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3 * api-data.texi (String Predicates): For string-any and string-every,
4 last chars are now tail calls per srfi, and reinstate char_pred can be
5 character or character set (somehow lost in cut and paste).
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9 * api-compound.texi (Vectors, Bit Vectors, Uniform Numeric
10 Vectors): Updated for the distinction between read-only and write
11 access to storage locations.
12
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15 * api-compound.texi (Arrays): Reorganized and 'modernized'.
16
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19 * expect.texi (Expect): Removed backslash escapes of regexp
20 operators ( and ) in code example for expect-strings.
21
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24 * api-data.texi (Regexp Functions): Revise regex-substitute and
25 regex-substitute/global for clarity, add some examples.
26
27 * api-procedures.texi (lambda* Reference): Revise for clarity, note
28 how #:rest works with #:key, note previous bindings available to
29 default expressions.
30
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33 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Length Append etc): In concatenate, note
34 equivalence to "apply append".
35
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362004-11-09 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
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38 * api-compound.texi (Generalized Vectors): New.
39 (Bit Vectors): More docs.
40 (Uniform Vectors): Call them Uniform numeric vectors.
41
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44 * api-compound.texi (Uniform Vectors): Added c32 and c64 docs.
45
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462004-10-27 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
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48 * srfi-modules.texi, api-compound.texi: Moved SRFI-4 docs into
49 main part. Moved bit vectors out of array section to make them
50 more visible.
51
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54 * api-smobs.texi (smob mark function): List admissible functions
55 to call.
56
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572004-10-04 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
58
59 * api-data.texi: Removed primitive keyword section, updated
60 keyword docs.
61
62 * api-undocumented.texi: Moved keyword dash-symbol docs here.
63
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642004-09-26 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
65
66 * api-data.texi (Conversion to/from C): Braces {} around char* return.
67 * api-evaluation.texi (Block Comments): More cindex entries.
68
69 * guile.texi, misc-modules.texi (Streams): New section.
70
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73 * libguile-smobs.texi, api-smobs.texi: More words abot what a free
74 function is allowed to do.
75
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77
78 * libguile-smobs.texi: Bugfix in example code, use SCM_NEWSMOB
79 correctly. Use scm_assert_smob_type instead of SCM_ASSERT
80 baroqueness.
81
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84 * api-i18n.texi: New file.
85 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added it.
86 * guile.texi: Include it.
87
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90 * api-utility.texi (Equality): Revise for clarity.
91
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93
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94 * api-data.texi (integer-expt): Updated from docstring.
95
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96 * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES, MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): Moved
97 autoconf-macros.texi to MAINTAINERCLEANFILES. It is in the
98 tarball and we shouldn't clean it, then.
99
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1002004-09-07 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
101
102 * api-procedures.texi (let-keywords Reference): Typo, should be
103 let-keywords* @defunx.
104
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105 * api-scheduling.texi (Parallel Forms): In parallel, letpar, par-map,
106 n-par-map and n-for-each-par-map, describe each form as being in its
107 own thread, not a new thread, since for instance the calling thread is
108 used when only one form. Plus typo in n-for-each-par-map example
109 equivalent for-each + n-par-map.
110
111 * posix.texi (Locales): Use @var for category arg.
112
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113 * posix.texi (System Identification): Remove software-type, it doesn't
114 exist in the guile core.
115
116 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-10): Revise and expand.
117
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119
120 * misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Excess arguments are ignored.
121 In ~*, correction N parameter cannot be negative. In ~t, note
122 port-column used.
123
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125
126 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-2): Note empty body is #t.
127
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1282004-08-25 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
129
130 * api-data.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Moved docs for SRFI-14 into
131 main API chapter. Updated docstrings from libguile/.
132
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135 * api-data.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Moved docs for SRFI-14 into
136 main API chapter. Updated docstrings from libguile/.
137
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1382004-08-24 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
139
140 Ran a (docstring-process-module "(guile)") and moved entries from
141 new-docstrings.texi to their appropriate place.
142
143 * api-undocumented.texi: New file.
144
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1452004-08-21 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
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147 From Richard Todd, Thanks!
148
149 * scheme-scripts.texi (Invoking Guile): documented new '-L'
150 switch.
151
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153
154 * gh.texi: Updated transition section with new recommended things.
155
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1562004-08-19 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
157
158 * api-data.texi (Strings): Document copy-on-write behavior and
159 mutation-sharing substrings.
160 (Symbols): Document scm_from_locale_symbol and
161 scm_from_locale_symboln.
162
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164
165 * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Add SOCK_RDM and
166 SOCK_SEQPACKET.
167
168 * posix.texi (Internet Socket Examples): Correction to socket calls,
169 should be PF_INET not AF_INET (though generally the two are the same
170 value).
171
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174 * api-scheduling.texi (Mutexes): New datatype-centric section, adding
175 fair mutexes and collecting up material from ...
176 (Low level thread primitives, Higher level thread procedures, C level
177 thread interface): ... these nodes.
178
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179 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13 Predicates): Add string-any and
180 string-every support for char and charset predicates.
181
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183
184 * api-data.texi (scm_c_round, scm_c_truncate): Docs for'em.
185
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1862004-08-10 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
187
188 * api-control.texi: Updated example to use scm_to_locale_string
189 instead of roll-your-own scm_to_string. Also showcase
190 scm_frame_free.
191
192 * api-data.texi: Docs for scm_is_string, scm_to_locale_string*,
193 and scm_from_locale_string*.
194
195 * api-memory.texi: Docs for scm_frame_free.
196
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198
199 * api-io.texi (File Ports): In open-file, describe the "b" binary flag.
200
201 * slib.texi (SLIB): Add notes on delete-file, provided? and open-file
202 overridden by ice-9 slib module.
203
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2042004-08-05 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
205
206 * api-scheduling.texi (Arbiters): Tweak wording for clarity, note any
207 thread can unlock not just the one which locked.
208
209 * posix.texi (Conventions): Describe system-error args, use @defun for
210 system-error-errno instead of just words.
211
212 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13 Predicates): Tweak wording for clarity.
213 For string-every, note return is #t when no characters. For
214 string-any and string-every, note last pred call is not currently a
215 tail call, contrary to SRFI-13 spec.
216
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218
219 * api-data.texi: Added scm_is_real, scm_is_rational,
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220 scm_to_double, scm_from_double, numerator, and denominator. Added
221 scm_is_complex, scm_is_number, scm_c_make_rectangular,
c5e45cba 222 scm_c_make_polar, scm_c_real_part, scm_c_imag_part,
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223 scm_c_magnitude, and scm_c_angle.
224
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2252004-08-02 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
226
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227 * gh.texi: Replaced references to scm_num2* with scm_to_* and
228 references to scm_*2num with scm_from_*.
229
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230 Renamed many file to make the structure of the manual more evident
231 in the names. Changed all references.
232
233 * scheme-binding.texi: Renamed to api-binding.texi.
234 * scheme-compound.texi: Renamed to api-compound.texi.
235 * scheme-control.texi: Renamed to api-control.texi.
236 * scheme-data.texi: Renamed to api-data.texi.
237 * scheme-debug.texi: Renamed to api-debug.texi.
238 * deprecated.texi: Renamed to api-deprecated.texi.
239 * scheme-evaluation.texi: Renamed to api-evaluation.texi.
240 * ref-init.texi: Renamed to api-init.texi.
241 * scheme-io.texi: Renamed to api-io.texi.
242 * scheme-memory.texi: Renamed to api-memory.texi.
243 * scheme-modules.texi: Renamed to api-modules.texi.
244 * scheme-options.texi: Renamed to api-options.texi.
245 * scm.texi: Renamed to api-overview.texi.
