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2003-08-30  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * data-rep.texi (Remembering During Operations): Note
        scm_remember_upto_here_1 applies only to C automatic variables.

        * guile.texi: Move @contents to usual place after title page, and
        after first menu since that looks nice in html.

        * posix.texi (Ports and File Descriptors): In pipe PIPE_BUF, use
        @defvar, reword a bit for clarity, cross reference glibc.

        * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): In socket, use
        @defvar for protocol variables, cross reference for getprotobyname,
        note it's usually connect and accept that establishes communication.

        * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): In socketpair,
        clarify the return is a pair with ports in car and cdr, note
        connection is full duplex, refer to socket for parameters, refer to
        PF_UNIX rather than AF_UNIX.

        * scheme-compound.texi (Append/Reverse): Merge append and append!,
        shown parameters as lst1 ... lstN, describe list argument for
        scm_append and scm_append_x and note that it's unmodified.

        * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Add hashx- case
        insensitive string example, add cross references to symbol-hash,
        string-hash, string-hash-ci, and char-set-hash.

        * scheme-control.texi (Multiple Values): In values, show args as "arg1
        ... argN".  In scm_values, note args is a list and returned object
        shares structure with it.

        * scheme-control.texi (Catch): Add scm_internal_catch.
        (Lazy Catch): Add scm_internal_lazy_catch.

        * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Use a table for scheme to C libm
        equivalences, add C99 trunc.

        * scheme-procedures.texi (Lambda): Note ". rest" list argument is
        always newly created.

        * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Association Lists): In alist-delete and
        alist-delete!, note argument order for the equality calls per SRFI-1
        spec.

2003-08-26  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-data.texi (Scientific): Add two-argument atan.

        * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Need @@ for texinfo in example.

2003-08-17  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Collect up groups of
        functions to avoid duplication.  Revise notes on hashx functions and
        on vector implementation.  In make-hash-table, size is now optional.
        Add hash-map and hash-for-each.

2003-08-14  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-control.texi (while do): Update `while' for code rewrite, in
        particular describe break and continue.

2003-08-09  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): Add index entries for deprecated
        scm_must_malloc and friends.

2003-07-29  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-compound.texi (List Constructors): Remove scm_cons_star,
        since it's not very helpful.

        * scheme-utility.texi (Property Primitives): In primitive-property-ref,
        note parameters to not-found-proc, use hyphens rather than underscores
        for that parameter name.
        In primitive-property-set!, VAL is the value parameter not CODE.

2003-07-24  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-control.texi (Dynamic Wind): Untabify.
        (Multiple Values): Use @result.
        Reported by Stephen Compall <s11@member.fsf.org>.

        * scheme-control.texi (Continuations): Rewrite with more detail.

        * scheme-scheduling.texi (System asyncs): Add index entries for C
        functions.

        * scheme-scheduling.texi (Parallel Forms): New section.

2003-07-18  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-compound.texi (List Constructors): In list, use "elem1
        ... elemN".  Add scm_list_1, scm_list_2, scm_list_3, scm_list_4,
        scm_list_5, scm_list_n.  Remove scm_list, since it's a no-op.
        * guile.texi (nicode): New macro.

        * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): In apply, reword for
        clarity, drop the "append" example.  Add scm_apply, scm_apply_0,
        scm_apply_1, scm_apply_2, scm_apply_3.
        Add scm_call_0, scm_call_1, scm_call_2, scm_call_3.
        In apply:nconc2last, move down after "apply", reword for clarity, note
        correspondence to apply params.

        * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Add cond-expand index entry.
        (SRFI-9): Add define-record-type index entry.

2003-07-12  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Constructors): In iota, reword a bit for
        clarity and add a couple of examples.

2003-07-10  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * deprecated.texi (Deprecated): Add scm_remember.

2003-06-22  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * data-rep.texi (Remembering During Operations): Refer to all "Guile
        library functions" as provoking gc.

2003-06-19  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-io.texi (File Ports): Describe call-with-input-file and
        call-with-output-file together.  Describe with-input-from-file,
        with-output-to-file and with-error-to-file together, and add that they
        use dynamic-wind on the current port setting and keep the port open in
        support of captured continuations.
        (Closing): Describe close-input-port and close-output-port together,
        tweak the wording slightly.

