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-Guile NEWS --- history of user-visible changes.  2 Aug 1996  -*- text -*-
-Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Guile NEWS --- history of user-visible changes.  -*- text -*-
+Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
 Please send Guile bug reports to bug-guile@prep.ai.mit.edu.
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-Guile 1.0b3
+Changes since Guile 1.0 (Sun 5 Jan 1997):
+
+* Changes to the gh_ interface
+
+** gh_eval_str() now returns an SCM object which is the result of the
+evaluation
+
+** gh_scm2str() now copies the Scheme data to a caller-provided C
+array
+
+** gh_scm2newstr() now makes a C array, copies the Scheme data to it,
+and returns the array
 
-User-visible changes since Thursday, September 5:
+** gh_scm2str0() is gone: there is no need to distinguish
+null-terminated from non-null-terminated, since gh_scm2newstr() allows
+the user to interpret the data both ways.
 
+* Changes to documentation
+
+** the $(srcdir)/newdoc hierarchy now contains a new approach to the
+manuals.  The approach, recommended by Jim Blandy, is to have: (*) a
+tutorial with the pedagogical style of guile-user, and a non-dry
+reference manual in the style of the most excellent GNU libc reference
+manual: the reference manual should be complete, but at the same time
+it should have an introductory screen for each major topic, which can
+be referenced if the user goes "up" a level in the info documentation.
+
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+Guile 1.0b3
 
+User-visible changes from Thursday, September 5, 1996 until Guile 1.0:
 
 * Changes to the 'guile' program:
 
@@ -330,7 +356,7 @@ Until then, gtcltk-lib provides trivial, low-maintenance functionality.
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 Copyright information:
 
-Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1996,1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
    of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the