246 * scheme-procedures.texi: Renamed to api-procedures.texi.
247 * scheme-scheduling.texi: Renamed to api-scheduling.texi.
248 * scheme-scm.texi: Renamed to api-scm.texi.
249 * scheme-smobs.texi: Renamed to api-smobs.texi.
250 * scheme-snarf.texi: Renamed to api-snarf.texi.
251 * scheme-translation.texi: Renamed to api-translation.texi.
252 * scheme-utility.texi: Renamed to api-utility.texi.
253 * debugging.texi: Renamed to scheme-debugging.texi.
254 * scripts.texi: Renamed to scheme-scripts.texi.
255 * program.texi: Renamed to libguile-program.texi.
256
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257 * api-deprecated.texi: Removed.
258 * intro.texi (Discouraged and Deprecated): General information
259 about deprecation, etc.
260
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262
263 * misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Changed @w to @w{} in
264 itemize. The former doesn't work for some reason...
265
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267
268 * misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Rewrite, describing escapes
269 and parameters in detail.
270 * guile.texi (@le, @ge): New macros for ifnottex.
271
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273
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274 * guile.texi (@nicode): Use @alias instead of @macro, for correct
275 handling of backslashes.
276
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277 * scheme-control.texi (Frames): Add @vindex for SCM_F_WIND_EXPLICITLY.
278
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279 * scheme-data.texi (String Syntax): Add all backslash forms accepted.
280 (Regexp Functions): Use @defvar for regexp/icase etc, to emphasise
281 that they're variables not symbols etc.
282
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283 * scheme-smobs.texi (Smobs): In SCM_SMOB_OBJECT_LOC,
284 SCM_SMOB_OBJECT_2_LOC, SCM_SMOB_OBJECT_3_LOC, use {} to avoid "*"
285 getting into the index as part of the macro name.
286
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287 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Revise for clarity, drop BNF in favour
288 of plain description, emphasise this is just for portable programs.
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2902004-07-10 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
291
292 * scheme-data.texi (Integers): Talk more about inexact and exact
293 integers.
294
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2952004-07-10 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
296
297 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Add srfi-6 to the identifiers provided
298 by default.
299
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3002004-07-07 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
301
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302 * scheme-data.texi (Integers): Added docs for the new scm_is_,
303 scm_to_ and scm_from_ functions for integers.
304
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305 * data-rep.texi (How Guile does it): Mark as being in limbo. All
306 the real documentation will be in the nodes "Programming in C" and
307 "API Reference".
308 (Boolean Data): Just refer to node "Booleans".
309
310 * gh.texi: Replace references to SCM_NFALSEP, etc with
311 scm_is_true, etc.
312
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313 * scheme-data.texi (Booleans): Flag all function-like definitions
314 as "C Functions".
315
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3162004-07-06 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
317
318 * scheme-data.texi: Remove non-R5RS stuff from the 'rn' index.
319
320 * scheme-utility.texi: Added scm_is_eq, scm_eq_p, scm_eqv_p, and
321 scm_equal_p.
322
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324
325 * scheme-data.texi (Booleans): Added reference entries for
326 scm_is_true, scm_is_false, scm_is_bool, scm_from_bool, and
327 scm_to_bool.
328
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3292004-06-28 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
330
331 * Makefile.am: Removed home-grown code for HTML generation.
332 Automake does it for us now.
333
334 * guile.texi, scheme-scm.texi: Do not use TeXinfo markup in
335 section or node names.
336
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3372004-06-20 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
338
339 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-31): add documentation for srfi-31.
340
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342
343 * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): Remove guile.cps guile.fns guile.rns
344 guile.tps guile.vrs guile.tmp, cleaned by automake these days.
345
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3462004-05-06 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
347
348 * scheme-smobs.texi: Updated for new SCM_SMOB_* macros.
349
350 * preface.texi: Moved around the sections so that the manual
351 overview comes first.
352
353 * libguile-smobs.texi: Updated for the new role of scm_t_bits.
354
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3552004-04-21 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
356
357 * Big reorganization of the whole manual to give it a simpler
358 structure.
359
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3602004-03-25 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
361
362 * slib.texi (SLIB): Amend `require' cross reference node name, is
363 called "Require" in slib 3a1.
364
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3652004-03-23 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
366
367 * scheme-data.texi (Reals and Rationals): Typo in `rationalize'.
368
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3692004-03-04 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
370
371 * posix.texi (Processes): Add setgroups.
372
373 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-26): New section.
374
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3752004-02-21 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
376
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378 quote and quasiquote no longer using @deffn.
379
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3802004-02-20 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
381
382 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Expression Syntax): Turned syntax
383 description into a table, @deffn is not really up to the task.
384
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3852004-02-18 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
386
387 * guile.texi: Replaced list of authors with "The Guile
388 Developers".
389
390 * preface.texi (Contributors to the Manual): New section.
391
392 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Expression Syntax): Use an empty name
393 for the function call syntax definition. Otherwise, TeX complains
394 about unbalanced parenthesis.
395
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397
398 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Expression Syntax): Fill section with
399 function calling etc, and quote and quasiquote.
400
401 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-9): Revise for detail and clarity. Don't
402 use ":foo" for example type name, since that depends on the keyword
403 reading option.
404
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406
407 * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Wrote a new entry
408 for hash-for-each-handle.
409
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4102004-02-16 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
411
412 * scheme-compound.texi (Sloppy Alist Functions): Amend error messages
413 shown to match current guile output.
414
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416
417 * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Renamed hash-map
418 --> hash-map->list.
419
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4202004-02-15 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
421
422 * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): In scm_hash_ref etc,
423 remove note that dflt must be given, it can be SCM_UNSPECIFIED.
424
425 * scheme-control.texi (while do): Expand and clarify `do', in
426 particular note iteration binds fresh locations, rather than values
427 "stored".
428
429 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-4): Revise for clarity, give each function
430 explicitly rather than showing TAG so Emacs info-look can find them,
431 merge "SRFI-4 - Read Syntax" and "SRFI-4 - Procedures" into just one
432 node.
433
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4342004-02-12 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
435
436 * scheme-compound.texi (Conventional Arrays): Revise for clarity.
437 In array-equal?, show multiple arguments allowed.
438 (Uniform Arrays): Remove duplicate array?.
439 * guile.texi (cross): New macro.
440
441 * scheme-compound.texi (Uniform Arrays): Note 1/3 prototype for
442 doubles is now an exact fraction.
443
444 * slib.texi (SLIB): Index entry for replacement `system'.
445
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447
448 * scheme-compound.texi (Uniform Arrays): Added a FIXME warning
449 that the 1/3 prototype no longer works.
450
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452
453 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added fdl.texi.
454
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4552004-01-21 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
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457 Added copyright notices to all TeXinfo files.
458
459 * fdl.texi: New.
460 * guile.texi: Include it as an appendix.
461 * preface.texi: State that the manual is FDL.
462
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464
465 * preface.texi (Guile License): Note readline is GPL and manual has
466 its own copying terms. Describe briefly what the licenses mean in
467 practice.
468
469 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread procedures): In monitor,
470 don't let "newly created" suggest a mutex created on every evaluation.
471 Note what "monitor" means.
472
473 * slib.texi (SLIB): Note `system' redefined by (ice-9 slib). Tweak
474 `require' example.
475
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478 * misc-modules.texi (Queues): New chapter.
479 * guile.texi (Top): Add it.
480
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482
483 * scheme-compound.texi (Bit Vectors): Revise for clarity, following
484 report by Rouben Rostamian. Remove #b() example, that syntax is not
485 accepted.