2003-06-14  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * data-rep.texi (Vector Data): For SCM_VECTOR_BASE, SCM_STRING_CHARS
        and SCM_SYMBOL_CHARS, cross reference "Remembering During Operations".

        * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): round is to nearest even.

2003-06-12  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * data-rep.texi (Remembering During Operations): New section.

        * scheme-data.texi (Primitive Numerics): Add atan2, pow, asinh, acosh
        and atanh to scheme<->C table.  Note asinh, acosh and atanh are C99,
        and scm_asinh, scm_acosh and scm_atanh are equivalents.  Cross ref
        glibc "Mathematics".  Reword this end part for clarity.

        * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): Use {} around types for
        @deftypefn, for correct name in indexes.
        * scheme-utility.texi (C Hooks): Ditto.
        * gh.texi (Scheme to C): Ditto.

        * gh.texi (Scheme to C): In gh_scm2newstr, lenp is size_t* not int*.
        This changed in guile 1.6, the docs weren't updated.

2003-06-09  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.de>

        From Mike Gran <spikegran@earthlink.net>.  Thanks!

        * preface.texi: Minor punctuation mistakes.  Hyphens should link
        compound adjectives.  Commas should be placed after a "therefore"
        that begins a sentence.  Commas should not be used to separate a
        list of only 2 dependent clauses.

2003-06-07  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Cross reference glibc floor and ceil.

2003-06-05  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * posix.texi (File System): stat:rdev and stat:blocks can return #f,
        stat:blksize returns a sensible size if the field is not available.

        * scheme-compound.texi (Array Mapping): Reword for clarity, and in
        particular have the same parameter names in the text and prototypes.

        * scheme-evaluation.texi (Delayed Evaluation): Add delay, reword
        promise? and force a bit, describe recursive forcing of a promise by
        its own code.

        * scheme-io.texi (Ports): Add notes on garbage collection, and on
        explicitly closing file ports.
        (File Ports): Cross reference Ports node on explicit closing.

        * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Cross reference
        Ports node on explicit closing.

        * scheme-scheduling.texi (Futures): New section.

        * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13 Miscellaneous): In string-replace, note
        that start1 and end1 optional is a Guile extension.

2003-05-30  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * deprecated.texi: Add substring-move-left! and substring-move-right!.

        * scheme-io.texi (Default Ports): Remove duplicate descriptions of
        set-current-output-port and set-current-error-port.

2003-05-27  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>

        * scheme-compound.texi: Clarified that vectors need to be quoted.

2003-05-26  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * posix.texi (Locales): Clarify setlocale a bit, list all categories,
        cross reference to libc.

2003-05-24  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-procedures.texi: Add index entries lambda, optargs, syncase.

        * scsh.texi (The Scheme shell (scsh)): Add index entries.

2003-05-22  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-2): Rewrite and-let*, describing plain
        expression clauses and improving the examples.

2003-05-17  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.de>

        * posix.texi (socket): Use PF_ instead of AF_ prefix.

2003-05-16  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * guile.texi: Use @copying, show copyright and permissions at start of
        info and html.

        * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Deleting): Rewrite delete and
        delete-duplicates, adding behaviour details specified by srfi-1.

2003-05-12  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * preface.texi (Guile License): Refer to COPYING.LIB.

        * repl-modules.texi (Loading Readline Support, Readline Options):
        Index entries for readline functions.

        * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Fix regexp error key, should
        be `regular-expression-syntax'.

        * scheme-data.texi (Complex): Show z argument in prototypes.

2003-05-10  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-data.texi (Reals and Rationals): Fix typo @result{#f}, and
        put @result outside @code.

        * scheme-data.texi (Bitwise Operations): Note negatives are treated as
        infinite precision twos complement.  Revise `ash' to emphasise this
        for right shifts of negatives.  Describe integer-length behaviour on
        negatives.  Add `...' to logand, logior, logxor since they take
        multiple parameters.
        * guile.texi (m): New macro.

        * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Revise C support section to
        get index entries, and clarify parameters.  Remove scm_regex_error, no
        longer exists and wasn't available to applications.

        * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Index entries for error keys.

2003-05-08  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-data.texi (Bitwise Operations): Fix lognot to ones-complement.

        * slib.texi (JACAL): Fix @ref title.
        Add index entries, use @file and @code variously.

2003-05-06  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-scheduling.texi (C level thread interface): Use @deftypefn
        not @deftypefun, to get function names (not types) indexed.

        * scheme-options.texi (Build Config): Add index entries for
        %guile-build-info keys.

2003-05-04  Kevin Ryde  <user42@zip.com.au>

        * scheme-data.texi (Integer Operations): Describe how quotient,
        remainder and modulo round their results.

        * scheme-io.texi (Reading): In read-char and peek-char, fix typos "?"
        in @rnindex.  In port-column, use @: after i.e.  
        (Writing): In get-print-state, two spaces after full stop.  Add write,
        revise display.

        * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Length Append etc): Add count.
        (SRFI-1 Fold and Map): In reduce, fix typo "... variant of fold", add
        "f" to fold call shown.  In reduce-right, use @code on "reduce".

        * data-rep.texi, gh.texi: Add spaces after some @defun names.
        * posix.texi (Processes): Fix typo "hhhh".

2003-05-01  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * posix.texi: Add index entries for many variables and functions,
        either using @defvar/@deffn or @vindex/@pindex.  (Patch supplied
        by Kevin Ryde.)

2003-04-30  Marius Vollmer  <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>

        * posix.texi (scm_c_port_for_each): Added. 

2003-04-26  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Primitives): Document scm_str2symbol
        and scm_mem2symbol.

        * data-rep.texi (Describing a New Type): Clarify that
        scm_make_smob_type_mfpe is deprecated.  (Thanks to
        tomas@fabula.de.)

        * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Remove scm_sysmissing,
        long since gone from libguile.  (Thanks to Kevin Ryde.)

2003-04-05  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.de>

        * preface.texi: Reflect change to LGPL.

2003-03-27  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>

        * scheme-io.texi (Reading): clarify character ordering in port for
        unread-string.

2003-03-07  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>

        * guile.texi: change MANUAL_EDITION to MANUAL-EDITION so we don't
        choke TeX (thanks to Dale P. Smith).

        * preface.texi: change MANUAL_EDITION to MANUAL-EDITION so we
        don't choke TeX (thanks to Dale P. Smith).

2003-01-02  Mikael Djurfeldt  <djurfeldt@nada.kth.se>

        * scheme-scheduling.texi (Low level thread primitives): Fixed typo
        in broadcast-condition-variable.

2002-12-08  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>

        * scheme-options.texi (Build Config): add effective-version docs.

2002-11-17  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        Applied patches from Stephen Compall as follows.  (Thanks!)

        2002-11-06  Stephen Compall  <rushing@sigecom.net>

        * posix.texi: Changed quotes to match Texinfo expectations.

        Added references to the glibc manual.

        Used proper Texinfo text marking for many keywords, such as @code,
        @samp, @env, @var.

        Fixed argument metasyntactic variable references in
        file-manipulation section so the usage in the descriptions matches
        the usage in the declarations.

        2002-10-26  Stephen Compall  <rushing@sigecom.net>

        * scheme-data.texi: Addition and change of many Texinfo tags,
        particularly usage of @var and @samp, as well as reformatting of
        some lists into tables and usage of @result.

        Notes about some things I didn't understand, as well as a
        missing section on non-control characters.

2002-10-27  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>

        * scheme-modules.texi (Environments): only available when
        (ice-9 r5rs) is used.
        * scsh.texi (The Scheme shell (scsh)): current url is www.scsh.net.

2002-10-27  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scheme-scheduling.texi: Updated mutex and condition varable
        functions.

2002-10-27  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * debugging.texi (Debugging Features): Rewritten.

2002-10-19  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-binding.texi, scheme-io.texi,
        scheme-scheduling.texi, posix.texi: Automatic docstring updates.

