* scheme-scheduling.texi (Arbiters): New explanatory text.
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3 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Arbiters): New explanatory text.
4 (Asyncs): New explanations and documentation.
5 (Scheduling): Added menu entry descriptions.
6 (Fluids): New documentation.
7
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82001-04-11 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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10 * scheme-procedures.texi (Lambda): Documented the lambda form.
11 (Procedure Properties): Concept and usage explanation added.
12 (Procedures with Setters): Explain by example, introduce
13 definitions.
14
15 * scheme-data.texi (Symbols and Variables): Split and reorganized
16 this section.
17 (Symbols): New introductory text.
18 (Characters): Added char-ci* procedures to rn index.
19
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202001-04-10 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
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22 * scm.texi (Handling Errors): Improve Texinfo markup. Thanks to
23 Dale P. Smith for the patch!
24
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25 * api.txt (Accessing Cell Entries): Fix typo.
26
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272001-04-09 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
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29 * deprecated.texi (Shared And Read Only Strings): New section for
30 deprecated string stuff. I've also updated the text a bit to
31 reflect current usage of "read only" strings.
32
33 * scheme-data.texi (Shared Substrings, Read Only Strings): Moved
34 to deprecated.texi.
35
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36 * deprecated.texi, posix.texi, scheme-binding.texi,
37 scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
38 scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
39 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
40 scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi,
41 scheme-utility.texi: Remove `@c docstring' comments, since they
42 aren't used any more by the docstring tracking utilities.
43
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442001-04-09 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
45
46 * scheme-data.texi (Pairs): New data type and procedure
47 description.
48 (Lists): Added new subsections for grouping the list procedures.
49 (Hooks): Added new nodes for hook subsections.
50 (String Syntax): New node, factoring out read syntax.
51 (Strings): Some blurb about allowed characters, zero-termination
52 etc.
53 (Keywords): Added menu descriptions.
54
552001-04-08 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
56
57 * scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index): Print index `rn', not `r5'.
58
59 * guile.texi: The index formerly known as `r5' is now called `rn'.
60
61 * scheme-utility.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-io.texi,
62 scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi:
63 Changed all @r5index entries to @rnindex.
64
652001-04-06 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
66
67 * scheme-data.texi (Hooks): Added hook description and
68 constraints.
69
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702001-04-06 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
71
72 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
73 procedures): Replace some instances of `@var' with `@code'.
74
75 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
76 procedures): Rewrite.
77
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782001-04-04 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
79
80 * scheme-data.texi (Alphabetic Case Mapping),
81 (String Comparison): Rearranged function order.
82 (Vectors): Reorganized, new introductory text, docs about read
83 syntax.
84
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852001-04-03 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
86
87 * scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
88 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-control.texi,
89 scheme-utility.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
90 scheme-data.texi: Removed a lot of ARGFIXME's after tweaking
91 docstrings and C source.
92
93 * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-data.texi,
94 posix.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
95 scheme-memory.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
96 scheme-scheduling.texi: Automated docstring merging.
97
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982001-04-02 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
99
100 * data-rep.texi (Immediates vs. Non-immediates): Update
101 out-of-date documentation. (Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the
102 report!)
103 (Immediates vs Non-immediates): Renamed without the dot, since the
104 dot causes `info' not to be able to display this node!
105
106 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add in a few more source files
107 that had got left out.
108
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1092001-03-30 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
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111 * scheme-reading.texi (Further Reading): Add bullets to further
112 reading list.
113
114 * gh.texi: Insert page break before chapter. Remove page breaks
115 within the chapter.
116
117 * Makefile.am: Add script-getopt.texi.
118
119 * guile.texi (Top): Include and link to new script-getopt.texi
120 chapter.
121
122 * script-getopt.texi: New chapter on command line handling.
123 (Written and contributed by Martin Grabmueller, revised by me.)
124
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125 * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Fix typo.
126
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1272001-03-27 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
128
129 * scheme-data.texi (Strings): Reorganized the whole `Strings'
130 section and wrote introductory material for each new subsection.