486
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4872004-01-07 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
488
489 * scheme-control.texi, scheme-io.tex, scheme-scheduling.texi:
490 Adapt to new 'frame' names. Document scm_c_with_fluid,
491 scm_c_with_fluids, and scm_frame_fluid.
492
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494
495 * scheme-control.texi: Document scm_on_unwind_with_scm and
496 scm_on_rewind_with_scm.
497
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4982004-01-05 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
499
500 * scheme-scheduling.texi: Document scm_with_[un]blocked_asyncs.
501
502 * scheme-io.texi: Document scm_with_current_<foo>_port.
503
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5042004-01-03 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
505
506 * scheme-control.texi: Document the frames stuff and other random
507 changes.
508
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510
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511 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Threads): Note Guile uses POSIX threads, for
512 concurrency and preemption.
513 (C level thread interface): Note periodic libguile call required for C
514 code in threads, add commented out reminders for SCM_TICK and
515 guile-mode, for when those features are ready.
516
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517 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Filtering and Partitioning): For partition
518 and partition!, emphasise the multi-value return, note partition may
519 share a tail with the given list.
520
521 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Searching, SRFI-1 Deleting, SRFI-1
522 Association Lists): Note how member, delete, delete! and assoc extend
523 the corresponding core functions.
524
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526
527 * tools.texi (Macros guile-snarf recognizes): Correction to GOOPS
528 cross reference.
529
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531
532 * scheme-data.texi: Include exact rationals.
533
534 From Stephen Compall. Thanks!
535
536 * intro.texi (What is Guile?): Add @acronym for POSIX, R5RS, GUI,
537 and HTTP. Conclude linking libguile. Say what one can find *for*.
538
539 * preface.texi (Manual Conventions): Double-quote some statements
540 formerly single-quoted. Remove some redundant quotes around code.
541 Clarify meaning of `iff' further for those that didn't get it the
542 first time 'round (like me). Make graphical indicators samples,
543 not code. Put results of evaluation on the same line as @result
544 symbols. Use @print example as example of total usage, and remind
545 readers not to forget the difference.
546
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5472003-11-17 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
548
549 * scheme-modules.texi: Document '@' and '@@'.
550
551 * scripts.texi: Mention that "-e (@ ...)" also works.
552
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554
555 * scheme-data.texi (Random): Add *random-state* variable, put note at
556 the top of the node about it being the default, rather than just in
557 the description of random.
558
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5592003-11-13 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
560
561 * preface.texi (Manual Layout): Wrap POSIX, API, and SLIB in
562 @acronym. Change from paragraph format (somewhat clumsy-looking
563 on paper, at least) to @table format, with headers @strong. Made
564 example modules complete sentences. From Stephen Compall, thanks!
565
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567
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568 * misc-modules.texi (Pretty Printing): Add new keyword options, break
569 example to avoid long line.
570
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571 * scheme-data.texi (Random): In random, use @code for *random-state*.
572 Reported by Stephen Compall.
573
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574 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Filtering and Partitioning): Move filter
575 and filter! ...
576 * scheme-compound.texi (List Modification): ... to here, now that
577 they're implemented in the core.
578
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5792003-11-03 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
580
581 * misc-modules.texi (File Tree Walk): New chapter.
582 * guile.texi: Add it.
583
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5842003-10-18 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
585
586 * gh.texi (Calling Scheme procedures from C, scm transition summary):
587 Refer to scm_list_n, not the old name scm_listify.
588 (scm transition summary): For gh_apply, recommend scm_apply_0, which
589 is now documented.
590
591 * gh.texi (Defining new Scheme procedures in C): Don't use
592 @strong{Note:}, latest makeinfo will complain it looks like a cross
593 reference.
594
595 * posix.texi (Time): Correction to strftime glibc cross reference
596 node, now "Formatting Calendar Time".
597
598 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Searching): In break, note conflict with
599 binding established by `while'.
600
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6012003-10-09 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
602
603 * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Decribe rehashing, note
604 no hashx-remove!, describe make-hash-table size parameter.
605
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607
608 * scheme-memory.texi: Added a short explanation of the GC and the
609 conservative stack scanning.
610 (scm_gc_protect_object, scm_gc_unprotect_object,
611 scm_permanent_object): New.
612
613 * data-rep.texi, scheme-memory.texi (scm_remember_upto_here_1,
614 scm_remember_upto_here_2): Moved from data-rep.texi to
615 scheme-memory.texi.
616
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6172003-10-02 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
618
619 * scheme-io.texi (String Ports): In call-with-output-string, note proc
620 should not close the port. In get-output-string, note string must be
621 gotten before closing the port.
622
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624
625 * posix.texi (File System): In access?, reword a bit, clarify real
626 versus effective ID handling, cross reference glibc on that, and
627 recommend against access tests in library functions.
628
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6292003-09-13 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
630
631 * posix.texi (File System): In stat:dev and stat:mode, clarify that
632 both are numbers.
633
634 * posix.texi (Network Address Conversion): Under IPv4, describe
635 numeric representation in Guile, add INADDR_LOOPBACK and
636 INADDR_BROADCAST, add commented-out INADDR_NONE.
637
638 * scheme-compound.texi (Append/Reverse): Merge reverse and reverse!,
639 describe newtail parameter for reverse!, remove confusing caveat about
640 head becoming tail for reverse!.
641
642 * scheme-io.texi (Reading): In port-column, port-line,
643 set-port-column! and set-port-line!, port parameter must be given,
644 there's no default to current input.
645
646 * scheme-io.texi (Reading): Add scm_c_read.
647 (Writing): Add scm_c_write.
648
649 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Constructors): Add list-copy.
650
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651 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-19): Rewrite, adding descriptions of all
652 functions, and a bit of an introduction.
653
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6542003-09-03 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
655
656 * scheme-data.texi (Keyword Primitives): Add examples to
657 make-keyword-from-dash-symbol and keyword-dash-symbol. Add
658 scm_c_make_keyword.
659
660 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Primitives): In gensym, cross reference
661 uninterned symbols, use @w{} on " g" prefix to avoid any chance of a
662 line break obscuring it.
663
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665
666 * data-rep.texi (Remembering During Operations): Note
667 scm_remember_upto_here_1 applies only to C automatic variables.
668
669 * guile.texi: Move @contents to usual place after title page, and
670 after first menu since that looks nice in html.
671
672 * posix.texi (Ports and File Descriptors): In pipe PIPE_BUF, use
673 @defvar, reword a bit for clarity, cross reference glibc.
674
675 * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): In socket, use
676 @defvar for protocol variables, cross reference for getprotobyname,
677 note it's usually connect and accept that establishes communication.
678
679 * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): In socketpair,
680 clarify the return is a pair with ports in car and cdr, note
681 connection is full duplex, refer to socket for parameters, refer to
682 PF_UNIX rather than AF_UNIX.
683
684 * scheme-compound.texi (Append/Reverse): Merge append and append!,
685 shown parameters as lst1 ... lstN, describe list argument for
686 scm_append and scm_append_x and note that it's unmodified.
687
688 * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Add hashx- case
689 insensitive string example, add cross references to symbol-hash,
690 string-hash, string-hash-ci, and char-set-hash.
691
692 * scheme-control.texi (Multiple Values): In values, show args as "arg1
693 ... argN". In scm_values, note args is a list and returned object
694 shares structure with it.
695
696 * scheme-control.texi (Catch): Add scm_internal_catch.
697 (Lazy Catch): Add scm_internal_lazy_catch.
698
699 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Use a table for scheme to C libm
700 equivalences, add C99 trunc.
701
702 * scheme-procedures.texi (Lambda): Note ". rest" list argument is
703 always newly created.
704
705 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Association Lists): In alist-delete and
706 alist-delete!, note argument order for the equality calls per SRFI-1
707 spec.
