+2003-11-09 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Random): In random, use @code for *random-state*.
+ Reported by Stephen Compall.
+
+2003-11-03 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * misc-modules.texi (File Tree Walk): New chapter.
+ * guile.texi: Add it.
+
+2003-10-18 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * gh.texi (Calling Scheme procedures from C, scm transition summary):
+ Refer to scm_list_n, not the old name scm_listify.
+ (scm transition summary): For gh_apply, recommend scm_apply_0, which
+ is now documented.
+
+ * gh.texi (Defining new Scheme procedures in C): Don't use
+ @strong{Note:}, latest makeinfo will complain it looks like a cross
+ reference.
+
+ * posix.texi (Time): Correction to strftime glibc cross reference
+ node, now "Formatting Calendar Time".
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Searching): In break, note conflict with
+ binding established by `while'.
+
+2003-10-09 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Decribe rehashing, note
+ no hashx-remove!, describe make-hash-table size parameter.
+
+2003-10-06 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
+
+ * scheme-memory.texi: Added a short explanation of the GC and the
+ conservative stack scanning.
+ (scm_gc_protect_object, scm_gc_unprotect_object,
+ scm_permanent_object): New.
+
+ * data-rep.texi, scheme-memory.texi (scm_remember_upto_here_1,
+ scm_remember_upto_here_2): Moved from data-rep.texi to
+ scheme-memory.texi.
+
+2003-10-02 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-io.texi (String Ports): In call-with-output-string, note proc
+ should not close the port. In get-output-string, note string must be
+ gotten before closing the port.
+
+2003-09-21 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * posix.texi (File System): In access?, reword a bit, clarify real
+ versus effective ID handling, cross reference glibc on that, and
+ recommend against access tests in library functions.
+
+2003-09-13 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * posix.texi (File System): In stat:dev and stat:mode, clarify that
+ both are numbers.
+
+ * posix.texi (Network Address Conversion): Under IPv4, describe
+ numeric representation in Guile, add INADDR_LOOPBACK and
+ INADDR_BROADCAST, add commented-out INADDR_NONE.
+
+ * scheme-compound.texi (Append/Reverse): Merge reverse and reverse!,
+ describe newtail parameter for reverse!, remove confusing caveat about
+ head becoming tail for reverse!.
+
+ * scheme-io.texi (Reading): In port-column, port-line,
+ set-port-column! and set-port-line!, port parameter must be given,
+ there's no default to current input.
+
+ * scheme-io.texi (Reading): Add scm_c_read.
+ (Writing): Add scm_c_write.
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Constructors): Add list-copy.
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-19): Rewrite, adding descriptions of all
+ functions, and a bit of an introduction.
+
+2003-09-03 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Keyword Primitives): Add examples to
+ make-keyword-from-dash-symbol and keyword-dash-symbol. Add
+ scm_c_make_keyword.
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Primitives): In gensym, cross reference
+ uninterned symbols, use @w{} on " g" prefix to avoid any chance of a
+ line break obscuring it.
+
+2003-08-30 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * data-rep.texi (Remembering During Operations): Note
+ scm_remember_upto_here_1 applies only to C automatic variables.
+
+ * guile.texi: Move @contents to usual place after title page, and
+ after first menu since that looks nice in html.
+
+ * posix.texi (Ports and File Descriptors): In pipe PIPE_BUF, use
+ @defvar, reword a bit for clarity, cross reference glibc.
+
+ * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): In socket, use
+ @defvar for protocol variables, cross reference for getprotobyname,
+ note it's usually connect and accept that establishes communication.
+
+ * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): In socketpair,
+ clarify the return is a pair with ports in car and cdr, note
+ connection is full duplex, refer to socket for parameters, refer to
+ PF_UNIX rather than AF_UNIX.
+
+ * scheme-compound.texi (Append/Reverse): Merge append and append!,
+ shown parameters as lst1 ... lstN, describe list argument for
+ scm_append and scm_append_x and note that it's unmodified.
+
+ * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Add hashx- case
+ insensitive string example, add cross references to symbol-hash,
+ string-hash, string-hash-ci, and char-set-hash.
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Multiple Values): In values, show args as "arg1
+ ... argN". In scm_values, note args is a list and returned object
+ shares structure with it.
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Catch): Add scm_internal_catch.
+ (Lazy Catch): Add scm_internal_lazy_catch.
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Use a table for scheme to C libm
+ equivalences, add C99 trunc.
+
+ * scheme-procedures.texi (Lambda): Note ". rest" list argument is
+ always newly created.
