[bpt/guile.git] / doc / ref / ChangeLog

2001-11-20  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@glug.org>

	* scheme-options.texi (Install Config):
	Tweak `%load-path' verb to not imply it's a proc.
	Add documentation for `%guile-build-info'.

2001-11-19  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables), new-docstrings.texi: Removed
	doc for builtin-bindings (no longer exists).
	(Variables): Expanded existing description of variables.  Removed
	doc for builtin-variable (no longer exists).

	* scheme-binding.texi (Top Level): New docs for define, scm_define
	and scm_c_define.  Also clarified point about interchangeability
	of define and set!.

2001-11-18  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* scheme-data.texi (Vectors): Autoupdate docs for
	vector-move-left! and vector-move-right!.

2001-11-16  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* debugging.texi, deprecated.texi, intro.texi, misc-modules.texi,
	new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, scheme-binding.texi,
	scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.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,
	scheme-utility.texi, script-getopt.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Change
	category for "primitive" and "procedure" @deffn's to {Scheme
	Procedure}; add @deffnx lines for {C Function}s; automatic updates
	from libguile docstring changes.

	* scheme-memory.texi (Garbage Collection): Removed doc for removed
	`unhash-name'.

2001-11-14  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@glug.org>

	* scheme-procedures.texi: Spell "library" correctly.

2001-11-13  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* new-docstrings.texi, scheme-data.texi: Merge recent doc
	improvements from stable branch.

	* scheme-options.texi: Automatic updates from docstring changes in
	libguile's C source code.

2001-11-12  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* scheme-data.texi (Vtables, Structure Basics): Automatic doc
	updates for struct? and struct-vtable?.
	(String Searching): Add missing "for".  Thanks to Scott Lenser.

2001-11-08  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* guile.texi (Top): Added new chapter `Programming Options'.

	* program.texi: New file.

	* Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added program.texi.

2001-11-07  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* scheme-memory.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
	scheme-data.texi, scheme-binding.texi, posix.texi,
	new-docstrings.texi: Automatic updates from improved libguile
	docstrings.

2001-11-04  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* preface.texi: Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.
	(Manual Layout): Updated to reflect reorg.

	* guile.texi (MANUAL_EDITION): New variable, with value
	incremented from 1.0 to 1.1 to reflect the reorg described here.
	(Top): Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.

	* scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index, Guile Extensions Index): Use
	@unnumbered rather than @chapter for these indices.

	* guile.texi (Top): A little top-level reshuffling, with the aims
	that: (1) the `Guile Scheme' (reference) part of the manual
	becomes the `Guile API Reference', and covers both Scheme and C
	interfaces; (2) non-API-reference material such as the `Basic
	Ideas in Scheme' chapter is collected together to form a new part
	`Programming with Guile'.  This new part will contain general
	documentation on using and programming Guile in both Scheme and C,
	including - for example - awareness of GC when C programming, how
	to use the snarf macros, how to debug ...
	(Top): Move inclusion of scheme-indices.texi so that all indices
	appear together in the printed manual.

	* Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Removed appendices.texi, added
	debugging.texi.

	* appendices.texi: Removed.

	* debugging.texi (Debugger User Interface): New file, same as the
	material that used to be in appendices.texi, but now a chapter in
	Part II rather than an appendix.

	* appendices.texi (Obtaining and Installing Guile): Moved to
	become a chapter in ...
	* intro.texi: ... Part I: Introduction to Guile.

	* scm.texi (I/O Extensions): Moved to become a section of ...
	* scheme-io.texi (Input and Output): ... this chapter.

	* scm.texi (Handling Errors): Moved to become a section of ...
	* scheme-control.texi (Control Mechanisms): ... this chapter.

2001-11-06  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@glug.org>

	* srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-19, SRFI-19 Constants, SRFI-19 Current
	time and clock resolution, SRFI-19 Time object and accessors,
	SRFI-19 Time comparison procedures, SRFI-19 Time arithmetic
	procedures, SRFI-19 Date object and accessors, SRFI-19
	Time/Date/Julian Day/Modified Julian Day converters, SRFI-19 Date
	to string/string to date converters): New nodes.
	(SRFI Support): Add "SRFI-19" to menu.

2001-11-06  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

	* scripts.texi: Document `--debug' and `--no-debug'.

2001-10-27  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>

	* guile.texi, scsh.texi: removed obsolete guile-scsh material
	and updated links (I don't know if it should remain in the
	main menu.  It's like slib I think.)

	* minor updates to the slib installation notes.

2001-10-05  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Removed documentation
	for `read-and-eval!' and `eval2'.  (Thanks to Alex Schroeder for
	noticing that they'd disappeared!)