131
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1322001-03-25 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
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134 * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Some short text about
135 dynamic libraries and modules.
136
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1372001-03-23 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
138
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139 * intro.texi (Writing Extensions for Guile), scheme-data.texi
140 (Lists): Fix typos.
141
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142 * guile-tut.texi, ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial: Added to CVS. It
143 seems that I somehow missed these out when I moved everything from
144 guile-doc to guile-core.
145
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146 * posix.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
147 scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
148
149 * new-docstrings.texi: New file. Holds snarfed docstrings that
150 have not yet been incorporated into the reference manual.
151
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1522001-03-20 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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154 * scheme-options.texi (Evaluator options): Added evaluator
155 options, corrected docs for evaluator trap options.
156
157 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Scheme Read): New docs for read-options,
158 read-enable, read-disable and read-set! and cross references to
159 option nodes.
160 (Evaluator Options): New docs for eval-options, eval-enable,
161 eval-disable and eval-set!, traps, trap-enable, trap-disable and
162 trap-set! and cross references to option nodes.
163 (Evaluator Behaviour): Renamed node from `Evaluator options' to
164 avoid name clash.
165
166 * scheme-io.texi (String Ports): Added docs for SRFI-6 procedures.
167 (Void Ports): Corrected introductory comment.
168
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1692001-03-16 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
170
171 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Documented the arithmetic
172 procedures.
173 (Integer Operations): Added documentation.
174 (Comparison): Added documentation.
175 (Complex): Added documentation.
176 (Symbols and Variables): Comment out `builtin-bindings', which is
177 removed according to NEWS.
178 (Pairs): Added documentation.
179
180 * scheme-io.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
181 procedures.
182 (File Ports): New docs for `call-with-input-file',
183 `call-with-output-file', `with-input-from-file',
184 `with-output-to-file', `with-error-to-file'.
185
186 * scheme-control.texi, scheme-utility.texi,
187 * scheme-procedures.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
188 procedures.
189
190 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Added documentation for
191 `apply'. Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS procedures.
192
193 * scheme-data.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
194 procedures. Removed R5RS index entries for `ass{q,v,occ}-set!'.
195 Removed explicit entries into the function entries. They are
196 automagic.
197 (Vectors): Added documentation for `make-vector', `vector-ref' and
198 `vector-set!'.
199
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2002001-03-12 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
201
202 * intro.texi: Changed to reflect current practice better. Added
203 stuff about writing Guile Extensions (aka dynamically loaded
204 shared libraries).
205
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2062001-03-09 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
207
208 * goops.texi (VERSION): Bumped to version 0.3.
209
7d435120 210 * goops-tutorial.texi, goops.texi: Updated to reflect new
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211 define-method syntax.
212
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2132001-03-09 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
214
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215 * Makefile.am: Change HTML to HTMLDOC, now that we're part of a
216 wider distribution.
217
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218 Moving documentation files from guile-doc and guile-doc into
219 guile-core/doc:
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221 * env.texi, indices.texi, mbapi.texi, mltext.texi, scripts.texi,
222 scsh.texi, tcltk.texi, hierarchy.txt, scheme-indices.texi,
223 slib.texi, deprecated.texi, scheme-binding.texi, appendices.texi,
224 scheme-intro.texi, goops.texi, extend.texi, gh.texi, intro.texi,
225 preface.texi, scm.texi, goops-tutorial.texi, hierarchy.eps,
226 r4rs.texi, r5rs.texi, texinfo.tex, scheme-reading.texi,
227 data-rep.texi, scheme-utility.texi, posix.texi,
228 scheme-control.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
229 scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
230 scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
231 scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi, guile.texi,
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232 scheme-data.texi, scheme-ideas.texi, expect.texi,
233 ChangeLog-guile-doc-ref, guile-tut.texi,
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234 ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial, AUTHORS, BUGS, NEWS, THANKS: New
235 files.
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c2dc2842 237 * .cvsignore, Makefile.am, README: Merged.
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c2dc2842 239 * sources: New subdirectory.
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241 Both the following files are about to be replaced by files from
242 guile-doc/ref.