708
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710
711 * scheme-data.texi (Scientific): Add two-argument atan.
712
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713 * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Need @@ for texinfo in example.
714
7152003-08-17 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
716
717 * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Collect up groups of
718 functions to avoid duplication. Revise notes on hashx functions and
719 on vector implementation. In make-hash-table, size is now optional.
720 Add hash-map and hash-for-each.
721
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7222003-08-14 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
723
724 * scheme-control.texi (while do): Update `while' for code rewrite, in
725 particular describe break and continue.
726
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7272003-08-09 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
728
729 * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): Add index entries for deprecated
730 scm_must_malloc and friends.
731
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7322003-07-29 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
733
734 * scheme-compound.texi (List Constructors): Remove scm_cons_star,
735 since it's not very helpful.
736
737 * scheme-utility.texi (Property Primitives): In primitive-property-ref,
738 note parameters to not-found-proc, use hyphens rather than underscores
739 for that parameter name.
740 In primitive-property-set!, VAL is the value parameter not CODE.
741
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7422003-07-24 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
743
744 * scheme-control.texi (Dynamic Wind): Untabify.
745 (Multiple Values): Use @result.
746 Reported by Stephen Compall <s11@member.fsf.org>.
747
748 * scheme-control.texi (Continuations): Rewrite with more detail.
749
750 * scheme-scheduling.texi (System asyncs): Add index entries for C
751 functions.
752
753 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Parallel Forms): New section.
754
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7552003-07-18 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
756
757 * scheme-compound.texi (List Constructors): In list, use "elem1
758 ... elemN". Add scm_list_1, scm_list_2, scm_list_3, scm_list_4,
759 scm_list_5, scm_list_n. Remove scm_list, since it's a no-op.
63708c3b 760 * guile.texi (nicode): New macro.
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762 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): In apply, reword for
763 clarity, drop the "append" example. Add scm_apply, scm_apply_0,
764 scm_apply_1, scm_apply_2, scm_apply_3.
765 Add scm_call_0, scm_call_1, scm_call_2, scm_call_3.
766 In apply:nconc2last, move down after "apply", reword for clarity, note
767 correspondence to apply params.
768
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769 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Add cond-expand index entry.
770 (SRFI-9): Add define-record-type index entry.
771
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773
774 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Constructors): In iota, reword a bit for
775 clarity and add a couple of examples.
776
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7772003-07-10 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
778
779 * deprecated.texi (Deprecated): Add scm_remember.
780
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7812003-06-22 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
782
783 * data-rep.texi (Remembering During Operations): Refer to all "Guile
784 library functions" as provoking gc.
785
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7862003-06-19 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
787
788 * scheme-io.texi (File Ports): Describe call-with-input-file and
789 call-with-output-file together. Describe with-input-from-file,
790 with-output-to-file and with-error-to-file together, and add that they
791 use dynamic-wind on the current port setting and keep the port open in
792 support of captured continuations.
793 (Closing): Describe close-input-port and close-output-port together,
794 tweak the wording slightly.
795
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7962003-06-14 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
797
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798 * data-rep.texi (Vector Data): For SCM_VECTOR_BASE, SCM_STRING_CHARS
799 and SCM_SYMBOL_CHARS, cross reference "Remembering During Operations".
800
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801 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): round is to nearest even.
802
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804
805 * data-rep.texi (Remembering During Operations): New section.
806
807 * scheme-data.texi (Primitive Numerics): Add atan2, pow, asinh, acosh
808 and atanh to scheme<->C table. Note asinh, acosh and atanh are C99,
809 and scm_asinh, scm_acosh and scm_atanh are equivalents. Cross ref
810 glibc "Mathematics". Reword this end part for clarity.
811
812 * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): Use {} around types for
813 @deftypefn, for correct name in indexes.
814 * scheme-utility.texi (C Hooks): Ditto.
815 * gh.texi (Scheme to C): Ditto.
816
817 * gh.texi (Scheme to C): In gh_scm2newstr, lenp is size_t* not int*.
818 This changed in guile 1.6, the docs weren't updated.
819
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821
822 From Mike Gran <spikegran@earthlink.net>. Thanks!
823
824 * preface.texi: Minor punctuation mistakes. Hyphens should link
825 compound adjectives. Commas should be placed after a "therefore"
826 that begins a sentence. Commas should not be used to separate a
827 list of only 2 dependent clauses.
828
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830
831 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Cross reference glibc floor and ceil.
832
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834
835 * posix.texi (File System): stat:rdev and stat:blocks can return #f,
836 stat:blksize returns a sensible size if the field is not available.
837
838 * scheme-compound.texi (Array Mapping): Reword for clarity, and in
839 particular have the same parameter names in the text and prototypes.
840
841 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Delayed Evaluation): Add delay, reword
842 promise? and force a bit, describe recursive forcing of a promise by
843 its own code.
844
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845 * scheme-io.texi (Ports): Add notes on garbage collection, and on
846 explicitly closing file ports.
847 (File Ports): Cross reference Ports node on explicit closing.
848
849 * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Cross reference
850 Ports node on explicit closing.
851
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852 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Futures): New section.
853
854 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13 Miscellaneous): In string-replace, note
855 that start1 and end1 optional is a Guile extension.
856
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8572003-05-30 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
858
859 * deprecated.texi: Add substring-move-left! and substring-move-right!.
860
861 * scheme-io.texi (Default Ports): Remove duplicate descriptions of
862 set-current-output-port and set-current-error-port.
863
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8642003-05-27 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
865
866 * scheme-compound.texi: Clarified that vectors need to be quoted.
867
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8682003-05-26 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
869
870 * posix.texi (Locales): Clarify setlocale a bit, list all categories,
871 cross reference to libc.
872
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8732003-05-24 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
874
875 * scheme-procedures.texi: Add index entries lambda, optargs, syncase.
876
877 * scsh.texi (The Scheme shell (scsh)): Add index entries.
878
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8792003-05-22 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
880
881 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-2): Rewrite and-let*, describing plain
882 expression clauses and improving the examples.
883
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8842003-05-17 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
885
886 * posix.texi (socket): Use PF_ instead of AF_ prefix.
887
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8882003-05-16 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
889
890 * guile.texi: Use @copying, show copyright and permissions at start of
891 info and html.
892
893 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Deleting): Rewrite delete and
894 delete-duplicates, adding behaviour details specified by srfi-1.
895
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8962003-05-12 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
897
898 * preface.texi (Guile License): Refer to COPYING.LIB.
899
900 * repl-modules.texi (Loading Readline Support, Readline Options):
901 Index entries for readline functions.
902
903 * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Fix regexp error key, should
904 be `regular-expression-syntax'.
905
906 * scheme-data.texi (Complex): Show z argument in prototypes.
907
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9082003-05-10 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
909
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910 * scheme-data.texi (Reals and Rationals): Fix typo @result{#f}, and
911 put @result outside @code.
912
913 * scheme-data.texi (Bitwise Operations): Note negatives are treated as
914 infinite precision twos complement. Revise `ash' to emphasise this
915 for right shifts of negatives. Describe integer-length behaviour on
916 negatives. Add `...' to logand, logior, logxor since they take
917 multiple parameters.
056f9269 918 * guile.texi (m): New macro.
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920 * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Revise C support section to
921 get index entries, and clarify parameters. Remove scm_regex_error, no
922 longer exists and wasn't available to applications.
923
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924 * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Index entries for error keys.
925
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928 * scheme-data.texi (Bitwise Operations): Fix lognot to ones-complement.
929
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930 * slib.texi (JACAL): Fix @ref title.
