the newly
216 designed low level API.
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2182000-01-31 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
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220 * Makefile.am (version.texi): Override automake's rule for
221 version.texi so that it gets created even in non-maintainer-mode.
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223Thu Jan 20 13:00:18 2000 Greg J. Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
224
225 * version.texi, stamp-vti: Removed -- these are auto-generated.
226
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229 * Makefile.am (dist-hook): Updated to include oldfmt.c in
230 distribution archive.
231
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232 * README: Updated with note about oldfmt.c.
233
234 * oldfmt.c: New file: Used by application writers to adapt to
235 new-style error format strings.
236
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2371999-12-06 Gary Houston <ghouston@freewire.co.uk>
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239 * data-rep.texi: change dircategory to match change in guile-doc
240 and scm.
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2421999-10-05 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
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244 * Makefile.in: Deleted from CVS repository. Run the autogen.sh
245 script to create generated files like this one.
246
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2471999-09-11 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
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249 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
250
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253 * data-rep.texi: Updated SMOB docs to talk about
254 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, SCM_RETURN_NEWSMOB, SCM_NEWSMOB function
255 and macros.
256
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2571999-04-17 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
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259 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
260
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2611998-10-19 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
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263 * COPYING: New file.
264 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
265
266 * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES): List example-smob/COPYING.
267 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
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2691998-10-16 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
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271 * Makefile.in: Regenerated, after change to qthreads.m4.
272
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2731998-10-15 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
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275 * stamp-vti: Regenerated.
276
277 * hacks.el: Some handy helper functions for working on the manual.
278
279 * data-rep.texi: Extended to accomodate a full running example,
280 provided with the manual.
281 * example-smob: A new subdirectory, containing example files for
282 the manual chapter on smobs.
283 * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES, dist-hook): New variable and
284 target, to get the example-smob directory into the distribution.
285 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
286
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2871998-10-08 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
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289 * .cvsignore: New file, containing data-rep.info. I'm not sure
290 whether we want to check this file into CVS, because it's
291 generated; if you find compelling reasons it should be, let me
292 know.
293
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2941998-10-07 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
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296 * New directory for documentation.
297 * README: New file.
298 * data-rep.texi: It's not a real manual, but it's better than
299 nothing.
300 * Makefile.am, Makefile.in, data-rep.info, data-rep.texi,
301 mdate-sh, stamp-vti, texinfo.tex, version.texi: The usual support
302 files.