2001-10-05  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@glug.org>

	* scheme-io.texi (Writing): Add entry for `display'.
	Include in R5RS Index.  Thanks to Alex Schroeder for suggestion.

2001-09-26  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>

	* srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13): Tyop fix.
	(SRFI-13): Changed paragraph about bindings both in the code and
	in SRFI-13.

	* misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Tyop fix.
	(Formatted Output): Document ~g properly.

	Thanks to Alex Schroeder for pointing out the typos and sending
	suggestions.

2001-09-25  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@glug.org>

	* scheme-procedures.texi (Syntax Rules): Add `cindex' directive.
	Thanks to suggestion by Alex Schroeder.

2001-08-30  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* guile.texi (Top): Group all index nodes together so that
	`Info-index' works more effectively in Info.  Thanks to Eric
	Hanchrow for the report and fix.

	* scheme-data.texi (Random, String Syntax, String Modification,
	Regular Expressions), scheme-ideas.texi (Definition),
	scheme-modules.texi (Dynamic Linking and Compiled Code Modules),
	scm.texi (Transforming Scheme name to C name, Port
	Implementation): Various typo fixes and clarifications merged from
	the stable CVS branch.

2001-08-27  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	* intro.texi: Merged wording fixes from stable CVS branch.

	* Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Remove ../AUTHORS.

	* guile.texi: Incorporate text previously in separate AUTHORS
	file.

