doc/ChangeLog

   1 2001-04-17  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
   2
   3         * scheme-utility.texi (General Conversion): New node, added
   4         `object->string'.
   5         (Equality): Added definition and explanation of `sameness'.
   6
   7         * posix.texi (System Identification): Added `gethostname' and
   8         `sethostname'.
   9         (Processes): Added `setpriority' and `getpriority'.
  10         (User Information): Added `cuserid' and `getlogin'.
  11         (Ports and File Descriptors): Added `flock'.
  12         (Processes): Added `chroot'.
  13         (File System): Added `mkstemp!'.
  14         (Encryption): New node, added `crypt' and `getpass'.
  15
  16         * new-docstrings.texi: Moved several docstrings over to the
  17         reference manual (see above which).
  18
  19         * scheme-data.texi (Data Types), (Numerical Tower): Add explicit
  20         @bullet to @itemize to satisfy older `makeinfo'.
  21
  22 2001-04-16  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
  23
  24         * data-rep.texi (Signalling Type Errors):  Update SCM_ASSERT doc
  25         for recent changes to disallow passing a string parameter as the
  26         `pos'.  Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the patch!
  27
  28 2001-04-13  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
  29
  30         * data-rep.texi (Unpacking the SCM type): New section, taken from
  31         Dirk Herrmann's description of SCM and scm_bits_t in api.txt.
  32         (Immediate Datatypes, Non-immediate Datatypes): Remove obsolete
  33         notes about needing to call SCM_NIMP.
  34
  35 2001-04-11  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
  36
  37         * scheme-procedures.texi (Procedures with Setters):  Fix dvi
  38         building syntax error.  Thanks to Dale P. Smith for the report and
  39         patch.
  40
  41 2001-04-11  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
  42
  43         * scheme-scheduling.texi (Arbiters): New explanatory text.
  44         (Asyncs): New explanations and documentation.
  45         (Scheduling): Added menu entry descriptions.
  46         (Fluids): New documentation.
  47
  48 2001-04-11  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
  49
  50         * scheme-procedures.texi (Lambda): Documented the lambda form.
  51         (Procedure Properties): Concept and usage explanation added.
  52         (Procedures with Setters): Explain by example, introduce
  53         definitions.
  54
  55         * scheme-data.texi (Symbols and Variables): Split and reorganized
  56         this section.
  57         (Symbols): New introductory text.
  58         (Characters): Added char-ci* procedures to rn index.
  59
  60 2001-04-10  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
  61
  62         * scm.texi (Handling Errors):  Improve Texinfo markup.  Thanks to
  63         Dale P. Smith for the patch!
  64
  65         * api.txt (Accessing Cell Entries): Fix typo.
  66
  67 2001-04-09  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
  68
  69         * deprecated.texi (Shared And Read Only Strings): New section for
  70         deprecated string stuff.  I've also updated the text a bit to
  71         reflect current usage of "read only" strings.
  72
  73         * scheme-data.texi (Shared Substrings, Read Only Strings): Moved
  74         to deprecated.texi.
  75
  76         * deprecated.texi, posix.texi, scheme-binding.texi,
  77         scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
  78         scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
  79         scheme-modules.texi, scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
  80         scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi,
  81         scheme-utility.texi: Remove `@c docstring' comments, since they
  82         aren't used any more by the docstring tracking utilities.
  83
  84 2001-04-09  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
  85
  86         * scheme-data.texi (Pairs): New data type and procedure
  87         description.
  88         (Lists): Added new subsections for grouping the list procedures.
  89         (Hooks): Added new nodes for hook subsections.
  90         (String Syntax): New node, factoring out read syntax.
  91         (Strings): Some blurb about allowed characters, zero-termination
  92         etc.
  93         (Keywords): Added menu descriptions.
  94
  95 2001-04-08  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
  96
  97         * scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index): Print index `rn', not `r5'.
  98
  99         * guile.texi: The index formerly known as `r5' is now called `rn'.
 100
 101         * scheme-utility.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-io.texi,
 102         scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi:
 103         Changed all @r5index entries to @rnindex.
 104
 105 2001-04-06  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 106
 107         * scheme-data.texi (Hooks): Added hook description and
 108         constraints.
 109
 110 2001-04-06  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@revel.glug.org>
 111
 112         * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
 113         procedures): Replace some instances of `@var' with `@code'.
 114
 115         * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
 116         procedures): Rewrite.
 117
 118 2001-04-04  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 119
 120         * scheme-data.texi (Alphabetic Case Mapping),
 121         (String Comparison): Rearranged function order.
 122         (Vectors): Reorganized, new introductory text, docs about read
 123         syntax.
 124
 125 2001-04-03  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 126
 127         * scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
 128         scheme-modules.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-control.texi,
 129         scheme-utility.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 130         scheme-data.texi: Removed a lot of ARGFIXME's after tweaking
 131         docstrings and C source.
 132
 133         * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-data.texi,
 134         posix.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 135         scheme-memory.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
 136         scheme-scheduling.texi: Automated docstring merging.
