*** empty log message ***

[bpt/guile.git] / NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b12046b..d852839 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type system more compatible with Emacs Lisp's.  However, the change
 caused too much trouble for Scheme programmers, and we found another
 way to reconcile Emacs Lisp with Scheme that didn't require this.
 
+
 * You can now use Guile as a shell script interpreter.
 
 To paraphrase the SCSH manual:
@@ -68,10 +69,17 @@ Why does `#!' start a block comment terminated by `!#', instead of the
 end of the line?  That is the notation SCSH uses, and although we
 don't yet support the other SCSH features that motivate that choice,
 we would like to be backward-compatible with any existing Guile
-scripts once we do.
+scripts once we do.  Furthermore, if the path to Guile on your system
+is too long for your kernel, you can start the script with this
+horrible hack:
+
+#!/bin/sh
+exec /really/long/path/to/guile -s "$0" ${1+"$@"}
+!#
 
 Note that some very old Unix systems don't support the `#!' syntax.
 
+
 * You can now run Guile without installing it.
 
 Previous versions of the interactive Guile interpreter (`guile')
@@ -90,6 +98,7 @@ you might say
 
        export SCHEME_LOAD_PATH=/home/jimb/my-scheme:/home/jimb/guile-1.0b3
 
+
 * Guile's header files should no longer conflict with your system's
 header files.
 
@@ -104,8 +113,20 @@ refer to all Guile's other header files as <libguile/mumble.h>.
 Guile's installation procedure puts libguile.h in $(includedir), and
 the rest in $(includedir)/libguile.
 
+* Guile's delq, delv, delete functions, and their destructive
+counterparts, delq!, delv!, and delete!, now remove all matching
+elements from the list, not just the first.  This matches the behavior
+of the corresponding Emacs Lisp functions, and (I believe) the Maclisp
+functions which inspired them.
+
+I recognize that this change may break code in subtle ways, but it
+seems best to make the change before the FSF's first Guile release,
+rather than after.
+
+
 * The compiled-library-path function has been deleted from libguile.
 
+
 * A variable and two new functions have been added to libguile:
 
 ** The variable %load-path now tells Guile which directories to search
@@ -150,6 +171,8 @@ completely rewritten, we (Jim Blandy and Richard Stallman) have
 decided not to support the old code.  We'll spend the time instead on
 a good interface to the newer Tk, as soon as it is available.
 
+Until then, gtcltk-lib provides trivial, low-maintenance functionality.
+
 \f
 Copyright information: