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@@ -8,21 +8,44 @@ Changes since Guile 1.3:
 
 * Changes to the stand-alone interpreter
 
+** New options interface: readline-options,
+readline-enable, readline-disable, readline-set!
+
 ** Command line history is now restored from and saved to file
 
-If readline is used and the read option `history-file' is enabled, the
-command line history is read from file when the interpreter is
+If readline is used and the readline option `history-file' is enabled,
+the command line history is read from file when the interpreter is
 entered, and written to file on exit.  The filename used can be
 specified with the environment variable GUILE_HISTORY.  Default file
 name is "$HOME/.guile_history".  Nothing special happens if errors
 occur during read or write.
 
 ** Command line history length can now be customized.
-Command line history length is now controlled by the read option
+Command line history length is now controlled by the readline option
 `history-length'.  Default is 200 lines.
 
 * Changes to Scheme functions and syntax
 
+** The range of logand, logior, logxor, logtest, and logbit? have changed.
+
+These functions now operate on numbers in the range of a C unsigned
+long.
+
+These functions used to operate on numbers in the range of a C signed
+long; however, this seems inappropriate, because Guile integers don't
+overflow.
+
+** All builtins now print as primitives.
+Previously builtin procedures not belonging to the fundamental subr
+types printed as #<compiled closure #<primitive-procedure gsubr-apply>>.
+Now, they print as #<primitive-procedure NAME>.
+
+** Backtraces slightly more intelligible.
+gsubr-apply and macro transformer application frames no longer appear
+in backtraces.
+
+* Changes to Scheme functions and syntax
+
 ** New functions: delq1!, delv1!, delete1!
 These procedures behave similar to delq! and friends but delete only
 one object if at all.
@@ -39,10 +62,10 @@ read again in last-in first-out order.
 Version of `map' which guarantees that the procedure is applied to the
 lists in serial order.
 
-** New syntax: sequence->list BODY1 ...
+** New syntax: collect BODY1 ...
 Version of `begin' which returns a list of the results of the body
 forms instead of the result of the last body form.  In contrast to
-`begin', sequence->list allows an empty body.
+`begin', `collect' allows an empty body.
 
 ** New functions: read-history FILENAME, write-history FILENAME
 Read/write command line history from/to file.  Returns #t on success