Add interface to disable automatic finalization

[bpt/guile.git] / doc / ref / intro.texi

diff --git a/doc/ref/intro.texi b/doc/ref/intro.texi
index b2bc5df..28da4ac 100644 (file)
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+++ b/doc/ref/intro.texi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @c -*-texinfo-*-
 @c This is part of the GNU Guile Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C)  1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010
+@c Copyright (C)  1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013
 @c   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c See the file guile.texi for copying conditions.
 
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 @chapter Introduction
 
 Guile is an implementation of the Scheme programming language.  Scheme
-(@url{schemers.org}) is an elegant and conceptually simple dialect of
-Lisp, originated by Guy Steele and Gerald Sussman, and since evolved
-by the series of reports known as RnRS (the
+(@url{http://schemers.org/}) is an elegant and conceptually simple
+dialect of Lisp, originated by Guy Steele and Gerald Sussman, and since
+evolved by the series of reports known as RnRS (the
 @tex
 Revised$^n$
 @end tex
@@ -288,21 +288,6 @@ classes, multiple inheritance and generic functions.
 @node Typographical Conventions
 @section Typographical Conventions
 
-We use some conventions in this manual.
-
-@itemize @bullet
-
-@item
-For some procedures, notably type predicates, we use ``iff'' to mean
-``if and only if''.  The construct is usually something like: `Return
-@var{val} iff @var{condition}', where @var{val} is usually
-``@nicode{#t}'' or ``non-@nicode{#f}''.  This typically means that
-@var{val} is returned if @var{condition} holds, and that @samp{#f} is
-returned otherwise.  To clarify: @var{val} will @strong{only} be
-returned when @var{condition} is true.
-@cindex iff
-
-@item
 In examples and procedure descriptions and all other places where the
 evaluation of Scheme expression is shown, we use some notation for
 denoting the output and evaluation results of expressions.
@@ -328,10 +313,6 @@ As you can see, this code prints @samp{1} (denoted by
 @samp{@print{}}), and returns @code{hooray} (denoted by
 @samp{@result{}}).
 
-@c Add other conventions here.
-
-@end itemize
-
 
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