2002-10-14  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * intro.texi (Whirlwind Tour): Added pointer to examples
        directory.

2002-10-10  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scheme-scheduling.texi (System Asyncs): Updated.

2002-10-07  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scheme-scheduling.texi (Asyncs): Updated.
        * posix.texi (sigaction): Updated.

2002-10-03  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * posix.texi (Processes), scheme-options.texi (Common Feature
        Symbols): Refer to provided?  rather than deprecated feature?.

2002-10-03  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Updated.
        (Writing your own snarfing macros): New.

2002-09-25  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Make sections into nodes.
        (Debugging Options): Node removed.

        * scheme-options.texi (Feature Tracking): Brought forward before
        sections on options.
        (Runtime Options): New section, to group options-related nodes.

2002-09-24  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-options.texi (Options and Config): Chapter name changed,
        and intro text improved.
        (Install Config): Brought forward, and renamed Build
        Configuration.

        The following doc updates are from Ian Sheldon - thanks!
        
        * scheme-data.texi (Appending Strings, Regexp Functions, Match
        Structures): Add examples.
        (Regular Expressions): Add instruction to use (ice-9 regex)
        module.

        * slib.texi (SLIB): Remove duplicate `the'.

2002-09-22  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-options.texi (General option interface): Mention
        eval-options-interface and debug-options-interface.

        * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): New node describing source
        properties.

2002-09-19  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-utility.texi (Hook Reference): Improvements to hook docs.
        Thanks to Thien-Thi Nguyen for the patches.

2002-09-16  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Props): It's "set-symbol-property!",
        not "set-symbol-property".  Thanks to Pieter Pareit!

2002-09-15  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scheme-data.texi: Tell them to use 'provided?' instead of
        '*feaures*'.

2002-09-09  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scheme-ideas.texi (Creating a Procedure): Fixed typo.  Thanks to
        Pieter Pareit!

        * intro.texi: Updated GNu ftp server name.  Use "-lguile" instead
        of "libguile.a".  Some small fixes/improvements.
        
        * scheme-reading.texi: Added www.schemers.org.  Removed foldoc,
        it's too generic.  Updated 'teach yourself ...' URL.

2002-08-27  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scheme-modules.texi: Markup fixes and removal of gh_ references.
        Thanks to Dale Smith!

2002-08-14  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scheme-evaluation.texi (eval-string): Updated. 

        * scheme-scheduling.texi (Fluids): Touched up a bit, added
        with-fluids.

2002-08-13  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scheme-modules.texi (More Modules Procedures): Removed.
        (Accessing Modules from C): New.

2002-08-10  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>

        * scheme-procedures.texi: new section Primitive Procedures,
        documentation for scm_c_make_gsubr and scm_c_define_gsubr.
        * scheme-modules.texi (Compiled Code Modules): replace
        gh_new_procedure with scm_c_define_gsubr.

2002-08-08  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * gh.texi (Data types and constants defined by gh): Avoid
        generating index entry for SCM.

        * posix.texi (Runtime Environment): Remove duplicate doc for
        setenv.

        * data-rep.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi: Merge
        recent updates from stable branch.

        * posix.texi (File System, Time, Pipes, Network Databases,
        Internet Socket Examples): Add examples provided by Ian Sheldon.

2002-08-08  Marius Vollmer  <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>

        * scheme-binding.texi: Don't talk about 'bound?' which is gone.
        Thanks to Christopher Cramer.

2002-08-06  Han-Wen Nienhuys  <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>

        * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): add scm_calloc, scm_gc_calloc.
        correct typos.
        
2002-08-05  Marius Vollmer  <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>

        * intro.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Added (use-modules (ice-9
        rdelim)) to an example that uses read-line.  Thanks to Ralf
        Mattes!

        * scheme-memory.texi: Added an introductory blurb about GC that I
        had lying around.

2002-08-02  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>

        * scheme-modules.texi: split "Scheme and modules" into
        "provide and require" and "Environments".  Mention R5RS
        environments.

2002-07-16  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-options.texi (Debugger options): New subsection
        describing stack overflow and what to do about it.