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Association Lists): In alist-delete and
+ alist-delete!, note argument order for the equality calls per SRFI-1
+ spec.
+
+2003-08-26 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Scientific): Add two-argument atan.
+
+ * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Need @@ for texinfo in example.
+
+2003-08-17 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Collect up groups of
+ functions to avoid duplication. Revise notes on hashx functions and
+ on vector implementation. In make-hash-table, size is now optional.
+ Add hash-map and hash-for-each.
+
+2003-08-14 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (while do): Update `while' for code rewrite, in
+ particular describe break and continue.
+
+2003-08-09 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): Add index entries for deprecated
+ scm_must_malloc and friends.
+
+2003-07-29 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-compound.texi (List Constructors): Remove scm_cons_star,
+ since it's not very helpful.
+
+ * scheme-utility.texi (Property Primitives): In primitive-property-ref,
+ note parameters to not-found-proc, use hyphens rather than underscores
+ for that parameter name.
+ In primitive-property-set!, VAL is the value parameter not CODE.
+
+2003-07-24 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Dynamic Wind): Untabify.
+ (Multiple Values): Use @result.
+ Reported by Stephen Compall <s11@member.fsf.org>.
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Continuations): Rewrite with more detail.
+
+ * scheme-scheduling.texi (System asyncs): Add index entries for C
+ functions.
+
+ * scheme-scheduling.texi (Parallel Forms): New section.
+
+2003-07-18 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-compound.texi (List Constructors): In list, use "elem1
+ ... elemN". Add scm_list_1, scm_list_2, scm_list_3, scm_list_4,
+ scm_list_5, scm_list_n. Remove scm_list, since it's a no-op.
+ * guile.texi (nicode): New macro.
+
+ * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): In apply, reword for
+ clarity, drop the "append" example. Add scm_apply, scm_apply_0,
+ scm_apply_1, scm_apply_2, scm_apply_3.
+ Add scm_call_0, scm_call_1, scm_call_2, scm_call_3.
+ In apply:nconc2last, move down after "apply", reword for clarity, note
+ correspondence to apply params.
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Add cond-expand index entry.
+ (SRFI-9): Add define-record-type index entry.
+
+2003-07-12 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Constructors): In iota, reword a bit for
+ clarity and add a couple of examples.
+
+2003-07-10 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * deprecated.texi (Deprecated): Add scm_remember.
+
+2003-06-22 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * data-rep.texi (Remembering During Operations): Refer to all "Guile
+ library functions" as provoking gc.
+
+2003-06-19 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-io.texi (File Ports): Describe call-with-input-file and
+ call-with-output-file together. Describe with-input-from-file,
+ with-output-to-file and with-error-to-file together, and add that they
+ use dynamic-wind on the current port setting and keep the port open in
+ support of captured continuations.
+ (Closing): Describe close-input-port and close-output-port together,
+ tweak the wording slightly.
+
+2003-06-14 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * data-rep.texi (Vector Data): For SCM_VECTOR_BASE, SCM_STRING_CHARS
+ and SCM_SYMBOL_CHARS, cross reference "Remembering During Operations".
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): round is to nearest even.
+
+2003-06-12 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * data-rep.texi (Remembering During Operations): New section.
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Primitive Numerics): Add atan2, pow, asinh, acosh
+ and atanh to scheme<->C table. Note asinh, acosh and atanh are C99,
+ and scm_asinh, scm_acosh and scm_atanh are equivalents. Cross ref
+ glibc "Mathematics". Reword this end part for clarity.
+
+ * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): Use {} around types for
+ @deftypefn, for correct name in indexes.
+ * scheme-utility.texi (C Hooks): Ditto.
+ * gh.texi (Scheme to C): Ditto.
+
+ * gh.texi (Scheme to C): In gh_scm2newstr, lenp is size_t* not int*.
+ This changed in guile 1.6, the docs weren't updated.
+
+2003-06-09 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
+
+ From Mike Gran <spikegran@earthlink.net>. Thanks!
+
+ * preface.texi: Minor punctuation mistakes. Hyphens should link
+ compound adjectives. Commas should be placed after a "therefore"
+ that begins a sentence. Commas should not be used to separate a
+ list of only 2 dependent clauses.
+
+2003-06-07 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Cross reference glibc floor and ceil.
+
+2003-06-05 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * posix.texi (File System): stat:rdev and stat:blocks can return #f,
+ stat:blksize returns a sensible size if the field is not available.