931 Add index entries, use @file and @code variously.
932
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9332003-05-06 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
934
935 * scheme-scheduling.texi (C level thread interface): Use @deftypefn
936 not @deftypefun, to get function names (not types) indexed.
937
938 * scheme-options.texi (Build Config): Add index entries for
939 %guile-build-info keys.
940
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942
943 * scheme-data.texi (Integer Operations): Describe how quotient,
944 remainder and modulo round their results.
945
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946 * scheme-io.texi (Reading): In read-char and peek-char, fix typos "?"
947 in @rnindex. In port-column, use @: after i.e.
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948 (Writing): In get-print-state, two spaces after full stop. Add write,
949 revise display.
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951 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Length Append etc): Add count.
952 (SRFI-1 Fold and Map): In reduce, fix typo "... variant of fold", add
953 "f" to fold call shown. In reduce-right, use @code on "reduce".
954
955 * data-rep.texi, gh.texi: Add spaces after some @defun names.
956 * posix.texi (Processes): Fix typo "hhhh".
957
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9582003-05-01 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
959
960 * posix.texi: Add index entries for many variables and functions,
961 either using @defvar/@deffn or @vindex/@pindex. (Patch supplied
962 by Kevin Ryde.)
963
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9642003-04-30 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
965
966 * posix.texi (scm_c_port_for_each): Added.
967
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9682003-04-26 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
969
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970 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Primitives): Document scm_str2symbol
971 and scm_mem2symbol.
972
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973 * data-rep.texi (Describing a New Type): Clarify that
974 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe is deprecated. (Thanks to
975 tomas@fabula.de.)
976
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977 * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Remove scm_sysmissing,
978 long since gone from libguile. (Thanks to Kevin Ryde.)
979
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9802003-04-23 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
981
982 * posix.texi (Processes): add documentation for system*.
983
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9842003-04-05 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
985
986 * preface.texi: Reflect change to LGPL.
987
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9882003-03-27 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
989
990 * scheme-io.texi (Reading): clarify character ordering in port for
991 unread-string.
992
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9932003-03-07 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
994
995 * guile.texi: change MANUAL_EDITION to MANUAL-EDITION so we don't
996 choke TeX (thanks to Dale P. Smith).
997
998 * preface.texi: change MANUAL_EDITION to MANUAL-EDITION so we
999 don't choke TeX (thanks to Dale P. Smith).
1000
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1002
1003 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Low level thread primitives): Fixed typo
1004 in broadcast-condition-variable.
1005
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10062002-12-08 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
1007
1008 * scheme-options.texi (Build Config): add effective-version docs.
1009
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10102002-11-17 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1011
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1012 Applied patches from Stephen Compall as follows. (Thanks!)
1013
1014 2002-11-06 Stephen Compall <rushing@sigecom.net>
1015
1016 * posix.texi: Changed quotes to match Texinfo expectations.
1017
1018 Added references to the glibc manual.
1019
1020 Used proper Texinfo text marking for many keywords, such as @code,
1021 @samp, @env, @var.
1022
1023 Fixed argument metasyntactic variable references in
1024 file-manipulation section so the usage in the descriptions matches
1025 the usage in the declarations.
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1027 2002-10-26 Stephen Compall <rushing@sigecom.net>
1028
1029 * scheme-data.texi: Addition and change of many Texinfo tags,
1030 particularly usage of @var and @samp, as well as reformatting of
1031 some lists into tables and usage of @result.
1032
1033 Notes about some things I didn't understand, as well as a
1034 missing section on non-control characters.
1035
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1037
1038 * scheme-modules.texi (Environments): only available when
1039 (ice-9 r5rs) is used.
1040 * scsh.texi (The Scheme shell (scsh)): current url is www.scsh.net.
1041
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1043
1044 * scheme-scheduling.texi: Updated mutex and condition varable
1045 functions.
1046
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10472002-10-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1048
1049 * debugging.texi (Debugging Features): Rewritten.
1050
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1052
1053 * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-binding.texi, scheme-io.texi,
1054 scheme-scheduling.texi, posix.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
1055
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10562002-10-14 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1057
1058 * intro.texi (Whirlwind Tour): Added pointer to examples
1059 directory.
1060
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10612002-10-10 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1062
1063 * scheme-scheduling.texi (System Asyncs): Updated.
1064
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10652002-10-07 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1066
1067 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Asyncs): Updated.
1068 * posix.texi (sigaction): Updated.
1069
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10702002-10-03 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1071
1072 * posix.texi (Processes), scheme-options.texi (Common Feature
1073 Symbols): Refer to provided? rather than deprecated feature?.
1074
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10752002-10-03 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1076
1077 * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Updated.
1078 (Writing your own snarfing macros): New.
1079
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10802002-09-25 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1081
1082 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Make sections into nodes.
1083 (Debugging Options): Node removed.
1084
1085 * scheme-options.texi (Feature Tracking): Brought forward before
1086 sections on options.
1087 (Runtime Options): New section, to group options-related nodes.
1088
10892002-09-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1090
1091 * scheme-options.texi (Options and Config): Chapter name changed,
1092 and intro text improved.
1093 (Install Config): Brought forward, and renamed Build
1094 Configuration.
1095
1096 The following doc updates are from Ian Sheldon - thanks!
1097
1098 * scheme-data.texi (Appending Strings, Regexp Functions, Match
1099 Structures): Add examples.
1100 (Regular Expressions): Add instruction to use (ice-9 regex)
1101 module.
1102
1103 * slib.texi (SLIB): Remove duplicate `the'.
1104
11052002-09-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1106
1107 * scheme-options.texi (General option interface): Mention
1108 eval-options-interface and debug-options-interface.
1109
1110 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): New node describing source
1111 properties.
1112
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11132002-09-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1114
1115 * scheme-utility.texi (Hook Reference): Improvements to hook docs.
1116 Thanks to Thien-Thi Nguyen for the patches.
1117
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11182002-09-16 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1119
1120 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Props): It's "set-symbol-property!",
1121 not "set-symbol-property". Thanks to Pieter Pareit!
1122
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11232002-09-15 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1124
1125 * scheme-data.texi: Tell them to use 'provided?' instead of
1126 '*feaures*'.
1127
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11282002-09-09 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1129
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1130 * scheme-ideas.texi (Creating a Procedure): Fixed typo. Thanks to
1131 Pieter Pareit!
1132
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1133 * intro.texi: Updated GNu ftp server name. Use "-lguile" instead
1134 of "libguile.a". Some small fixes/improvements.
1135
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1136 * scheme-reading.texi: Added www.schemers.org. Removed foldoc,
1137 it's too generic. Updated 'teach yourself ...' URL.
1138
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11392002-08-27 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1140
af31a24f 1141 * scheme-modules.texi: Markup fixes and removal of gh_ references.
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1142 Thanks to Dale Smith!
1143
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11442002-08-14 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1145
1146 * scheme-evaluation.texi (eval-string): Updated.
1147
1148 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Fluids): Touched up a bit, added
1149 with-fluids.
1150
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11512002-08-13 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1152
1153 * scheme-modules.texi (More Modules Procedures): Removed.
1154 (Accessing Modules from C): New.
1155
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11562002-08-10 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
1157
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1158 * scheme-procedures.texi: new section Primitive Procedures,
1159 documentation for scm_c_make_gsubr and scm_c_define_gsubr.
1160 * scheme-modules.texi (Compiled Code Modules): replace
1161 gh_new_procedure with scm_c_define_gsubr.
f631e15e 1162
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11632002-08-08 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1164
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1165 * gh.texi (Data types and constants defined by gh): Avoid
1166 generating index entry for SCM.
1167
1168 * posix.texi (Runtime Environment): Remove duplicate doc for
1169 setenv.