2002-07-10  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>

        * scheme-modules.texi (Compiled Code Modules): Removed description
        of scm_register_module_xxx, which no longer exists.  A description
        of current techniques is needed.

2002-05-09  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scheme-data.texi (Numbers): Added description of the new values
        +inf.0, -inf.0 and +nan.0.

        * posix.texi (Runtime Environment): Added entries for 'setenv' and
        'unsetenv'.

2002-04-28  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * gh.texi, data-rep.texi: Moved `@deftyp {Data type} SCM' line
        from gh.texi to data-rep.texi.  Both files already had similar
        descriptions for SCM.  Given that gh.texi is deprecated, looking
        up `SCM' in the index should take one to the primary location
        rather than deprecated section.  Hence this change.  Added
        `@deftp' for scm_t_bits data type so that a proper index entry is
        added for this.  Thanks to Richard Y. Kim!
        
        * data-rep.texi (Subrs): Changed scm_make_gsubr to
        scm_c_define_gsubr.  Thanks to Richard Y. Kim!

2002-04-24  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13 Miscellaneous): Updated docs of
        string-tokenize.

2002-04-20  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-intro.texi (Scheme Layout), scm.texi (Reference Layout):
        Node moved from a to b.

        * guile.texi (Scheme Intro, Basic Ideas, Guile Scripting, Command
        Line Handling, Debugging Features, Autoconf Support, Miscellaneous
        Tools, Further Reading): Moved to new Part II.

        * preface.texi (Manual Layout): Part numbers updated accordingly.

        * guile.texi (Top): Move API Overview node to beginning of Guile
        API Reference part.
        (Part II: Writing and Running Guile Scheme): New part; will
        contain content from `Programming with Guile' that pertains to
        writing and using Guile on the Scheme level.

        * scm.texi (API Overview): Renamed from `Guile API'.

        * guile.texi (Top), scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules):
        Debugger User Interface node renamed Debugging Features.

        * debugging.texi (Stacks and Frames): Node deleted; non-duplicated
        material moved to scheme-debug.texi.
        (Debugging Features): Renamed from `Debugger User Interface'.

        * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Rename chapter `Debugging
        Infrastructure' and reorganize its contents.
        
        * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-control.texi (Handling
        Errors): Move display-error to error-focussed section.

        * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), debugging.texi (Backtrace): Move
        backtrace to user-level debugging chapter.
        
        * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-procedures.texi (Procedure
        Properties): Move procedure-name, procedure-source and
        procedure-environment to procedures chapter.

        * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-memory.texi (Memory
        Blocks): Move malloc-stats to memory management chapter.

        * scheme-procedures.texi (Syntax Rules): Remove mention of
        use-modules for loading syncase; only use-syntax really works.
        Thanks to Panagiotis Vossos for spotting this.

        * program.texi (Scheme vs C): New node, with existing material
        taken from chapter intro.
        (Programming Overview): New intro para to introduce example of
        Guile integration:
        (Extending Dia): New node.

2002-04-17  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): Added guile.cps, guile.fns, guile.rns,
        guile.tps, guile.vrs, guile.tmp.

2002-04-01  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-intro.texi (Scheme Layout): Remove reference to defunct
        Guile Extensions index.

        * guile.texi: Removed Guile Extensions index.

        * scheme-indices.texi (Guile Extensions Index): Removed.

        * guile.texi: Remove vgone, vdeprecated, vchanged and vnote
        macros; they're not actually useful after all.  Update copyright
        years.

        * scheme-compound.texi (Vectors): Make subsections into nodes.
        (Vectors): Review, slightly reorg and clarify docs in this
        section.

        * scheme-data.texi (Symbols): Reorganized node substructure and
        added lots of explanatory text around the @deffn's.

2002-03-29  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-modules.texi (Variables): Mention obarrays.

        * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables, Symbol Props): Remove vgone
        markers for deprecated symbol items.
        (Symbol Props): Remove doc for obsolete 2 arg version of
        symbol-interned?.
        (String Miscellanea): Removed, since it only contained duplicate
        doc for string-ci->symbol.
        (Symbol Tables): Move doc for gensym to Symbol Primitives; rest of
        section removed.