 137
 138 2001-04-02  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 139
 140         * data-rep.texi (Immediates vs. Non-immediates): Update
 141         out-of-date documentation.  (Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the
 142         report!)
 143         (Immediates vs Non-immediates): Renamed without the dot, since the
 144         dot causes `info' not to be able to display this node!
 145
 146         * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add in a few more source files
 147         that had got left out.
 148
 149 2001-03-30  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 150
 151         * scheme-reading.texi (Further Reading): Add bullets to further
 152         reading list.
 153
 154         * gh.texi: Insert page break before chapter.  Remove page breaks
 155         within the chapter.
 156
 157         * Makefile.am: Add script-getopt.texi.
 158
 159         * guile.texi (Top): Include and link to new script-getopt.texi
 160         chapter.
 161
 162         * script-getopt.texi: New chapter on command line handling.
 163         (Written and contributed by Martin Grabmueller, revised by me.)
 164
 165         * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Fix typo.
 166
 167 2001-03-27  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 168
 169         * scheme-data.texi (Strings): Reorganized the whole `Strings'
 170         section and wrote introductory material for each new subsection.
 171
 172 2001-03-25  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 173
 174         * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Some short text about
 175         dynamic libraries and modules.
 176
 177 2001-03-23  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 178
 179         * intro.texi (Writing Extensions for Guile), scheme-data.texi
 180         (Lists): Fix typos.
 181
 182         * guile-tut.texi, ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial: Added to CVS.  It
 183         seems that I somehow missed these out when I moved everything from
 184         guile-doc to guile-core.
 185
 186         * posix.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 187         scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
 188
 189         * new-docstrings.texi: New file.  Holds snarfed docstrings that
 190         have not yet been incorporated into the reference manual.
 191
 192 2001-03-20  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 193
 194         * scheme-options.texi (Evaluator options): Added evaluator
 195         options, corrected docs for evaluator trap options.
 196
 197         * scheme-evaluation.texi (Scheme Read): New docs for read-options,
 198         read-enable, read-disable and read-set! and cross references to
 199         option nodes.
 200         (Evaluator Options): New docs for eval-options, eval-enable,
 201         eval-disable and eval-set!, traps, trap-enable, trap-disable and
 202         trap-set! and cross references to option nodes.
 203         (Evaluator Behaviour): Renamed node from `Evaluator options' to
 204         avoid name clash.
 205
 206         * scheme-io.texi (String Ports): Added docs for SRFI-6 procedures.
 207         (Void Ports): Corrected introductory comment.
 208
 209 2001-03-16  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 210
 211         * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Documented the arithmetic
 212         procedures.
 213         (Integer Operations): Added documentation.
 214         (Comparison): Added documentation.
 215         (Complex): Added documentation.
 216         (Symbols and Variables): Comment out `builtin-bindings', which is
 217         removed according to NEWS.
 218         (Pairs): Added documentation.
 219
 220         * scheme-io.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
 221         procedures.
 222         (File Ports): New docs for `call-with-input-file',
 223         `call-with-output-file', `with-input-from-file',
 224         `with-output-to-file', `with-error-to-file'.
 225
 226         * scheme-control.texi, scheme-utility.texi,
 227         * scheme-procedures.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
 228         procedures.
 229
 230         * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Added documentation for
 231         `apply'.  Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS procedures.
 232
 233         * scheme-data.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
 234         procedures.  Removed R5RS index entries for `ass{q,v,occ}-set!'.
 235         Removed explicit entries into the function entries.  They are
 236         automagic.
 237         (Vectors): Added documentation for `make-vector', `vector-ref' and
 238         `vector-set!'.
 239
 240 2001-03-12  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 241
 242         * intro.texi: Changed to reflect current practice better.  Added
 243         stuff about writing Guile Extensions (aka dynamically loaded
 244         shared libraries).
 245
 246 2001-03-09  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
 247
 248         * goops.texi (VERSION): Bumped to version 0.3.
 249
 250         * goops-tutorial.texi, goops.texi: Updated to reflect new
 251         define-method syntax.
 252
 253 2001-03-09  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 254
 255         * Makefile.am: Change HTML to HTMLDOC, now that we're part of a
 256         wider distribution.
 257
 258         Moving documentation files from guile-doc and guile-doc into
 259         guile-core/doc:
 260
 261         * env.texi, indices.texi, mbapi.texi, mltext.texi, scripts.texi,
 262         scsh.texi, tcltk.texi, hierarchy.txt, scheme-indices.texi,
 263         slib.texi, deprecated.texi, scheme-binding.texi, appendices.texi,
 264         scheme-intro.texi, goops.texi, extend.texi, gh.texi, intro.texi,
 265         preface.texi, scm.texi, goops-tutorial.texi, hierarchy.eps,
 266         r4rs.texi, r5rs.texi, texinfo.tex, scheme-reading.texi,
 267         data-rep.texi, scheme-utility.texi, posix.texi,
 268         scheme-control.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 269         scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
 270         scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
 271         scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi, guile.texi,
 272         scheme-data.texi, scheme-ideas.texi, expect.texi,
 273         ChangeLog-guile-doc-ref, guile-tut.texi,
 274         ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial, AUTHORS, BUGS, NEWS, THANKS: New
 275         files.