2001-08-27  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

	The change log for files in this directory continues backwards
	from 2001-08-27 in ../ChangeLog, as all the Guile documentation
	prior to this date was contained in a single directory.
Commit	Line	Data
19a35d19 TTN	1	2001-11-20 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
	2
	3	* scheme-options.texi (Install Config):
	4	Tweak `%load-path' verb to not imply it's a proc.
	5	Add documentation for `%guile-build-info'.
	6
d4e5a409 NJ	7	2001-11-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
	8
	9	* scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables), new-docstrings.texi: Removed
	10	doc for builtin-bindings (no longer exists).
	11	(Variables): Expanded existing description of variables. Removed
	12	doc for builtin-variable (no longer exists).
	13
	14	* scheme-binding.texi (Top Level): New docs for define, scm_define
	15	and scm_c_define. Also clarified point about interchangeability
	16	of define and set!.
	17
694a9bb3 NJ	18	2001-11-18 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
	19
	20	* scheme-data.texi (Vectors): Autoupdate docs for
	21	vector-move-left! and vector-move-right!.
	22
8f85c0c6 NJ	23	2001-11-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
	24
	25	* debugging.texi, deprecated.texi, intro.texi, misc-modules.texi,
	26	new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, scheme-binding.texi,
	27	scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
	28	scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
	29	scheme-modules.texi, scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
	30	scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi,
	31	scheme-utility.texi, script-getopt.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Change
	32	category for "primitive" and "procedure" @deffn's to {Scheme
	33	Procedure}; add @deffnx lines for {C Function}s; automatic updates
	34	from libguile docstring changes.
	35
	36	* scheme-memory.texi (Garbage Collection): Removed doc for removed
	37	`unhash-name'.
	38
ef394643 TTN	39	2001-11-14 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
	40
	41	* scheme-procedures.texi: Spell "library" correctly.
	42
72dd0a03 NJ	43	2001-11-13 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
	44
	45	* new-docstrings.texi, scheme-data.texi: Merge recent doc
	46	improvements from stable branch.
	47
	48	* scheme-options.texi: Automatic updates from docstring changes in
	49	libguile's C source code.
	50
b56b5983 NJ	51	2001-11-12 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
	52
	53	* scheme-data.texi (Vtables, Structure Basics): Automatic doc
	54	updates for struct? and struct-vtable?.
	55	(String Searching): Add missing "for". Thanks to Scott Lenser.
	56
9401323e NJ	57	2001-11-08 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
	58
	59	* guile.texi (Top): Added new chapter `Programming Options'.
	60
	61	* program.texi: New file.
	62
	63	* Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added program.texi.
	64
	65	2001-11-07 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
	66
	67	* scheme-memory.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
	68	scheme-data.texi, scheme-binding.texi, posix.texi,
	69	new-docstrings.texi: Automatic updates from improved libguile
	70	docstrings.
	71
	72	2001-11-04 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
	73
	74	* preface.texi: Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.
	75	(Manual Layout): Updated to reflect reorg.
	76
	77	* guile.texi (MANUAL_EDITION): New variable, with value
	78	incremented from 1.0 to 1.1 to reflect the reorg described here.
	79	(Top): Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.
	80
	81	* scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index, Guile Extensions Index): Use
	82	@unnumbered rather than @chapter for these indices.
	83
	84	* guile.texi (Top): A little top-level reshuffling, with the aims
	85	that: (1) the `Guile Scheme' (reference) part of the manual
	86	becomes the `Guile API Reference', and covers both Scheme and C
	87	interfaces; (2) non-API-reference material such as the `Basic
	88	Ideas in Scheme' chapter is collected together to form a new part
	89	`Programming with Guile'. This new part will contain general
	90	documentation on using and programming Guile in both Scheme and C,
	91	including - for example - awareness of GC when C programming, how
	92	to use the snarf macros, how to debug ...
	93	(Top): Move inclusion of scheme-indices.texi so that all indices
	94	appear together in the printed manual.
	95
	96	* Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Removed appendices.texi, added
	97	debugging.texi.
ef394643	98
9401323e NJ	99	* appendices.texi: Removed.
	100
	101	* debugging.texi (Debugger User Interface): New file, same as the
	102	material that used to be in appendices.texi, but now a chapter in
	103	Part II rather than an appendix.
	104
	105	* appendices.texi (Obtaining and Installing Guile): Moved to
	106	become a chapter in ...
	107	* intro.texi: ... Part I: Introduction to Guile.
	108
	109	* scm.texi (I/O Extensions): Moved to become a section of ...
	110	* scheme-io.texi (Input and Output): ... this chapter.
	111
	112	* scm.texi (Handling Errors): Moved to become a section of ...
	113	* scheme-control.texi (Control Mechanisms): ... this chapter.
	114
ca26b87d TTN	115	2001-11-06 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
	116
	117	* srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-19, SRFI-19 Constants, SRFI-19 Current
	118	time and clock resolution, SRFI-19 Time object and accessors,
	119	SRFI-19 Time comparison procedures, SRFI-19 Time arithmetic
	120	procedures, SRFI-19 Date object and accessors, SRFI-19
	121	Time/Date/Julian Day/Modified Julian Day converters, SRFI-19 Date
	122	to string/string to date converters): New nodes.
04bbd6ce	123	(SRFI Support): Add "SRFI-19" to menu.
ca26b87d	124
7ab89df1 MV	125	2001-11-06 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
	126
	127	* scripts.texi: Document `--debug' and `--no-debug'.
	128
c2c67382 GH	129	2001-10-27 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
c2c67382 GH	130
a42b5e5b GH	131	* guile.texi, scsh.texi: removed obsolete guile-scsh material
	132	and updated links (I don't know if it should remain in the
	133	main menu. It's like slib I think.)
	134
c2c67382 GH	135	* minor updates to the slib installation notes.
c2c67382 GH	136
a599743c NJ	137	2001-10-05 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
	138
	139	* scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Removed documentation
	140	for `read-and-eval!' and `eval2'. (Thanks to Alex Schroeder for
	141	noticing that they'd disappeared!)
	142
74e0de86 TTN	143	2001-10-05 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
	144
	145	* scheme-io.texi (Writing): Add entry for `display'.
	146	Include in R5RS Index. Thanks to Alex Schroeder for suggestion.
	147
40f316d0 MG	148	2001-09-26 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
	149
	150	* srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13): Tyop fix.
	151	(SRFI-13): Changed paragraph about bindings both in the code and
	152	in SRFI-13.
	153
	154	* misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Tyop fix.
	155	(Formatted Output): Document ~g properly.
	156
	157	Thanks to Alex Schroeder for pointing out the typos and sending
	158	suggestions.
74e0de86	159
523f81ba TTN	160	2001-09-25 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
	161
	162	* scheme-procedures.texi (Syntax Rules): Add `cindex' directive.
	163	Thanks to suggestion by Alex Schroeder.
	164
6c997de2 NJ	165	2001-08-30 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
6c997de2 NJ	166
255ea784 NJ	167	* guile.texi (Top): Group all index nodes together so that
	168	`Info-index' works more effectively in Info. Thanks to Eric
	169	Hanchrow for the report and fix.
	170
6c997de2 NJ	171	* scheme-data.texi (Random, String Syntax, String Modification,
	172	Regular Expressions), scheme-ideas.texi (Definition),
	173	scheme-modules.texi (Dynamic Linking and Compiled Code Modules),
	174	scm.texi (Transforming Scheme name to C name, Port
	175	Implementation): Various typo fixes and clarifications merged from
	176	the stable CVS branch.
	177
b45898ca NJ	178	2001-08-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
	179
	180	* intro.texi: Merged wording fixes from stable CVS branch.
	181
	182	* Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Remove ../AUTHORS.
	183
	184	* guile.texi: Incorporate text previously in separate AUTHORS
	185	file.
	186
	187	2001-08-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
	188
	189	The change log for files in this directory continues backwards
	190	from 2001-08-27 in ../ChangeLog, as all the Guile documentation
	191	prior to this date was contained in a single directory.