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3 * scheme-scheduling.texi (C level thread interface): Use @deftypefn
4 not @deftypefun, to get function names (not types) indexed.
5
6 * scheme-options.texi (Build Config): Add index entries for
7 %guile-build-info keys.
8
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11 * scheme-data.texi (Integer Operations): Describe how quotient,
12 remainder and modulo round their results.
13
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14 * scheme-io.texi (Reading): In read-char and peek-char, fix typos "?"
15 in @rnindex. In port-column, use @: after i.e.
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16 (Writing): In get-print-state, two spaces after full stop. Add write,
17 revise display.
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19 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Length Append etc): Add count.
20 (SRFI-1 Fold and Map): In reduce, fix typo "... variant of fold", add
21 "f" to fold call shown. In reduce-right, use @code on "reduce".
22
23 * data-rep.texi, gh.texi: Add spaces after some @defun names.
24 * posix.texi (Processes): Fix typo "hhhh".
25
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262003-05-01 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
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28 * posix.texi: Add index entries for many variables and functions,
29 either using @defvar/@deffn or @vindex/@pindex. (Patch supplied
30 by Kevin Ryde.)
31
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322003-04-30 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
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34 * posix.texi (scm_c_port_for_each): Added.
35
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362003-04-26 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
37
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38 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Primitives): Document scm_str2symbol
39 and scm_mem2symbol.
40
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41 * data-rep.texi (Describing a New Type): Clarify that
42 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe is deprecated. (Thanks to
43 tomas@fabula.de.)
44
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45 * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Remove scm_sysmissing,
46 long since gone from libguile. (Thanks to Kevin Ryde.)
47
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482003-04-05 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
49
50 * preface.texi: Reflect change to LGPL.
51
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54 * scheme-io.texi (Reading): clarify character ordering in port for
55 unread-string.
56
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572003-03-07 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
58
59 * guile.texi: change MANUAL_EDITION to MANUAL-EDITION so we don't
60 choke TeX (thanks to Dale P. Smith).
61
62 * preface.texi: change MANUAL_EDITION to MANUAL-EDITION so we
63 don't choke TeX (thanks to Dale P. Smith).
64
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652003-01-02 Mikael Djurfeldt <djurfeldt@nada.kth.se>
66
67 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Low level thread primitives): Fixed typo
68 in broadcast-condition-variable.
69
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702002-12-08 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
71
72 * scheme-options.texi (Build Config): add effective-version docs.
73
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742002-11-17 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
75
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76 Applied patches from Stephen Compall as follows. (Thanks!)
77
78 2002-11-06 Stephen Compall <rushing@sigecom.net>
79
80 * posix.texi: Changed quotes to match Texinfo expectations.
81
82 Added references to the glibc manual.
83
84 Used proper Texinfo text marking for many keywords, such as @code,
85 @samp, @env, @var.
86
87 Fixed argument metasyntactic variable references in
88 file-manipulation section so the usage in the descriptions matches
89 the usage in the declarations.
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91 2002-10-26 Stephen Compall <rushing@sigecom.net>
92
93 * scheme-data.texi: Addition and change of many Texinfo tags,
94 particularly usage of @var and @samp, as well as reformatting of
95 some lists into tables and usage of @result.
96
97 Notes about some things I didn't understand, as well as a
98 missing section on non-control characters.
99
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1002002-10-27 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
101
102 * scheme-modules.texi (Environments): only available when
103 (ice-9 r5rs) is used.
104 * scsh.texi (The Scheme shell (scsh)): current url is www.scsh.net.
105
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1062002-10-27 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
107
108 * scheme-scheduling.texi: Updated mutex and condition varable
109 functions.
110
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1112002-10-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
112
113 * debugging.texi (Debugging Features): Rewritten.
114
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1152002-10-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
116
117 * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-binding.texi, scheme-io.texi,
118 scheme-scheduling.texi, posix.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
119
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1202002-10-14 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
121
122 * intro.texi (Whirlwind Tour): Added pointer to examples
123 directory.
124
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1252002-10-10 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
126
127 * scheme-scheduling.texi (System Asyncs): Updated.