1170
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1171 * data-rep.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi: Merge
1172 recent updates from stable branch.
1173
1174 * posix.texi (File System, Time, Pipes, Network Databases,
1175 Internet Socket Examples): Add examples provided by Ian Sheldon.
1176
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11772002-08-08 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
1178
1179 * scheme-binding.texi: Don't talk about 'bound?' which is gone.
1180 Thanks to Christopher Cramer.
1181
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11822002-08-06 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>
1183
1184 * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): add scm_calloc, scm_gc_calloc.
1185 correct typos.
1186
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11872002-08-05 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
1188
1189 * intro.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Added (use-modules (ice-9
1190 rdelim)) to an example that uses read-line. Thanks to Ralf
1191 Mattes!
1192
1193 * scheme-memory.texi: Added an introductory blurb about GC that I
1194 had lying around.
1195
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11962002-08-02 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
1197
1198 * scheme-modules.texi: split "Scheme and modules" into
1199 "provide and require" and "Environments". Mention R5RS
1200 environments.
1201
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12022002-07-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1203
1204 * scheme-options.texi (Debugger options): New subsection
1205 describing stack overflow and what to do about it.
1206
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12072002-07-10 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
1208
1209 * scheme-modules.texi (Compiled Code Modules): Removed description
1210 of scm_register_module_xxx, which no longer exists. A description
1211 of current techniques is needed.
1212
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12132002-05-09 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1214
1215 * scheme-data.texi (Numbers): Added description of the new values
1216 +inf.0, -inf.0 and +nan.0.
1217
1218 * posix.texi (Runtime Environment): Added entries for 'setenv' and
1219 'unsetenv'.
1220
12212002-04-28 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1222
1223 * gh.texi, data-rep.texi: Moved `@deftyp {Data type} SCM' line
1224 from gh.texi to data-rep.texi. Both files already had similar
1225 descriptions for SCM. Given that gh.texi is deprecated, looking
1226 up `SCM' in the index should take one to the primary location
1227 rather than deprecated section. Hence this change. Added
1228 `@deftp' for scm_t_bits data type so that a proper index entry is
1229 added for this. Thanks to Richard Y. Kim!
1230
1231 * data-rep.texi (Subrs): Changed scm_make_gsubr to
1232 scm_c_define_gsubr. Thanks to Richard Y. Kim!
1233
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12342002-04-24 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1235
1236 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13 Miscellaneous): Updated docs of
1237 string-tokenize.
1238
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12392002-04-20 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1240
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1241 * scheme-intro.texi (Scheme Layout), scm.texi (Reference Layout):
1242 Node moved from a to b.
1243
1244 * guile.texi (Scheme Intro, Basic Ideas, Guile Scripting, Command
1245 Line Handling, Debugging Features, Autoconf Support, Miscellaneous
1246 Tools, Further Reading): Moved to new Part II.
1247
1248 * preface.texi (Manual Layout): Part numbers updated accordingly.
1249
1250 * guile.texi (Top): Move API Overview node to beginning of Guile
1251 API Reference part.
1252 (Part II: Writing and Running Guile Scheme): New part; will
1253 contain content from `Programming with Guile' that pertains to
1254 writing and using Guile on the Scheme level.
1255
1256 * scm.texi (API Overview): Renamed from `Guile API'.
1257
1258 * guile.texi (Top), scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules):
1259 Debugger User Interface node renamed Debugging Features.
1260
1261 * debugging.texi (Stacks and Frames): Node deleted; non-duplicated
1262 material moved to scheme-debug.texi.
1263 (Debugging Features): Renamed from `Debugger User Interface'.
1264
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1265 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Rename chapter `Debugging
1266 Infrastructure' and reorganize its contents.
1267
1268 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-control.texi (Handling
1269 Errors): Move display-error to error-focussed section.
1270
1271 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), debugging.texi (Backtrace): Move
1272 backtrace to user-level debugging chapter.
1273
1274 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-procedures.texi (Procedure
1275 Properties): Move procedure-name, procedure-source and
1276 procedure-environment to procedures chapter.
1277
1278 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-memory.texi (Memory
1279 Blocks): Move malloc-stats to memory management chapter.
1280
1281 * scheme-procedures.texi (Syntax Rules): Remove mention of
1282 use-modules for loading syncase; only use-syntax really works.
1283 Thanks to Panagiotis Vossos for spotting this.
1284
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1285 * program.texi (Scheme vs C): New node, with existing material
1286 taken from chapter intro.
1287 (Programming Overview): New intro para to introduce example of
1288 Guile integration:
1289 (Extending Dia): New node.
1290
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1292
1293 * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): Added guile.cps, guile.fns, guile.rns,
1294 guile.tps, guile.vrs, guile.tmp.
1295
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12962002-04-01 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1297
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1298 * scheme-intro.texi (Scheme Layout): Remove reference to defunct
1299 Guile Extensions index.
1300
1301 * guile.texi: Removed Guile Extensions index.
1302
1303 * scheme-indices.texi (Guile Extensions Index): Removed.
1304
1305 * guile.texi: Remove vgone, vdeprecated, vchanged and vnote
1306 macros; they're not actually useful after all. Update copyright
1307 years.
1308
1309 * scheme-compound.texi (Vectors): Make subsections into nodes.
1310 (Vectors): Review, slightly reorg and clarify docs in this
1311 section.
1312
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1313 * scheme-data.texi (Symbols): Reorganized node substructure and
1314 added lots of explanatory text around the @deffn's.
1315
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13162002-03-29 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1317
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1318 * scheme-modules.texi (Variables): Mention obarrays.
1319
1320 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables, Symbol Props): Remove vgone
1321 markers for deprecated symbol items.
1322 (Symbol Props): Remove doc for obsolete 2 arg version of
1323 symbol-interned?.
1324 (String Miscellanea): Removed, since it only contained duplicate
1325 doc for string-ci->symbol.
1326 (Symbol Tables): Move doc for gensym to Symbol Primitives; rest of
1327 section removed.
1328
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1329 * posix.texi (Ports and File Descriptors), scheme-evaluation.texi
1330 (Fly Evaluation): Remove vgone markers for close-all-ports-except,
1331 eval2 and read-and-eval!.
1332
1333 * data-rep.texi (Describing a New Type), scheme-compound.texi
1334 (Append/Reverse), scheme-procedures.texi (Internal Macros):
1335 Trivial updates to sync with stable branch.
1336
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13372002-03-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1338
1339 * scheme-compound.texi (List Searching): Remove docs for
1340 `scm_sloppy_mem*', which no longer exist.
1341
13422002-03-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1343
1344 * guile.texi (Top), intro.texi (What is Guile?, The Basic Guile
1345 Package): Use @ifnottex instead of @ifinfo, so that HTML
1346 generation works correctly.
1347
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13482002-03-24 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1349
1350 * tools.texi: Updated to reflect changes to the guile-snarf tool.
1351
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13522002-03-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1353
1354 * scheme-utility.texi (Hooks): Further updates. New material on
1355 GC hooks.
1356
1357 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Note disappearance of
1358 eval2 and read-and-eval!.
1359
1360 * deprecated.texi (Deprecated): Remove docs about previously
1361 deprecated items that have now been removed.
1362
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13632002-03-15 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1364
1365 * tools.texi (guile-1.4 guile-snarf): Remove this node.
1366 (How guile-snarf works): Update usage and description to
1367 no longer mention "--compat=1.4" and instead "-d" and "-D".
1368 (Macros guile-snarf recognizes): Add list of deprecated macros
1369 and blurb. Add cindex for deprecated macros.
1370
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13712002-03-15 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1372
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1373 * scheme-utility.texi (Hooks): Reviewed and updated.
