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2001-03-23  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* guile-tut.texi, ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial: Added to CVS.  It
	seems that I somehow missed these out when I moved everything from
	guile-doc to guile-core.

	* posix.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
	scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi: Automatic docstring updates.

	* new-docstrings.texi: New file.  Holds snarfed docstrings that
	have not yet been incorporated into the reference manual.

2001-03-20  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>

	* scheme-options.texi (Evaluator options): Added evaluator
	options, corrected docs for evaluator trap options.

	* scheme-evaluation.texi (Scheme Read): New docs for read-options,
	read-enable, read-disable and read-set! and cross references to
	option nodes.
	(Evaluator Options): New docs for eval-options, eval-enable,
	eval-disable and eval-set!, traps, trap-enable, trap-disable and
	trap-set! and cross references to option nodes.
	(Evaluator Behaviour): Renamed node from `Evaluator options' to
	avoid name clash.

	* scheme-io.texi (String Ports): Added docs for SRFI-6 procedures.
	(Void Ports): Corrected introductory comment.

2001-03-16  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>

	* scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Documented the arithmetic
	procedures.
	(Integer Operations): Added documentation.
	(Comparison): Added documentation.
	(Complex): Added documentation.
	(Symbols and Variables): Comment out `builtin-bindings', which is
	removed according to NEWS.
	(Pairs): Added documentation.

	* scheme-io.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
	procedures.
	(File Ports): New docs for `call-with-input-file',
	`call-with-output-file', `with-input-from-file',
	`with-output-to-file', `with-error-to-file'.

	* scheme-control.texi, scheme-utility.texi,
	* scheme-procedures.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
	procedures.

	* scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Added documentation for
	`apply'.  Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS procedures.

	* scheme-data.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
	procedures.  Removed R5RS index entries for `ass{q,v,occ}-set!'.
	Removed explicit entries into the function entries.  They are
	automagic.
	(Vectors): Added documentation for `make-vector', `vector-ref' and
	`vector-set!'.

2001-03-12  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

	* intro.texi: Changed to reflect current practice better.  Added
	stuff about writing Guile Extensions (aka dynamically loaded
	shared libraries).

2001-03-09  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>

	* goops.texi (VERSION): Bumped to version 0.3.

	* goops-tutorial.texi, goops.texi: Updated to reflect new
	define-method syntax.

2001-03-09  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* Makefile.am: Change HTML to HTMLDOC, now that we're part of a
	wider distribution.

	Moving documentation files from guile-doc and guile-doc into
	guile-core/doc:

	* env.texi, indices.texi, mbapi.texi, mltext.texi, scripts.texi,
	scsh.texi, tcltk.texi, hierarchy.txt, scheme-indices.texi,
	slib.texi, deprecated.texi, scheme-binding.texi, appendices.texi,
	scheme-intro.texi, goops.texi, extend.texi, gh.texi, intro.texi,
	preface.texi, scm.texi, goops-tutorial.texi, hierarchy.eps,
	r4rs.texi, r5rs.texi, texinfo.tex, scheme-reading.texi,
	data-rep.texi, scheme-utility.texi, posix.texi,
	scheme-control.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
	scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
	scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
	scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi, guile.texi,
	scheme-data.texi, scheme-ideas.texi, expect.texi,
	ChangeLog-guile-doc-ref, guile-tut.texi,
	ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial, AUTHORS, BUGS, NEWS, THANKS: New
	files.

	* .cvsignore, Makefile.am, README: Merged.

	* sources: New subdirectory.
	
	Both the following files are about to be replaced by files from
	guile-doc/ref.
	
	* texinfo.tex: Removed.

	* data-rep.texi: Removed.

2001-02-15  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* README: Explain retirement of `data-rep.texi'.

	* Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS, data_rep_TEXINFOS): Removed.

	* data-rep.texi: Replace this copy of data-rep.texi with a notice
	indicating that it has been retired.  The master copy of
	data-rep.texi is at guile-doc/ref/data-rep.texi.

2001-02-04  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

	* data-rep.texi: Use SCM_SMOB_DATA instead of SCM_CDR.  Also
	things like SCM_SMOB_PREDICATE and SCM_NEWSMOB.  Thanks to Dale
	P. Smith!

2000-10-25  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>

	* mop.text: Preliminary documentation of the GOOPS meta object
	protocol.