128
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1292002-10-07 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
130
131 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Asyncs): Updated.
132 * posix.texi (sigaction): Updated.
133
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1342002-10-03 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
135
136 * posix.texi (Processes), scheme-options.texi (Common Feature
137 Symbols): Refer to provided? rather than deprecated feature?.
138
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1392002-10-03 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
140
141 * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Updated.
142 (Writing your own snarfing macros): New.
143
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1442002-09-25 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
145
146 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Make sections into nodes.
147 (Debugging Options): Node removed.
148
149 * scheme-options.texi (Feature Tracking): Brought forward before
150 sections on options.
151 (Runtime Options): New section, to group options-related nodes.
152
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154
155 * scheme-options.texi (Options and Config): Chapter name changed,
156 and intro text improved.
157 (Install Config): Brought forward, and renamed Build
158 Configuration.
159
160 The following doc updates are from Ian Sheldon - thanks!
161
162 * scheme-data.texi (Appending Strings, Regexp Functions, Match
163 Structures): Add examples.
164 (Regular Expressions): Add instruction to use (ice-9 regex)
165 module.
166
167 * slib.texi (SLIB): Remove duplicate `the'.
168
1692002-09-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
170
171 * scheme-options.texi (General option interface): Mention
172 eval-options-interface and debug-options-interface.
173
174 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): New node describing source
175 properties.
176
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1772002-09-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
178
179 * scheme-utility.texi (Hook Reference): Improvements to hook docs.
180 Thanks to Thien-Thi Nguyen for the patches.
181
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1822002-09-16 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
183
184 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Props): It's "set-symbol-property!",
185 not "set-symbol-property". Thanks to Pieter Pareit!
186
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1872002-09-15 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
188
189 * scheme-data.texi: Tell them to use 'provided?' instead of
190 '*feaures*'.
191
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193
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194 * scheme-ideas.texi (Creating a Procedure): Fixed typo. Thanks to
195 Pieter Pareit!
196
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197 * intro.texi: Updated GNu ftp server name. Use "-lguile" instead
198 of "libguile.a". Some small fixes/improvements.
199
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200 * scheme-reading.texi: Added www.schemers.org. Removed foldoc,
201 it's too generic. Updated 'teach yourself ...' URL.
202
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204
af31a24f 205 * scheme-modules.texi: Markup fixes and removal of gh_ references.
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206 Thanks to Dale Smith!
207
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2082002-08-14 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
209
210 * scheme-evaluation.texi (eval-string): Updated.
211
212 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Fluids): Touched up a bit, added
213 with-fluids.
214
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2152002-08-13 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
216
217 * scheme-modules.texi (More Modules Procedures): Removed.
218 (Accessing Modules from C): New.
219
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2202002-08-10 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
221
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222 * scheme-procedures.texi: new section Primitive Procedures,
223 documentation for scm_c_make_gsubr and scm_c_define_gsubr.
224 * scheme-modules.texi (Compiled Code Modules): replace
225 gh_new_procedure with scm_c_define_gsubr.
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2272002-08-08 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
228
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229 * gh.texi (Data types and constants defined by gh): Avoid
230 generating index entry for SCM.
231
232 * posix.texi (Runtime Environment): Remove duplicate doc for
233 setenv.
234
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235 * data-rep.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi: Merge
236 recent updates from stable branch.
237
238 * posix.texi (File System, Time, Pipes, Network Databases,
239 Internet Socket Examples): Add examples provided by Ian Sheldon.
240
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2412002-08-08 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
242
243 * scheme-binding.texi: Don't talk about 'bound?' which is gone.
244 Thanks to Christopher Cramer.
245
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2462002-08-06 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>
247
248 * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): add scm_calloc, scm_gc_calloc.
249 correct typos.
250
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2512002-08-05 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
252
253 * intro.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Added (use-modules (ice-9
254 rdelim)) to an example that uses read-line. Thanks to Ralf
255 Mattes!
256
257 * scheme-memory.texi: Added an introductory blurb about GC that I
258 had lying around.
259
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2602002-08-02 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
261
262 * scheme-modules.texi: split "Scheme and modules" into
263 "provide and require" and "Environments". Mention R5RS
264 environments.