+
+ * scheme-compound.texi (Array Mapping): Reword for clarity, and in
+ particular have the same parameter names in the text and prototypes.
+
+ * scheme-evaluation.texi (Delayed Evaluation): Add delay, reword
+ promise? and force a bit, describe recursive forcing of a promise by
+ its own code.
+
+ * scheme-io.texi (Ports): Add notes on garbage collection, and on
+ explicitly closing file ports.
+ (File Ports): Cross reference Ports node on explicit closing.
+
+ * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Cross reference
+ Ports node on explicit closing.
+
+ * scheme-scheduling.texi (Futures): New section.
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13 Miscellaneous): In string-replace, note
+ that start1 and end1 optional is a Guile extension.
+
+2003-05-30 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * deprecated.texi: Add substring-move-left! and substring-move-right!.
+
+ * scheme-io.texi (Default Ports): Remove duplicate descriptions of
+ set-current-output-port and set-current-error-port.
+
+2003-05-27 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
+
+ * scheme-compound.texi: Clarified that vectors need to be quoted.
+
+2003-05-26 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * posix.texi (Locales): Clarify setlocale a bit, list all categories,
+ cross reference to libc.
+
+2003-05-24 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-procedures.texi: Add index entries lambda, optargs, syncase.
+
+ * scsh.texi (The Scheme shell (scsh)): Add index entries.
+
+2003-05-22 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-2): Rewrite and-let*, describing plain
+ expression clauses and improving the examples.
+
+2003-05-17 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
+
+ * posix.texi (socket): Use PF_ instead of AF_ prefix.
+
+2003-05-16 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * guile.texi: Use @copying, show copyright and permissions at start of
+ info and html.
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Deleting): Rewrite delete and
+ delete-duplicates, adding behaviour details specified by srfi-1.
+
+2003-05-12 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * preface.texi (Guile License): Refer to COPYING.LIB.
+
+ * repl-modules.texi (Loading Readline Support, Readline Options):
+ Index entries for readline functions.
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Fix regexp error key, should
+ be `regular-expression-syntax'.
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Complex): Show z argument in prototypes.
+
+2003-05-10 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Reals and Rationals): Fix typo @result{#f}, and
+ put @result outside @code.
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Bitwise Operations): Note negatives are treated as
+ infinite precision twos complement. Revise `ash' to emphasise this
+ for right shifts of negatives. Describe integer-length behaviour on
+ negatives. Add `...' to logand, logior, logxor since they take
+ multiple parameters.
+ * guile.texi (m): New macro.
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Revise C support section to
+ get index entries, and clarify parameters. Remove scm_regex_error, no
+ longer exists and wasn't available to applications.
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Index entries for error keys.
+
+2003-05-08 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Bitwise Operations): Fix lognot to ones-complement.
+
+ * slib.texi (JACAL): Fix @ref title.
+ Add index entries, use @file and @code variously.
+
+2003-05-06 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-scheduling.texi (C level thread interface): Use @deftypefn
+ not @deftypefun, to get function names (not types) indexed.
+
+ * scheme-options.texi (Build Config): Add index entries for
+ %guile-build-info keys.
+
+2003-05-04 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Integer Operations): Describe how quotient,
+ remainder and modulo round their results.
+
+ * scheme-io.texi (Reading): In read-char and peek-char, fix typos "?"
+ in @rnindex. In port-column, use @: after i.e.
+ (Writing): In get-print-state, two spaces after full stop. Add write,
+ revise display.
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Length Append etc): Add count.
+ (SRFI-1 Fold and Map): In reduce, fix typo "... variant of fold", add
+ "f" to fold call shown. In reduce-right, use @code on "reduce".
+
+ * data-rep.texi, gh.texi: Add spaces after some @defun names.
+ * posix.texi (Processes): Fix typo "hhhh".
+
+2003-05-01 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * posix.texi: Add index entries for many variables and functions,
+ either using @defvar/@deffn or @vindex/@pindex. (Patch supplied
+ by Kevin Ryde.)
+
+2003-04-30 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
+
+ * posix.texi (scm_c_port_for_each): Added.
+
+2003-04-26 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Primitives): Document scm_str2symbol
+ and scm_mem2symbol.
+
+ * data-rep.texi (Describing a New Type): Clarify that
+ scm_make_smob_type_mfpe is deprecated. (Thanks to
+ tomas@fabula.de.)
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Remove scm_sysmissing,
+ long since gone from libguile. (Thanks to Kevin Ryde.)