2000-07-28  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* data-rep.texi (Garbage Collection): Fix "accomodate" spelling
	mistake.
	
2000-06-30  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>

	* data-rep.tex:  Removed documentation for SCM_OUTOFRANGE.

2000-06-20  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@thalamus.nada.kth.se>

	* data-rep.texi: Center discussion around the standard interface
	for smob type creation (scm_make_smob_type) and warn about the
	ongoing discussion which may result in deprecating
	scm_make_smob_type_mfpe in next release of Guile.

2000-05-15  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>

	* data-rep.texi:  Updated the macro names for operating on
	characters.

2000-03-22  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>

	* api.txt:  Added a first attempt for a description of the newly
	designed low level API.

2000-01-31  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

	* Makefile.am (version.texi): Override automake's rule for
	version.texi so that it gets created even in non-maintainer-mode.

Thu Jan 20 13:00:18 2000  Greg J. Badros  <gjb@cs.washington.edu>

	* version.texi, stamp-vti: Removed -- these are auto-generated.

2000-01-12  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se>

	* Makefile.am (dist-hook): Updated to include oldfmt.c in
	distribution archive.

	* README: Updated with note about oldfmt.c.

	* oldfmt.c: New file: Used by application writers to adapt to
	new-style error format strings.

1999-12-06  Gary Houston  <ghouston@freewire.co.uk>

	* data-rep.texi: change dircategory to match change in guile-doc
	and scm.

1999-10-05  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>

	* Makefile.in: Deleted from CVS repository.  Run the autogen.sh
	script to create generated files like this one.

1999-09-11  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>

	* Makefile.in: Regenerated.

Fri Jun 25 22:21:43 1999  Greg Badros  <gjb@cs.washington.edu>

	* data-rep.texi: Updated SMOB docs to talk about
 	scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, SCM_RETURN_NEWSMOB, SCM_NEWSMOB function
 	and macros.
	
1999-04-17  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>

	* Makefile.in: Regenerated.

1998-10-19  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>

	* COPYING: New file.
	* Makefile.in: Regenerated.

	* Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES): List example-smob/COPYING.
	* Makefile.in: Regenerated.

1998-10-16  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>

	* Makefile.in: Regenerated, after change to qthreads.m4.

1998-10-15  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>

	* stamp-vti: Regenerated.

	* hacks.el: Some handy helper functions for working on the manual.

	* data-rep.texi: Extended to accomodate a full running example,
	provided with the manual.
	* example-smob: A new subdirectory, containing example files for
	the manual chapter on smobs.
	* Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES, dist-hook): New variable and
	target, to get the example-smob directory into the distribution.
	* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
	
1998-10-08  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>

	* .cvsignore: New file, containing data-rep.info.  I'm not sure
 	whether we want to check this file into CVS, because it's
 	generated; if you find compelling reasons it should be, let me
	know.