265
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2662002-07-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
267
268 * scheme-options.texi (Debugger options): New subsection
269 describing stack overflow and what to do about it.
270
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272
273 * scheme-modules.texi (Compiled Code Modules): Removed description
274 of scm_register_module_xxx, which no longer exists. A description
275 of current techniques is needed.
276
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2772002-05-09 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
278
279 * scheme-data.texi (Numbers): Added description of the new values
280 +inf.0, -inf.0 and +nan.0.
281
282 * posix.texi (Runtime Environment): Added entries for 'setenv' and
283 'unsetenv'.
284
2852002-04-28 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
286
287 * gh.texi, data-rep.texi: Moved `@deftyp {Data type} SCM' line
288 from gh.texi to data-rep.texi. Both files already had similar
289 descriptions for SCM. Given that gh.texi is deprecated, looking
290 up `SCM' in the index should take one to the primary location
291 rather than deprecated section. Hence this change. Added
292 `@deftp' for scm_t_bits data type so that a proper index entry is
293 added for this. Thanks to Richard Y. Kim!
294
295 * data-rep.texi (Subrs): Changed scm_make_gsubr to
296 scm_c_define_gsubr. Thanks to Richard Y. Kim!
297
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2982002-04-24 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
299
300 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13 Miscellaneous): Updated docs of
301 string-tokenize.
302
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304
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305 * scheme-intro.texi (Scheme Layout), scm.texi (Reference Layout):
306 Node moved from a to b.
307
308 * guile.texi (Scheme Intro, Basic Ideas, Guile Scripting, Command
309 Line Handling, Debugging Features, Autoconf Support, Miscellaneous
310 Tools, Further Reading): Moved to new Part II.
311
312 * preface.texi (Manual Layout): Part numbers updated accordingly.
313
314 * guile.texi (Top): Move API Overview node to beginning of Guile
315 API Reference part.
316 (Part II: Writing and Running Guile Scheme): New part; will
317 contain content from `Programming with Guile' that pertains to
318 writing and using Guile on the Scheme level.
319
320 * scm.texi (API Overview): Renamed from `Guile API'.
321
322 * guile.texi (Top), scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules):
323 Debugger User Interface node renamed Debugging Features.
324
325 * debugging.texi (Stacks and Frames): Node deleted; non-duplicated
326 material moved to scheme-debug.texi.
327 (Debugging Features): Renamed from `Debugger User Interface'.
328
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329 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Rename chapter `Debugging
330 Infrastructure' and reorganize its contents.
331
332 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-control.texi (Handling
333 Errors): Move display-error to error-focussed section.
334
335 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), debugging.texi (Backtrace): Move
336 backtrace to user-level debugging chapter.
337
338 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-procedures.texi (Procedure
339 Properties): Move procedure-name, procedure-source and
340 procedure-environment to procedures chapter.
341
342 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-memory.texi (Memory
343 Blocks): Move malloc-stats to memory management chapter.
344
345 * scheme-procedures.texi (Syntax Rules): Remove mention of
346 use-modules for loading syncase; only use-syntax really works.
347 Thanks to Panagiotis Vossos for spotting this.
348
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349 * program.texi (Scheme vs C): New node, with existing material
350 taken from chapter intro.
351 (Programming Overview): New intro para to introduce example of
352 Guile integration:
353 (Extending Dia): New node.
354
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3552002-04-17 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
356
357 * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): Added guile.cps, guile.fns, guile.rns,
358 guile.tps, guile.vrs, guile.tmp.
359
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3602002-04-01 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
361
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362 * scheme-intro.texi (Scheme Layout): Remove reference to defunct
363 Guile Extensions index.
364
365 * guile.texi: Removed Guile Extensions index.
366
367 * scheme-indices.texi (Guile Extensions Index): Removed.
368
369 * guile.texi: Remove vgone, vdeprecated, vchanged and vnote
370 macros; they're not actually useful after all. Update copyright
371 years.
372
373 * scheme-compound.texi (Vectors): Make subsections into nodes.
374 (Vectors): Review, slightly reorg and clarify docs in this
375 section.