        * posix.texi (Ports and File Descriptors), scheme-evaluation.texi
        (Fly Evaluation): Remove vgone markers for close-all-ports-except,
        eval2 and read-and-eval!.

        * data-rep.texi (Describing a New Type), scheme-compound.texi
        (Append/Reverse), scheme-procedures.texi (Internal Macros):
        Trivial updates to sync with stable branch.

2002-03-27  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-compound.texi (List Searching): Remove docs for
        `scm_sloppy_mem*', which no longer exist.

2002-03-24  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * guile.texi (Top), intro.texi (What is Guile?, The Basic Guile
        Package): Use @ifnottex instead of @ifinfo, so that HTML
        generation works correctly.

2002-03-24  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * tools.texi: Updated to reflect changes to the guile-snarf tool.

2002-03-16  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-utility.texi (Hooks): Further updates.  New material on
        GC hooks.
        
        * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Note disappearance of
        eval2 and read-and-eval!.

        * deprecated.texi (Deprecated): Remove docs about previously
        deprecated items that have now been removed.

2002-03-15  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>

        * tools.texi (guile-1.4 guile-snarf): Remove this node.
        (How guile-snarf works): Update usage and description to
        no longer mention "--compat=1.4" and instead "-d" and "-D".
        (Macros guile-snarf recognizes): Add list of deprecated macros
        and blurb.  Add cindex for deprecated macros.

2002-03-15  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-utility.texi (Hooks): Reviewed and updated.

        * scheme-options.texi (Feature Tracking): New section.

        * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic, Primitive Numerics): Add
        description of corresponding C functions.

        * scheme-utility.texi (Object Properties): Revamp documentation on
        object properties.

        * scheme-memory.texi (Weak References): Update reference to Object
        Properties node.

        * guile.texi: Add macros for describing version information.

        * scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-io.texi,
        scheme-procedures.texi: Automatic updates from snarfed libguile
        docstrings.

2002-03-13  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>

        * Makefile.am (guile_toc.html): Look for guile.texi in $(srcdir).

        * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Mention "--compat=1.4", and
        new processing steps.  Update usage example, makefile frag.

        (guile-1.4 guile-snarf): New subsubsection under
        "Init Snarfing with guile-snarf".

2002-03-12  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-compound.texi, scheme-data.texi, new-docstrings.texi:
        Automatic updates from snarfed libguile docstrings.

        * data-rep.texi, guile.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
        scheme-options.texi, scheme-translation.texi: Various minor
        enhancements ported from the stable CVS branch.

2002-03-08  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>

        * tools.texi (Miscellaneous Tools): New node/chapter.
        (Snarfing, Init Snarfing with guile-snarf, How guile-snarf works,
        Macros guile-snarf recognizes, Doc Snarfing): New nodes/(sub)sections.
        (Executable Modules): Now a section under "Miscellaneous Tools".

        * guile.texi (Miscellaneous Tools): Add under "Part II".
        Implement by including tools.texi.

        * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add tools.texi.

2002-03-07  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>

        * tools.texi: New file.

2002-03-03  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * autoconf.texi (Autoconf Background): Insert missing `of'.

2002-03-01  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>

        * api.txt, data-rep.texi: Renamed the struct scm_cell to
        scm_t_cell.

        * data-rep.texi: Renamed scm_alloc_cell to scm_cell and
        scm_alloc_double_cell to scm_double_cell.

2002-03-01  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scheme-memory.texi (Upgrading from scm_must_malloc et al): New
        section.

2002-02-28  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * data-rep.texi: Use scm_gc_malloc and scm_gc_free instead of
        scm_must_malloc and free in example code.  Updated text for the
        new memory management functions.

        * scheme-debug.texi (malloc-stats): Refer to scm_gc_malloc instead
        of to scm_must_malloc.

2002-02-27  Stefan Jahn  <stefan@lkcc.org>

        * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Documented some more
        gh equivalents and removed appropriate FIXME's.

2002-02-26  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>

        * Makefile.am: Update path to pre-inst-guile automake frag.