1998-10-07  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>

	* New directory for documentation.
	* README: New file.
	* data-rep.texi: It's not a real manual, but it's better than
	nothing.
	* Makefile.am, Makefile.in, data-rep.info, data-rep.texi,
 	mdate-sh, stamp-vti, texinfo.tex, version.texi: The usual support
 	files.
Commit	Line	Data
780ee65e NJ	1	2001-03-23 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
780ee65e NJ	2
028321d4 NJ	3	* guile-tut.texi, ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial: Added to CVS. It
	4	seems that I somehow missed these out when I moved everything from
	5	guile-doc to guile-core.
	6
780ee65e NJ	7	* posix.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
	8	scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
	9
	10	* new-docstrings.texi: New file. Holds snarfed docstrings that
	11	have not yet been incorporated into the reference manual.
	12
13c2013d MG	13	2001-03-20 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
	14
	15	* scheme-options.texi (Evaluator options): Added evaluator
	16	options, corrected docs for evaluator trap options.
	17
	18	* scheme-evaluation.texi (Scheme Read): New docs for read-options,
	19	read-enable, read-disable and read-set! and cross references to
	20	option nodes.
	21	(Evaluator Options): New docs for eval-options, eval-enable,
	22	eval-disable and eval-set!, traps, trap-enable, trap-disable and
	23	trap-set! and cross references to option nodes.
	24	(Evaluator Behaviour): Renamed node from `Evaluator options' to
	25	avoid name clash.
	26
	27	* scheme-io.texi (String Ports): Added docs for SRFI-6 procedures.
	28	(Void Ports): Corrected introductory comment.
	29
fcaedf99 MG	30	2001-03-16 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
	31
	32	* scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Documented the arithmetic
	33	procedures.
	34	(Integer Operations): Added documentation.
	35	(Comparison): Added documentation.
	36	(Complex): Added documentation.
	37	(Symbols and Variables): Comment out `builtin-bindings', which is
	38	removed according to NEWS.
	39	(Pairs): Added documentation.
	40
	41	* scheme-io.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
	42	procedures.
	43	(File Ports): New docs for `call-with-input-file',
	44	`call-with-output-file', `with-input-from-file',
	45	`with-output-to-file', `with-error-to-file'.
	46
	47	* scheme-control.texi, scheme-utility.texi,
	48	* scheme-procedures.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
	49	procedures.
	50
	51	* scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Added documentation for
	52	`apply'. Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS procedures.
	53
	54	* scheme-data.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
	55	procedures. Removed R5RS index entries for `ass{q,v,occ}-set!'.
	56	Removed explicit entries into the function entries. They are
	57	automagic.
	58	(Vectors): Added documentation for `make-vector', `vector-ref' and
	59	`vector-set!'.
	60
c4f810a4 MV	61	2001-03-12 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
	62
	63	* intro.texi: Changed to reflect current practice better. Added
	64	stuff about writing Guile Extensions (aka dynamically loaded
	65	shared libraries).
	66
04426527 MD	67	2001-03-09 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
	68
	69	* goops.texi (VERSION): Bumped to version 0.3.
	70
7d435120	71	* goops-tutorial.texi, goops.texi: Updated to reflect new
04426527 MD	72	define-method syntax.
04426527 MD	73
4bc59ee7 NJ	74	2001-03-09 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
4bc59ee7 NJ	75
fff043ab NJ	76	* Makefile.am: Change HTML to HTMLDOC, now that we're part of a
	77	wider distribution.
	78
c2dc2842 NJ	79	Moving documentation files from guile-doc and guile-doc into
c2dc2842 NJ	80	guile-core/doc:
4aa8647c NJ	81
	82	* env.texi, indices.texi, mbapi.texi, mltext.texi, scripts.texi,
	83	scsh.texi, tcltk.texi, hierarchy.txt, scheme-indices.texi,
	84	slib.texi, deprecated.texi, scheme-binding.texi, appendices.texi,
	85	scheme-intro.texi, goops.texi, extend.texi, gh.texi, intro.texi,
	86	preface.texi, scm.texi, goops-tutorial.texi, hierarchy.eps,
	87	r4rs.texi, r5rs.texi, texinfo.tex, scheme-reading.texi,
	88	data-rep.texi, scheme-utility.texi, posix.texi,
	89	scheme-control.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
	90	scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
	91	scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
	92	scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi, guile.texi,
9cca936f NJ	93	scheme-data.texi, scheme-ideas.texi, expect.texi,
9cca936f NJ	94	ChangeLog-guile-doc-ref, guile-tut.texi,
c2dc2842 NJ	95	ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial, AUTHORS, BUGS, NEWS, THANKS: New
c2dc2842 NJ	96	files.
9cca936f	97
c2dc2842	98	* .cvsignore, Makefile.am, README: Merged.
4aa8647c	99
c2dc2842 NJ	100	* sources: New subdirectory.
c2dc2842 NJ	101
da00aada NJ	102	Both the following files are about to be replaced by files from
	103	guile-doc/ref.
	104
	105	* texinfo.tex: Removed.
	106
4bc59ee7 NJ	107	* data-rep.texi: Removed.
4bc59ee7 NJ	108
07347b49 NJ	109	2001-02-15 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
07347b49 NJ	110
14dd0e27 NJ	111	* README: Explain retirement of `data-rep.texi'.