+
+2003-04-05 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
+
+ * preface.texi: Reflect change to LGPL.
+
+2003-03-27 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
+
+ * scheme-io.texi (Reading): clarify character ordering in port for
+ unread-string.
+
+2003-03-07 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
+
+ * guile.texi: change MANUAL_EDITION to MANUAL-EDITION so we don't
+ choke TeX (thanks to Dale P. Smith).
+
+ * preface.texi: change MANUAL_EDITION to MANUAL-EDITION so we
+ don't choke TeX (thanks to Dale P. Smith).
+
+2003-01-02 Mikael Djurfeldt <djurfeldt@nada.kth.se>
+
+ * scheme-scheduling.texi (Low level thread primitives): Fixed typo
+ in broadcast-condition-variable.
+
+2002-12-08 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
+
+ * scheme-options.texi (Build Config): add effective-version docs.
+
+2002-11-17 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ Applied patches from Stephen Compall as follows. (Thanks!)
+
+ 2002-11-06 Stephen Compall <rushing@sigecom.net>
+
+ * posix.texi: Changed quotes to match Texinfo expectations.
+
+ Added references to the glibc manual.
+
+ Used proper Texinfo text marking for many keywords, such as @code,
+ @samp, @env, @var.
+
+ Fixed argument metasyntactic variable references in
+ file-manipulation section so the usage in the descriptions matches
+ the usage in the declarations.
+
+ 2002-10-26 Stephen Compall <rushing@sigecom.net>
+
+ * scheme-data.texi: Addition and change of many Texinfo tags,
+ particularly usage of @var and @samp, as well as reformatting of
+ some lists into tables and usage of @result.
+
+ Notes about some things I didn't understand, as well as a
+ missing section on non-control characters.
+
+2002-10-27 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
+
+ * scheme-modules.texi (Environments): only available when
+ (ice-9 r5rs) is used.
+ * scsh.texi (The Scheme shell (scsh)): current url is www.scsh.net.
+
+2002-10-27 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
+
+ * scheme-scheduling.texi: Updated mutex and condition varable
+ functions.
+
+2002-10-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * debugging.texi (Debugging Features): Rewritten.
+
+2002-10-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-binding.texi, scheme-io.texi,
+ scheme-scheduling.texi, posix.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
+
+2002-10-14 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
+
+ * intro.texi (Whirlwind Tour): Added pointer to examples
+ directory.
+
+2002-10-10 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
+
+ * scheme-scheduling.texi (System Asyncs): Updated.
+
+2002-10-07 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
+
+ * scheme-scheduling.texi (Asyncs): Updated.
+ * posix.texi (sigaction): Updated.
+
+2002-10-03 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * posix.texi (Processes), scheme-options.texi (Common Feature
+ Symbols): Refer to provided? rather than deprecated feature?.
+
+2002-10-03 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
+
+ * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Updated.
+ (Writing your own snarfing macros): New.
+
+2002-09-25 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Make sections into nodes.
+ (Debugging Options): Node removed.
+
+ * scheme-options.texi (Feature Tracking): Brought forward before
+ sections on options.
+ (Runtime Options): New section, to group options-related nodes.
+
+2002-09-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * scheme-options.texi (Options and Config): Chapter name changed,
+ and intro text improved.
+ (Install Config): Brought forward, and renamed Build
+ Configuration.
+
+ The following doc updates are from Ian Sheldon - thanks!
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Appending Strings, Regexp Functions, Match
+ Structures): Add examples.
+ (Regular Expressions): Add instruction to use (ice-9 regex)
+ module.
+
+ * slib.texi (SLIB): Remove duplicate `the'.
+
+2002-09-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * scheme-options.texi (General option interface): Mention
+ eval-options-interface and debug-options-interface.
+
+ * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): New node describing source
+ properties.
+
+2002-09-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * scheme-utility.texi (Hook Reference): Improvements to hook docs.
+ Thanks to Thien-Thi Nguyen for the patches.
+
+2002-09-16 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Props): It's "set-symbol-property!",
+ not "set-symbol-property". Thanks to Pieter Pareit!
+
+2002-09-15 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
+
+ * scheme-data.texi: Tell them to use 'provided?' instead of
+ '*feaures*'.
+
2002-09-09 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
+ * scheme-ideas.texi (Creating a Procedure): Fixed typo. Thanks to
+ Pieter Pareit!
+
* intro.texi: Updated GNu ftp server name. Use "-lguile" instead
of "libguile.a". Some small fixes/improvements.
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