376
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377 * scheme-data.texi (Symbols): Reorganized node substructure and
378 added lots of explanatory text around the @deffn's.
379
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3802002-03-29 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
381
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382 * scheme-modules.texi (Variables): Mention obarrays.
383
384 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables, Symbol Props): Remove vgone
385 markers for deprecated symbol items.
386 (Symbol Props): Remove doc for obsolete 2 arg version of
387 symbol-interned?.
388 (String Miscellanea): Removed, since it only contained duplicate
389 doc for string-ci->symbol.
390 (Symbol Tables): Move doc for gensym to Symbol Primitives; rest of
391 section removed.
392
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393 * posix.texi (Ports and File Descriptors), scheme-evaluation.texi
394 (Fly Evaluation): Remove vgone markers for close-all-ports-except,
395 eval2 and read-and-eval!.
396
397 * data-rep.texi (Describing a New Type), scheme-compound.texi
398 (Append/Reverse), scheme-procedures.texi (Internal Macros):
399 Trivial updates to sync with stable branch.
400
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4012002-03-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
402
403 * scheme-compound.texi (List Searching): Remove docs for
404 `scm_sloppy_mem*', which no longer exist.
405
4062002-03-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
407
408 * guile.texi (Top), intro.texi (What is Guile?, The Basic Guile
409 Package): Use @ifnottex instead of @ifinfo, so that HTML
410 generation works correctly.
411
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4122002-03-24 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
413
414 * tools.texi: Updated to reflect changes to the guile-snarf tool.
415
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4162002-03-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
417
418 * scheme-utility.texi (Hooks): Further updates. New material on
419 GC hooks.
420
421 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Note disappearance of
422 eval2 and read-and-eval!.
423
424 * deprecated.texi (Deprecated): Remove docs about previously
425 deprecated items that have now been removed.
426
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4272002-03-15 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
428
429 * tools.texi (guile-1.4 guile-snarf): Remove this node.
430 (How guile-snarf works): Update usage and description to
431 no longer mention "--compat=1.4" and instead "-d" and "-D".
432 (Macros guile-snarf recognizes): Add list of deprecated macros
433 and blurb. Add cindex for deprecated macros.
434
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4352002-03-15 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
436
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437 * scheme-utility.texi (Hooks): Reviewed and updated.
438
439 * scheme-options.texi (Feature Tracking): New section.
440
441 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic, Primitive Numerics): Add
442 description of corresponding C functions.
443
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444 * scheme-utility.texi (Object Properties): Revamp documentation on
445 object properties.
446
447 * scheme-memory.texi (Weak References): Update reference to Object
448 Properties node.
449
450 * guile.texi: Add macros for describing version information.
451
452 * scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-io.texi,
453 scheme-procedures.texi: Automatic updates from snarfed libguile
454 docstrings.
455
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4562002-03-13 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
457
458 * Makefile.am (guile_toc.html): Look for guile.texi in $(srcdir).
459
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460 * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Mention "--compat=1.4", and
461 new processing steps. Update usage example, makefile frag.
462
463 (guile-1.4 guile-snarf): New subsubsection under
464 "Init Snarfing with guile-snarf".
465
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4662002-03-12 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
467
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468 * scheme-compound.texi, scheme-data.texi, new-docstrings.texi:
469 Automatic updates from snarfed libguile docstrings.
470
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471 * data-rep.texi, guile.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
472 scheme-options.texi, scheme-translation.texi: Various minor
473 enhancements ported from the stable CVS branch.
474
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4752002-03-08 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
476
477 * tools.texi (Miscellaneous Tools): New node/chapter.
478 (Snarfing, Init Snarfing with guile-snarf, How guile-snarf works,
479 Macros guile-snarf recognizes, Doc Snarfing): New nodes/(sub)sections.
480 (Executable Modules): Now a section under "Miscellaneous Tools".
481
482 * guile.texi (Miscellaneous Tools): Add under "Part II".
483 Implement by including tools.texi.
484
485 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add tools.texi.
486
4872002-03-07 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
488
489 * tools.texi: New file.
490
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4912002-03-03 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
492
493 * autoconf.texi (Autoconf Background): Insert missing `of'.