	112
	113	* Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS, data_rep_TEXINFOS): Removed.
	114
07347b49 NJ	115	* data-rep.texi: Replace this copy of data-rep.texi with a notice
	116	indicating that it has been retired. The master copy of
	117	data-rep.texi is at guile-doc/ref/data-rep.texi.
	118
bd7d4f40 MV	119	2001-02-04 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
	120
	121	* data-rep.texi: Use SCM_SMOB_DATA instead of SCM_CDR. Also
	122	things like SCM_SMOB_PREDICATE and SCM_NEWSMOB. Thanks to Dale
	123	P. Smith!
	124
c6c2ea9f MD	125	2000-10-25 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
	126
	127	* mop.text: Preliminary documentation of the GOOPS meta object
	128	protocol.
	129
6de50a52 NJ	130	2000-07-28 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
	131
	132	* data-rep.texi (Garbage Collection): Fix "accomodate" spelling
	133	mistake.
	134
685c0d71 DH	135	2000-06-30 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
	136
	137	* data-rep.tex: Removed documentation for SCM_OUTOFRANGE.
	138
31987551 MD	139	2000-06-20 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@thalamus.nada.kth.se>
	140
	141	* data-rep.texi: Center discussion around the standard interface
	142	for smob type creation (scm_make_smob_type) and warn about the
	143	ongoing discussion which may result in deprecating
	144	scm_make_smob_type_mfpe in next release of Guile.
	145
ae09e7ac DH	146	2000-05-15 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
	147
	148	* data-rep.texi: Updated the macro names for operating on
	149	characters.
	150
d87d3650 DH	151	2000-03-22 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
	152
	153	* api.txt: Added a first attempt for a description of the newly
	154	designed low level API.
	155
106428b3 MV	156	2000-01-31 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
	157
	158	* Makefile.am (version.texi): Override automake's rule for
	159	version.texi so that it gets created even in non-maintainer-mode.
	160
078e9092 GB	161	Thu Jan 20 13:00:18 2000 Greg J. Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
	162
	163	* version.texi, stamp-vti: Removed -- these are auto-generated.
	164
899a7b3c MD	165	2000-01-12 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se>
899a7b3c MD	166
fb4956c9 MD	167	* Makefile.am (dist-hook): Updated to include oldfmt.c in
	168	distribution archive.
	169
899a7b3c MD	170	* README: Updated with note about oldfmt.c.
	171
	172	* oldfmt.c: New file: Used by application writers to adapt to
	173	new-style error format strings.
	174
741d6079 GH	175	1999-12-06 Gary Houston <ghouston@freewire.co.uk>
	176
	177	* data-rep.texi: change dircategory to match change in guile-doc
	178	and scm.
	179
0c1221ab JB	180	1999-10-05 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
	181
	182	* Makefile.in: Deleted from CVS repository. Run the autogen.sh
	183	script to create generated files like this one.
	184
e1f20ec6 JB	185	1999-09-11 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
	186
	187	* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
	188
544b9232 MD	189	Fri Jun 25 22:21:43 1999 Greg Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
	190
	191	* data-rep.texi: Updated SMOB docs to talk about
	192	scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, SCM_RETURN_NEWSMOB, SCM_NEWSMOB function
	193	and macros.
	194
cceae55d JB	195	1999-04-17 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
	196
	197	* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
	198
33432c79 JB	199	1998-10-19 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
	200
	201	* COPYING: New file.
	202	* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
	203
	204	* Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES): List example-smob/COPYING.
	205	* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
	206
3e66cf9f JB	207	1998-10-16 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
	208
	209	* Makefile.in: Regenerated, after change to qthreads.m4.
	210
8ff90e04 JB	211	1998-10-15 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
	212
	213	* stamp-vti: Regenerated.
	214
	215	* hacks.el: Some handy helper functions for working on the manual.
	216
	217	* data-rep.texi: Extended to accomodate a full running example,
	218	provided with the manual.
	219	* example-smob: A new subdirectory, containing example files for
	220	the manual chapter on smobs.
	221	* Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES, dist-hook): New variable and
	222	target, to get the example-smob directory into the distribution.
	223	* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
	224
59619fea JB	225	1998-10-08 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
	226
	227	* .cvsignore: New file, containing data-rep.info. I'm not sure
	228	whether we want to check this file into CVS, because it's
	229	generated; if you find compelling reasons it should be, let me
	230	know.
	231
2f2cef71 JB	232	1998-10-07 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
	233
	234	* New directory for documentation.
	235	* README: New file.
	236	* data-rep.texi: It's not a real manual, but it's better than
	237	nothing.
	238	* Makefile.am, Makefile.in, data-rep.info, data-rep.texi,
	239	mdate-sh, stamp-vti, texinfo.tex, version.texi: The usual support
	240	files.