1374
1375 * scheme-options.texi (Feature Tracking): New section.
1376
1377 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic, Primitive Numerics): Add
1378 description of corresponding C functions.
1379
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1380 * scheme-utility.texi (Object Properties): Revamp documentation on
1381 object properties.
1382
1383 * scheme-memory.texi (Weak References): Update reference to Object
1384 Properties node.
1385
1386 * guile.texi: Add macros for describing version information.
1387
1388 * scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-io.texi,
1389 scheme-procedures.texi: Automatic updates from snarfed libguile
1390 docstrings.
1391
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13922002-03-13 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1393
1394 * Makefile.am (guile_toc.html): Look for guile.texi in $(srcdir).
1395
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1396 * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Mention "--compat=1.4", and
1397 new processing steps. Update usage example, makefile frag.
1398
1399 (guile-1.4 guile-snarf): New subsubsection under
1400 "Init Snarfing with guile-snarf".
1401
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14022002-03-12 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1403
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1404 * scheme-compound.texi, scheme-data.texi, new-docstrings.texi:
1405 Automatic updates from snarfed libguile docstrings.
1406
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1407 * data-rep.texi, guile.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
1408 scheme-options.texi, scheme-translation.texi: Various minor
1409 enhancements ported from the stable CVS branch.
1410
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14112002-03-08 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1412
1413 * tools.texi (Miscellaneous Tools): New node/chapter.
1414 (Snarfing, Init Snarfing with guile-snarf, How guile-snarf works,
1415 Macros guile-snarf recognizes, Doc Snarfing): New nodes/(sub)sections.
1416 (Executable Modules): Now a section under "Miscellaneous Tools".
1417
1418 * guile.texi (Miscellaneous Tools): Add under "Part II".
1419 Implement by including tools.texi.
1420
1421 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add tools.texi.
1422
14232002-03-07 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1424
1425 * tools.texi: New file.
1426
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14272002-03-03 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1428
1429 * autoconf.texi (Autoconf Background): Insert missing `of'.
1430
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14312002-03-01 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
1432
1433 * api.txt, data-rep.texi: Renamed the struct scm_cell to
1434 scm_t_cell.
1435
1436 * data-rep.texi: Renamed scm_alloc_cell to scm_cell and
1437 scm_alloc_double_cell to scm_double_cell.
1438
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14392002-03-01 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1440
1441 * scheme-memory.texi (Upgrading from scm_must_malloc et al): New
1442 section.
1443
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14442002-02-28 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1445
1446 * data-rep.texi: Use scm_gc_malloc and scm_gc_free instead of
1447 scm_must_malloc and free in example code. Updated text for the
1448 new memory management functions.
1449
1450 * scheme-debug.texi (malloc-stats): Refer to scm_gc_malloc instead
1451 of to scm_must_malloc.
1452
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14532002-02-27 Stefan Jahn <stefan@lkcc.org>
1454
1455 * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Documented some more
1456 gh equivalents and removed appropriate FIXME's.
1457
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14582002-02-26 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1459
1460 * Makefile.am: Update path to pre-inst-guile automake frag.
1461
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14622002-02-24 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
1463
1464 * .cvsignore: add autoconf-macros.texi.
1465
1466 * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): add autoconf-macros.texi.
1467
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14682002-02-19 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1469
1470 * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): New section.
1471
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14722002-02-05 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1473
1474 * Makefile.am: Include $(top_srcdir)/pre-inst-guile.am.
1475
1476 (GUILE): Delete var.
1477 (autoconf-macros.texi): Use $(preinstguiletool).
1478
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14792002-02-04 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1480
1481 * autoconf.texi (Autofrisk, Using Autofrisk): New sections.
1482 (Autoconf Support): Add new sections to menu.
1483
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14842002-02-04 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
1485
1486 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Uninterned): Added node.
1487
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14882002-01-29 Stefan Jahn <stefan@lkcc.org>
1489
1490 * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Documented gh equivalents
1491 `scm_c_string2str', `scm_c_substring2str' and `scm_c_symbol2str'
1492 and removed the appropriate FIXME's.
1493
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14942002-01-14 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
1495
1496 * Makefile.am (autoconf-macros.texi): Also set GUILE_LOAD_PATH
1497 when invoking the uninstalled guile executable.
1498
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14992002-01-09 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1500
1501 * Makefile.am (autoconf-macros.texi): Fix build bug:
1502 Write this file to srcdir. Thanks to I. N. Golubev.
1503
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15042002-01-08 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
1505
1506 * Makefile.am: attempt to use guile from $(top_builddir)/libguile
1507 when building autoconf-macros.texi. There are still problems with
1508 modules and running makeinfo when builddir != srcdir.
1509
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15102002-01-08 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1511
1512 * data-rep.texi, gh.texi, guile.texi, intro.texi,
1513 misc-modules.texi, new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, program.texi,
1514 repl-modules.texi, scheme-binding.texi, scheme-compound.texi,
1515 scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
1516 scheme-ideas.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
1517 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
1518 scheme-translation.texi, scheme-utility.texi, scm.texi, slib.texi,
1519 srfi-modules.texi: Spell check. Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.
1520
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15212002-01-07 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1522
1523 * intro.texi (Linking Programs With Guile): Fix typo (superfluous
1524 `do'). Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.
1525
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15262002-01-05 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1527
1528 * intro.texi: Spell check. Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.
1529
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15302002-01-02 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1531
1532 * guile.texi (Part II): Add "Autoconf Support"; include
1533 autoconf.texi.
1534
1535 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add autoconf.texi and
1536 autoconf-macros.texi.
1537 (autoconf.texi, autoconf-macros.texi): New rules.
1538
1539 * autoconf.texi: New file.
1540
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15412001-12-22 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1542
1543 * scheme-compound.texi (Alist Example): Changed "Bismarck" to
1544 "Pierre". Thanks to Ron Peterson!
1545
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15462001-12-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1547
1548 * program.texi (Programming Overview): Chapter renamed from
1549 `Programming Options'; some new material added.
1550
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15512001-12-07 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1552
1553 * scm.texi (Guile API): Renamed from `Scheme Primitives' and
1554 broadened so that this chapter discusses the Guile API as a whole.
1555
1556 * program.texi (Available Functionality): Revise so that text
1557 reads better.
1558
1559 * guile.texi (Programming Intro): New introductory text.
1560
1561 * scheme-ideas.texi (Definition): Reorder reference bullets in
1562 ascending page number order.
1563
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15642001-12-04 Martin Grabmueller <mg@glug.org>
1565
1566 * scheme-procedures.texi (Optional Arguments): Typo fix: wither ->
1567 either.
1568
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15692001-12-01 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1570
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1571 * scheme-data.texi (Hooks): Moved into scheme-utility.texi.
1572
1573 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added scheme-compound.texi.
1574
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1575 * scheme-data.texi (Variables): Node moved to modules chapter.
1576 (Symbol Read Syntax): New node, with syntax-related material taken
1577 from old Symbols node.
1578 (Symbol Primitives): Renamed from `Symbols'.
1579 (Symbols and Variables): Renamed to `Symbols'.
1580 (Symbol Props): Renamed from `Symbol Tables'.
1581 (Symbols): General review, improvements and additional material
1582 throughout this section.
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1583 (Other Data Types): New material: links to object types documented
1584 elsewhere. Also renamed node to `Other Types'.
1585 (Data Types): Split into two: `Simple Data Types' and `Compound
1586 Data Types'. Introductory blurbs rewritten accordingly.
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1587
1588 * guile.texi: Updated Notes comment.
1589
1590 * scheme-data.texi (Rx Interface): Node moved to Guile Modules
1591 part, as the Rx interface is not core Guile.