2002-02-24  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>

        * .cvsignore: add autoconf-macros.texi.

        * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): add autoconf-macros.texi.

2002-02-19  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): New section.

2002-02-05  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>

        * Makefile.am: Include $(top_srcdir)/pre-inst-guile.am.

        (GUILE): Delete var.
        (autoconf-macros.texi): Use $(preinstguiletool).

2002-02-04  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>

        * autoconf.texi (Autofrisk, Using Autofrisk): New sections.
        (Autoconf Support): Add new sections to menu.

2002-02-04  Marius Vollmer  <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>

        * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Uninterned): Added node.

2002-01-29  Stefan Jahn  <stefan@lkcc.org>

        * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Documented gh equivalents
        `scm_c_string2str', `scm_c_substring2str' and `scm_c_symbol2str'
        and removed the appropriate FIXME's.

2002-01-14  Marius Vollmer  <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>

        * Makefile.am (autoconf-macros.texi):  Also set GUILE_LOAD_PATH
        when invoking the uninstalled guile executable.

2002-01-09  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>

        * Makefile.am (autoconf-macros.texi): Fix build bug:
        Write this file to srcdir.  Thanks to I. N. Golubev.

2002-01-08  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>

        * Makefile.am: attempt to use guile from $(top_builddir)/libguile
        when building autoconf-macros.texi.  There are still problems with
        modules and running makeinfo when builddir != srcdir.

2002-01-08  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>

        * data-rep.texi, gh.texi, guile.texi, intro.texi,
        misc-modules.texi, new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, program.texi,
        repl-modules.texi, scheme-binding.texi, scheme-compound.texi,
        scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
        scheme-ideas.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
        scheme-modules.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
        scheme-translation.texi, scheme-utility.texi, scm.texi, slib.texi,
        srfi-modules.texi: Spell check.  Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.

2002-01-07  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * intro.texi (Linking Programs With Guile): Fix typo (superfluous
        `do').  Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.

2002-01-05  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>

        * intro.texi: Spell check.  Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.

2002-01-02  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>

        * guile.texi (Part II): Add "Autoconf Support"; include
        autoconf.texi.

        * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add autoconf.texi and
        autoconf-macros.texi.
        (autoconf.texi, autoconf-macros.texi): New rules.

        * autoconf.texi: New file.

2001-12-22  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scheme-compound.texi (Alist Example): Changed "Bismarck" to
        "Pierre".  Thanks to Ron Peterson!

2001-12-22  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * program.texi (Programming Overview): Chapter renamed from
        `Programming Options'; some new material added.

2001-12-07  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scm.texi (Guile API): Renamed from `Scheme Primitives' and
        broadened so that this chapter discusses the Guile API as a whole.

        * program.texi (Available Functionality): Revise so that text
        reads better.

        * guile.texi (Programming Intro): New introductory text.

        * scheme-ideas.texi (Definition): Reorder reference bullets in
        ascending page number order.

2001-12-04  Martin Grabmueller  <mg@glug.org>

        * scheme-procedures.texi (Optional Arguments): Typo fix: wither ->
        either.

2001-12-01  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-data.texi (Hooks): Moved into scheme-utility.texi.

        * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added scheme-compound.texi.

        * scheme-data.texi (Variables): Node moved to modules chapter.
        (Symbol Read Syntax): New node, with syntax-related material taken
        from old Symbols node.
        (Symbol Primitives): Renamed from `Symbols'.
        (Symbols and Variables): Renamed to `Symbols'.
        (Symbol Props): Renamed from `Symbol Tables'.
        (Symbols): General review, improvements and additional material
        throughout this section.
        (Other Data Types): New material: links to object types documented
        elsewhere.  Also renamed node to `Other Types'.
        (Data Types): Split into two: `Simple Data Types' and `Compound
        Data Types'.  Introductory blurbs rewritten accordingly.

        * guile.texi: Updated Notes comment.

        * scheme-data.texi (Rx Interface): Node moved to Guile Modules
        part, as the Rx interface is not core Guile.

2001-11-30  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-data.texi (String Miscellanea): Removed, moving doc for
        string-ci->symbol into the node on Symbols.