494
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4952002-03-01 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
496
497 * api.txt, data-rep.texi: Renamed the struct scm_cell to
498 scm_t_cell.
499
500 * data-rep.texi: Renamed scm_alloc_cell to scm_cell and
501 scm_alloc_double_cell to scm_double_cell.
502
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5032002-03-01 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
504
505 * scheme-memory.texi (Upgrading from scm_must_malloc et al): New
506 section.
507
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5082002-02-28 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
509
510 * data-rep.texi: Use scm_gc_malloc and scm_gc_free instead of
511 scm_must_malloc and free in example code. Updated text for the
512 new memory management functions.
513
514 * scheme-debug.texi (malloc-stats): Refer to scm_gc_malloc instead
515 of to scm_must_malloc.
516
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5172002-02-27 Stefan Jahn <stefan@lkcc.org>
518
519 * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Documented some more
520 gh equivalents and removed appropriate FIXME's.
521
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5222002-02-26 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
523
524 * Makefile.am: Update path to pre-inst-guile automake frag.
525
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5262002-02-24 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
527
528 * .cvsignore: add autoconf-macros.texi.
529
530 * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): add autoconf-macros.texi.
531
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5322002-02-19 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
533
534 * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): New section.
535
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5362002-02-05 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
537
538 * Makefile.am: Include $(top_srcdir)/pre-inst-guile.am.
539
540 (GUILE): Delete var.
541 (autoconf-macros.texi): Use $(preinstguiletool).
542
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544
545 * autoconf.texi (Autofrisk, Using Autofrisk): New sections.
546 (Autoconf Support): Add new sections to menu.
547
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5482002-02-04 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
549
550 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Uninterned): Added node.
551
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553
554 * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Documented gh equivalents
555 `scm_c_string2str', `scm_c_substring2str' and `scm_c_symbol2str'
556 and removed the appropriate FIXME's.
557
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559
560 * Makefile.am (autoconf-macros.texi): Also set GUILE_LOAD_PATH
561 when invoking the uninstalled guile executable.
562
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564
565 * Makefile.am (autoconf-macros.texi): Fix build bug:
566 Write this file to srcdir. Thanks to I. N. Golubev.
567
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569
570 * Makefile.am: attempt to use guile from $(top_builddir)/libguile
571 when building autoconf-macros.texi. There are still problems with
572 modules and running makeinfo when builddir != srcdir.
573
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5742002-01-08 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
575
576 * data-rep.texi, gh.texi, guile.texi, intro.texi,
577 misc-modules.texi, new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, program.texi,
578 repl-modules.texi, scheme-binding.texi, scheme-compound.texi,
579 scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
580 scheme-ideas.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
581 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
582 scheme-translation.texi, scheme-utility.texi, scm.texi, slib.texi,
583 srfi-modules.texi: Spell check. Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.
584
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586
587 * intro.texi (Linking Programs With Guile): Fix typo (superfluous
588 `do'). Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.
589
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591
592 * intro.texi: Spell check. Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.
593
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5942002-01-02 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
595
596 * guile.texi (Part II): Add "Autoconf Support"; include
597 autoconf.texi.
598
599 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add autoconf.texi and
600 autoconf-macros.texi.
601 (autoconf.texi, autoconf-macros.texi): New rules.
602
603 * autoconf.texi: New file.
604
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6052001-12-22 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
606
607 * scheme-compound.texi (Alist Example): Changed "Bismarck" to
608 "Pierre". Thanks to Ron Peterson!
609
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6102001-12-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
611
612 * program.texi (Programming Overview): Chapter renamed from
613 `Programming Options'; some new material added.
614
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6152001-12-07 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
616
617 * scm.texi (Guile API): Renamed from `Scheme Primitives' and
618 broadened so that this chapter discusses the Guile API as a whole.
619
620 * program.texi (Available Functionality): Revise so that text
621 reads better.
622
623 * guile.texi (Programming Intro): New introductory text.
624
625 * scheme-ideas.texi (Definition): Reorder reference bullets in
626 ascending page number order.
627
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629
630 * scheme-procedures.texi (Optional Arguments): Typo fix: wither ->
631 either.