1592
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1594
1595 * scheme-data.texi (String Miscellanea): Removed, moving doc for
1596 string-ci->symbol into the node on Symbols.
1597
1598 * Makefile.am (ETAGS_ARGS): Added.
1599
1600 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables): Removed doc for gentemp,
1601 intern-symbol, string->obarray-symbol, symbol-binding,
1602 symbol-bound?, symbol-set!, unintern-symbol, symbol-interned?; all
1603 of which no longer exist.
1604
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1606
1607 * posix.texi: Fix spelling. Thanks to Chris Cramer.
1608 Reword `getpass' intro blurb.
1609
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16102001-11-23 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1611
1612 * program.texi (Program Control): Remove spurious placeholder
1613 text.
1614
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16152001-11-20 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
1616
1617 * scheme-options.texi (Install Config):
1618 Tweak `%load-path' verb to not imply it's a proc.
1619 Add documentation for `%guile-build-info'.
1620
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16212001-11-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1622
1623 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables), new-docstrings.texi: Removed
1624 doc for builtin-bindings (no longer exists).
1625 (Variables): Expanded existing description of variables. Removed
1626 doc for builtin-variable (no longer exists).
1627
1628 * scheme-binding.texi (Top Level): New docs for define, scm_define
1629 and scm_c_define. Also clarified point about interchangeability
1630 of define and set!.
1631
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16322001-11-18 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1633
1634 * scheme-data.texi (Vectors): Autoupdate docs for
1635 vector-move-left! and vector-move-right!.
1636
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16372001-11-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1638
1639 * debugging.texi, deprecated.texi, intro.texi, misc-modules.texi,
1640 new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, scheme-binding.texi,
1641 scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
1642 scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
1643 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
1644 scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi,
1645 scheme-utility.texi, script-getopt.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Change
1646 category for "primitive" and "procedure" @deffn's to {Scheme
1647 Procedure}; add @deffnx lines for {C Function}s; automatic updates
1648 from libguile docstring changes.
1649
1650 * scheme-memory.texi (Garbage Collection): Removed doc for removed
1651 `unhash-name'.
1652
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16532001-11-14 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
1654
1655 * scheme-procedures.texi: Spell "library" correctly.
1656
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16572001-11-13 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1658
1659 * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-data.texi: Merge recent doc
1660 improvements from stable branch.
1661
1662 * scheme-options.texi: Automatic updates from docstring changes in
1663 libguile's C source code.
1664
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16652001-11-12 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1666
1667 * scheme-data.texi (Vtables, Structure Basics): Automatic doc
1668 updates for struct? and struct-vtable?.
1669 (String Searching): Add missing "for". Thanks to Scott Lenser.
1670
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16712001-11-08 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1672
1673 * guile.texi (Top): Added new chapter `Programming Options'.
1674
1675 * program.texi: New file.
1676
1677 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added program.texi.
1678
16792001-11-07 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1680
1681 * scheme-memory.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
1682 scheme-data.texi, scheme-binding.texi, posix.texi,
1683 new-docstrings.texi: Automatic updates from improved libguile
1684 docstrings.
1685
16862001-11-04 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1687
1688 * preface.texi: Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.
1689 (Manual Layout): Updated to reflect reorg.
1690
1691 * guile.texi (MANUAL_EDITION): New variable, with value
1692 incremented from 1.0 to 1.1 to reflect the reorg described here.
1693 (Top): Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.
1694
1695 * scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index, Guile Extensions Index): Use
1696 @unnumbered rather than @chapter for these indices.
1697
1698 * guile.texi (Top): A little top-level reshuffling, with the aims
1699 that: (1) the `Guile Scheme' (reference) part of the manual
1700 becomes the `Guile API Reference', and covers both Scheme and C
1701 interfaces; (2) non-API-reference material such as the `Basic
1702 Ideas in Scheme' chapter is collected together to form a new part
1703 `Programming with Guile'. This new part will contain general
1704 documentation on using and programming Guile in both Scheme and C,
1705 including - for example - awareness of GC when C programming, how
1706 to use the snarf macros, how to debug ...
1707 (Top): Move inclusion of scheme-indices.texi so that all indices
1708 appear together in the printed manual.
1709
1710 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Removed appendices.texi, added
1711 debugging.texi.
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1713 * appendices.texi: Removed.
1714
1715 * debugging.texi (Debugger User Interface): New file, same as the
1716 material that used to be in appendices.texi, but now a chapter in
1717 Part II rather than an appendix.
1718
1719 * appendices.texi (Obtaining and Installing Guile): Moved to
1720 become a chapter in ...
1721 * intro.texi: ... Part I: Introduction to Guile.
1722
1723 * scm.texi (I/O Extensions): Moved to become a section of ...
1724 * scheme-io.texi (Input and Output): ... this chapter.
1725
1726 * scm.texi (Handling Errors): Moved to become a section of ...
1727 * scheme-control.texi (Control Mechanisms): ... this chapter.
1728
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1730
1731 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-19, SRFI-19 Constants, SRFI-19 Current
1732 time and clock resolution, SRFI-19 Time object and accessors,
1733 SRFI-19 Time comparison procedures, SRFI-19 Time arithmetic
1734 procedures, SRFI-19 Date object and accessors, SRFI-19
1735 Time/Date/Julian Day/Modified Julian Day converters, SRFI-19 Date
1736 to string/string to date converters): New nodes.
04bbd6ce 1737 (SRFI Support): Add "SRFI-19" to menu.
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17392001-11-06 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1740
1741 * scripts.texi: Document `--debug' and `--no-debug'.
1742
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17432001-10-27 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
1744
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1745 * guile.texi, scsh.texi: removed obsolete guile-scsh material
1746 and updated links (I don't know if it should remain in the
1747 main menu. It's like slib I think.)
1748
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1749 * minor updates to the slib installation notes.
1750
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17512001-10-05 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1752
1753 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Removed documentation
1754 for `read-and-eval!' and `eval2'. (Thanks to Alex Schroeder for
1755 noticing that they'd disappeared!)
1756
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1758
1759 * scheme-io.texi (Writing): Add entry for `display'.
1760 Include in R5RS Index. Thanks to Alex Schroeder for suggestion.
1761
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17622001-09-26 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
1763
1764 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13): Tyop fix.
1765 (SRFI-13): Changed paragraph about bindings both in the code and
1766 in SRFI-13.
1767
1768 * misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Tyop fix.
1769 (Formatted Output): Document ~g properly.
1770
1771 Thanks to Alex Schroeder for pointing out the typos and sending
1772 suggestions.
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1775
1776 * scheme-procedures.texi (Syntax Rules): Add `cindex' directive.
1777 Thanks to suggestion by Alex Schroeder.
1778
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17792001-08-30 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1780
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1781 * guile.texi (Top): Group all index nodes together so that
1782 `Info-index' works more effectively in Info. Thanks to Eric
1783 Hanchrow for the report and fix.
1784
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1785 * scheme-data.texi (Random, String Syntax, String Modification,
1786 Regular Expressions), scheme-ideas.texi (Definition),
1787 scheme-modules.texi (Dynamic Linking and Compiled Code Modules),
1788 scm.texi (Transforming Scheme name to C name, Port
1789 Implementation): Various typo fixes and clarifications merged from
1790 the stable CVS branch.
1791
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1793
1794 * intro.texi: Merged wording fixes from stable CVS branch.
1795
1796 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Remove ../AUTHORS.
1797
1798 * guile.texi: Incorporate text previously in separate AUTHORS
1799 file.
1800
18012001-08-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1802
1803 The change log for files in this directory continues backwards
1804 from 2001-08-27 in ../ChangeLog, as all the Guile documentation
1805 prior to this date was contained in a single directory.