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244 * texinfo.tex: Removed.
245
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246 * data-rep.texi: Removed.
247
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2482001-02-15 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
249
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250 * README: Explain retirement of `data-rep.texi'.
251
252 * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS, data_rep_TEXINFOS): Removed.
253
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254 * data-rep.texi: Replace this copy of data-rep.texi with a notice
255 indicating that it has been retired. The master copy of
256 data-rep.texi is at guile-doc/ref/data-rep.texi.
257
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2582001-02-04 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
259
260 * data-rep.texi: Use SCM_SMOB_DATA instead of SCM_CDR. Also
261 things like SCM_SMOB_PREDICATE and SCM_NEWSMOB. Thanks to Dale
262 P. Smith!
263
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2642000-10-25 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
265
266 * mop.text: Preliminary documentation of the GOOPS meta object
267 protocol.
268
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2692000-07-28 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
270
271 * data-rep.texi (Garbage Collection): Fix "accomodate" spelling
272 mistake.
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275
276 * data-rep.tex: Removed documentation for SCM_OUTOFRANGE.
277
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2782000-06-20 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@thalamus.nada.kth.se>
279
280 * data-rep.texi: Center discussion around the standard interface
281 for smob type creation (scm_make_smob_type) and warn about the
282 ongoing discussion which may result in deprecating
283 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe in next release of Guile.
284
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286
287 * data-rep.texi: Updated the macro names for operating on
288 characters.
289
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2902000-03-22 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
291
292 * api.txt: Added a first attempt for a description of the newly
293 designed low level API.
294
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296
297 * Makefile.am (version.texi): Override automake's rule for
298 version.texi so that it gets created even in non-maintainer-mode.
299
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300Thu Jan 20 13:00:18 2000 Greg J. Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
301
302 * version.texi, stamp-vti: Removed -- these are auto-generated.
303
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3042000-01-12 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se>
305
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306 * Makefile.am (dist-hook): Updated to include oldfmt.c in
307 distribution archive.
308
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309 * README: Updated with note about oldfmt.c.
310
311 * oldfmt.c: New file: Used by application writers to adapt to
312 new-style error format strings.
313
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3141999-12-06 Gary Houston <ghouston@freewire.co.uk>
315
316 * data-rep.texi: change dircategory to match change in guile-doc
317 and scm.
318
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3191999-10-05 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
320
321 * Makefile.in: Deleted from CVS repository. Run the autogen.sh
322 script to create generated files like this one.
323
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3241999-09-11 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
325
326 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
327
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328Fri Jun 25 22:21:43 1999 Greg Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
329
330 * data-rep.texi: Updated SMOB docs to talk about
331 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, SCM_RETURN_NEWSMOB, SCM_NEWSMOB function
332 and macros.
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3341999-04-17 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
335
336 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
337
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3381998-10-19 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
339
340 * COPYING: New file.
341 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
342
343 * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES): List example-smob/COPYING.
344 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
345
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3461998-10-16 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
347
348 * Makefile.in: Regenerated, after change to qthreads.m4.
349
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3501998-10-15 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
351
352 * stamp-vti: Regenerated.
353
354 * hacks.el: Some handy helper functions for working on the manual.
355
356 * data-rep.texi: Extended to accomodate a full running example,
357 provided with the manual.
358 * example-smob: A new subdirectory, containing example files for
359 the manual chapter on smobs.
360 * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES, dist-hook): New variable and
361 target, to get the example-smob directory into the distribution.
362 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
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3641998-10-08 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
365
366 * .cvsignore: New file, containing data-rep.info. I'm not sure
367 whether we want to check this file into CVS, because it's
368 generated; if you find compelling reasons it should be, let me
369 know.
370
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3711998-10-07 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
372
373 * New directory for documentation.
374 * README: New file.
375 * data-rep.texi: It's not a real manual, but it's better than
376 nothing.
377 * Makefile.am, Makefile.in, data-rep.info, data-rep.texi,
378 mdate-sh, stamp-vti, texinfo.tex, version.texi: The usual support
379 files.