632
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634
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635 * scheme-data.texi (Hooks): Moved into scheme-utility.texi.
636
637 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added scheme-compound.texi.
638
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639 * scheme-data.texi (Variables): Node moved to modules chapter.
640 (Symbol Read Syntax): New node, with syntax-related material taken
641 from old Symbols node.
642 (Symbol Primitives): Renamed from `Symbols'.
643 (Symbols and Variables): Renamed to `Symbols'.
644 (Symbol Props): Renamed from `Symbol Tables'.
645 (Symbols): General review, improvements and additional material
646 throughout this section.
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647 (Other Data Types): New material: links to object types documented
648 elsewhere. Also renamed node to `Other Types'.
649 (Data Types): Split into two: `Simple Data Types' and `Compound
650 Data Types'. Introductory blurbs rewritten accordingly.
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651
652 * guile.texi: Updated Notes comment.
653
654 * scheme-data.texi (Rx Interface): Node moved to Guile Modules
655 part, as the Rx interface is not core Guile.
656
6572001-11-30 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
658
659 * scheme-data.texi (String Miscellanea): Removed, moving doc for
660 string-ci->symbol into the node on Symbols.
661
662 * Makefile.am (ETAGS_ARGS): Added.
663
664 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables): Removed doc for gentemp,
665 intern-symbol, string->obarray-symbol, symbol-binding,
666 symbol-bound?, symbol-set!, unintern-symbol, symbol-interned?; all
667 of which no longer exist.
668
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670
671 * posix.texi: Fix spelling. Thanks to Chris Cramer.
672 Reword `getpass' intro blurb.
673
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6742001-11-23 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
675
676 * program.texi (Program Control): Remove spurious placeholder
677 text.
678
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6792001-11-20 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
680
681 * scheme-options.texi (Install Config):
682 Tweak `%load-path' verb to not imply it's a proc.
683 Add documentation for `%guile-build-info'.
684
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6852001-11-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
686
687 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables), new-docstrings.texi: Removed
688 doc for builtin-bindings (no longer exists).
689 (Variables): Expanded existing description of variables. Removed
690 doc for builtin-variable (no longer exists).
691
692 * scheme-binding.texi (Top Level): New docs for define, scm_define
693 and scm_c_define. Also clarified point about interchangeability
694 of define and set!.
695
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6962001-11-18 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
697
698 * scheme-data.texi (Vectors): Autoupdate docs for
699 vector-move-left! and vector-move-right!.
700
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7012001-11-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
702
703 * debugging.texi, deprecated.texi, intro.texi, misc-modules.texi,
704 new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, scheme-binding.texi,
705 scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
706 scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
707 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
708 scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi,
709 scheme-utility.texi, script-getopt.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Change
710 category for "primitive" and "procedure" @deffn's to {Scheme
711 Procedure}; add @deffnx lines for {C Function}s; automatic updates
712 from libguile docstring changes.
713
714 * scheme-memory.texi (Garbage Collection): Removed doc for removed
715 `unhash-name'.
716
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718
719 * scheme-procedures.texi: Spell "library" correctly.
720
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7212001-11-13 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
722
723 * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-data.texi: Merge recent doc
724 improvements from stable branch.
725
726 * scheme-options.texi: Automatic updates from docstring changes in
727 libguile's C source code.
728
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7292001-11-12 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
730
731 * scheme-data.texi (Vtables, Structure Basics): Automatic doc
732 updates for struct? and struct-vtable?.
733 (String Searching): Add missing "for". Thanks to Scott Lenser.
734
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7352001-11-08 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
736
737 * guile.texi (Top): Added new chapter `Programming Options'.
738
739 * program.texi: New file.
740
741 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added program.texi.
742
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744
745 * scheme-memory.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
746 scheme-data.texi, scheme-binding.texi, posix.texi,
747 new-docstrings.texi: Automatic updates from improved libguile
748 docstrings.
749
7502001-11-04 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
751
752 * preface.texi: Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.
753 (Manual Layout): Updated to reflect reorg.