 276
 277         * .cvsignore, Makefile.am, README: Merged.
 278
 279         * sources: New subdirectory.
 280
 281         Both the following files are about to be replaced by files from
 282         guile-doc/ref.
 283
 284         * texinfo.tex: Removed.
 285
 286         * data-rep.texi: Removed.
 287
 288 2001-02-15  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 289
 290         * README: Explain retirement of `data-rep.texi'.
 291
 292         * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS, data_rep_TEXINFOS): Removed.
 293
 294         * data-rep.texi: Replace this copy of data-rep.texi with a notice
 295         indicating that it has been retired.  The master copy of
 296         data-rep.texi is at guile-doc/ref/data-rep.texi.
 297
 298 2001-02-04  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 299
 300         * data-rep.texi: Use SCM_SMOB_DATA instead of SCM_CDR.  Also
 301         things like SCM_SMOB_PREDICATE and SCM_NEWSMOB.  Thanks to Dale
 302         P. Smith!
 303
 304 2000-10-25  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
 305
 306         * mop.text: Preliminary documentation of the GOOPS meta object
 307         protocol.
 308
 309 2000-07-28  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 310
 311         * data-rep.texi (Garbage Collection): Fix "accomodate" spelling
 312         mistake.
 313
 314 2000-06-30  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 315
 316         * data-rep.tex:  Removed documentation for SCM_OUTOFRANGE.
 317
 318 2000-06-20  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@thalamus.nada.kth.se>
 319
 320         * data-rep.texi: Center discussion around the standard interface
 321         for smob type creation (scm_make_smob_type) and warn about the
 322         ongoing discussion which may result in deprecating
 323         scm_make_smob_type_mfpe in next release of Guile.
 324
 325 2000-05-15  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 326
 327         * data-rep.texi:  Updated the macro names for operating on
 328         characters.
 329
 330 2000-03-22  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 331
 332         * api.txt:  Added a first attempt for a description of the newly
 333         designed low level API.
 334
 335 2000-01-31  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 336
 337         * Makefile.am (version.texi): Override automake's rule for
 338         version.texi so that it gets created even in non-maintainer-mode.
 339
 340 Thu Jan 20 13:00:18 2000  Greg J. Badros  <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
 341
 342         * version.texi, stamp-vti: Removed -- these are auto-generated.
 343
 344 2000-01-12  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se>
 345
 346         * Makefile.am (dist-hook): Updated to include oldfmt.c in
 347         distribution archive.
 348
 349         * README: Updated with note about oldfmt.c.
 350
 351         * oldfmt.c: New file: Used by application writers to adapt to
 352         new-style error format strings.
 353
 354 1999-12-06  Gary Houston  <ghouston@freewire.co.uk>
 355
 356         * data-rep.texi: change dircategory to match change in guile-doc
 357         and scm.
 358
 359 1999-10-05  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
 360
 361         * Makefile.in: Deleted from CVS repository.  Run the autogen.sh
 362         script to create generated files like this one.
 363
 364 1999-09-11  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
 365
 366         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 367
 368 Fri Jun 25 22:21:43 1999  Greg Badros  <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
 369
 370         * data-rep.texi: Updated SMOB docs to talk about
 371         scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, SCM_RETURN_NEWSMOB, SCM_NEWSMOB function
 372         and macros.
 373
 374 1999-04-17  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
 375
 376         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 377
 378 1998-10-19  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 379
 380         * COPYING: New file.
 381         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 382
 383         * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES): List example-smob/COPYING.
 384         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 385
 386 1998-10-16  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 387
 388         * Makefile.in: Regenerated, after change to qthreads.m4.
 389
 390 1998-10-15  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 391
 392         * stamp-vti: Regenerated.
 393
 394         * hacks.el: Some handy helper functions for working on the manual.
 395
 396         * data-rep.texi: Extended to accomodate a full running example,
 397         provided with the manual.
 398         * example-smob: A new subdirectory, containing example files for
 399         the manual chapter on smobs.
 400         * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES, dist-hook): New variable and
 401         target, to get the example-smob directory into the distribution.
 402         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 403
 404 1998-10-08  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 405
 406         * .cvsignore: New file, containing data-rep.info.  I'm not sure
 407         whether we want to check this file into CVS, because it's
 408         generated; if you find compelling reasons it should be, let me
 409         know.
 410
 411 1998-10-07  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 412
 413         * New directory for documentation.
 414         * README: New file.
 415         * data-rep.texi: It's not a real manual, but it's better than
 416         nothing.
 417         * Makefile.am, Makefile.in, data-rep.info, data-rep.texi,
 418         mdate-sh, stamp-vti, texinfo.tex, version.texi: The usual support
 419         files.