754
755 * guile.texi (MANUAL_EDITION): New variable, with value
756 incremented from 1.0 to 1.1 to reflect the reorg described here.
757 (Top): Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.
758
759 * scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index, Guile Extensions Index): Use
760 @unnumbered rather than @chapter for these indices.
761
762 * guile.texi (Top): A little top-level reshuffling, with the aims
763 that: (1) the `Guile Scheme' (reference) part of the manual
764 becomes the `Guile API Reference', and covers both Scheme and C
765 interfaces; (2) non-API-reference material such as the `Basic
766 Ideas in Scheme' chapter is collected together to form a new part
767 `Programming with Guile'. This new part will contain general
768 documentation on using and programming Guile in both Scheme and C,
769 including - for example - awareness of GC when C programming, how
770 to use the snarf macros, how to debug ...
771 (Top): Move inclusion of scheme-indices.texi so that all indices
772 appear together in the printed manual.
773
774 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Removed appendices.texi, added
775 debugging.texi.
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777 * appendices.texi: Removed.
778
779 * debugging.texi (Debugger User Interface): New file, same as the
780 material that used to be in appendices.texi, but now a chapter in
781 Part II rather than an appendix.
782
783 * appendices.texi (Obtaining and Installing Guile): Moved to
784 become a chapter in ...
785 * intro.texi: ... Part I: Introduction to Guile.
786
787 * scm.texi (I/O Extensions): Moved to become a section of ...
788 * scheme-io.texi (Input and Output): ... this chapter.
789
790 * scm.texi (Handling Errors): Moved to become a section of ...
791 * scheme-control.texi (Control Mechanisms): ... this chapter.
792
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794
795 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-19, SRFI-19 Constants, SRFI-19 Current
796 time and clock resolution, SRFI-19 Time object and accessors,
797 SRFI-19 Time comparison procedures, SRFI-19 Time arithmetic
798 procedures, SRFI-19 Date object and accessors, SRFI-19
799 Time/Date/Julian Day/Modified Julian Day converters, SRFI-19 Date
800 to string/string to date converters): New nodes.
04bbd6ce 801 (SRFI Support): Add "SRFI-19" to menu.
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804
805 * scripts.texi: Document `--debug' and `--no-debug'.
806
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808
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809 * guile.texi, scsh.texi: removed obsolete guile-scsh material
810 and updated links (I don't know if it should remain in the
811 main menu. It's like slib I think.)
812
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814
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816
817 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Removed documentation
818 for `read-and-eval!' and `eval2'. (Thanks to Alex Schroeder for
819 noticing that they'd disappeared!)
820
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822
823 * scheme-io.texi (Writing): Add entry for `display'.
824 Include in R5RS Index. Thanks to Alex Schroeder for suggestion.
825
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827
828 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13): Tyop fix.
829 (SRFI-13): Changed paragraph about bindings both in the code and
830 in SRFI-13.
831
832 * misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Tyop fix.
833 (Formatted Output): Document ~g properly.
834
835 Thanks to Alex Schroeder for pointing out the typos and sending
836 suggestions.
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839
840 * scheme-procedures.texi (Syntax Rules): Add `cindex' directive.
841 Thanks to suggestion by Alex Schroeder.
842
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844
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845 * guile.texi (Top): Group all index nodes together so that
846 `Info-index' works more effectively in Info. Thanks to Eric
847 Hanchrow for the report and fix.
848
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849 * scheme-data.texi (Random, String Syntax, String Modification,
850 Regular Expressions), scheme-ideas.texi (Definition),
851 scheme-modules.texi (Dynamic Linking and Compiled Code Modules),
852 scm.texi (Transforming Scheme name to C name, Port
853 Implementation): Various typo fixes and clarifications merged from
854 the stable CVS branch.
855
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8562001-08-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
857
858 * intro.texi: Merged wording fixes from stable CVS branch.
859
860 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Remove ../AUTHORS.
861
862 * guile.texi: Incorporate text previously in separate AUTHORS
863 file.
864
8652001-08-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
866
867 The change log for files in this directory continues backwards
868 from 2001-08-27 in ../ChangeLog, as all the Guile documentation
869 prior to this date was contained in a single directory.