        * Makefile.am (ETAGS_ARGS): Added.

        * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables): Removed doc for gentemp,
        intern-symbol, string->obarray-symbol, symbol-binding,
        symbol-bound?, symbol-set!, unintern-symbol, symbol-interned?; all
        of which no longer exist.

2001-11-25  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@glug.org>

        * posix.texi: Fix spelling.  Thanks to Chris Cramer.
        Reword `getpass' intro blurb.

2001-11-23  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * program.texi (Program Control): Remove spurious placeholder
        text.

2001-11-20  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@glug.org>

        * scheme-options.texi (Install Config):
        Tweak `%load-path' verb to not imply it's a proc.
        Add documentation for `%guile-build-info'.

2001-11-19  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables), new-docstrings.texi: Removed
        doc for builtin-bindings (no longer exists).
        (Variables): Expanded existing description of variables.  Removed
        doc for builtin-variable (no longer exists).

        * scheme-binding.texi (Top Level): New docs for define, scm_define
        and scm_c_define.  Also clarified point about interchangeability
        of define and set!.

2001-11-18  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-data.texi (Vectors): Autoupdate docs for
        vector-move-left! and vector-move-right!.

2001-11-16  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * debugging.texi, deprecated.texi, intro.texi, misc-modules.texi,
        new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, scheme-binding.texi,
        scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
        scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
        scheme-modules.texi, scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
        scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi,
        scheme-utility.texi, script-getopt.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Change
        category for "primitive" and "procedure" @deffn's to {Scheme
        Procedure}; add @deffnx lines for {C Function}s; automatic updates
        from libguile docstring changes.

        * scheme-memory.texi (Garbage Collection): Removed doc for removed
        `unhash-name'.

2001-11-14  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@glug.org>

        * scheme-procedures.texi: Spell "library" correctly.

2001-11-13  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-data.texi: Merge recent doc
        improvements from stable branch.

        * scheme-options.texi: Automatic updates from docstring changes in
        libguile's C source code.

2001-11-12  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-data.texi (Vtables, Structure Basics): Automatic doc
        updates for struct? and struct-vtable?.
        (String Searching): Add missing "for".  Thanks to Scott Lenser.

2001-11-08  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * guile.texi (Top): Added new chapter `Programming Options'.

        * program.texi: New file.

        * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added program.texi.

2001-11-07  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-memory.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
        scheme-data.texi, scheme-binding.texi, posix.texi,
        new-docstrings.texi: Automatic updates from improved libguile
        docstrings.

2001-11-04  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * preface.texi: Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.
        (Manual Layout): Updated to reflect reorg.

        * guile.texi (MANUAL_EDITION): New variable, with value
        incremented from 1.0 to 1.1 to reflect the reorg described here.
        (Top): Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.

        * scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index, Guile Extensions Index): Use
        @unnumbered rather than @chapter for these indices.

        * guile.texi (Top): A little top-level reshuffling, with the aims
        that: (1) the `Guile Scheme' (reference) part of the manual
        becomes the `Guile API Reference', and covers both Scheme and C
        interfaces; (2) non-API-reference material such as the `Basic
        Ideas in Scheme' chapter is collected together to form a new part
        `Programming with Guile'.  This new part will contain general
        documentation on using and programming Guile in both Scheme and C,
        including - for example - awareness of GC when C programming, how
        to use the snarf macros, how to debug ...
        (Top): Move inclusion of scheme-indices.texi so that all indices
        appear together in the printed manual.

        * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Removed appendices.texi, added
        debugging.texi.

        * appendices.texi: Removed.

        * debugging.texi (Debugger User Interface): New file, same as the
        material that used to be in appendices.texi, but now a chapter in
        Part II rather than an appendix.

        * appendices.texi (Obtaining and Installing Guile): Moved to
        become a chapter in ...
        * intro.texi: ... Part I: Introduction to Guile.

        * scm.texi (I/O Extensions): Moved to become a section of ...
        * scheme-io.texi (Input and Output): ... this chapter.

        * scm.texi (Handling Errors): Moved to become a section of ...
        * scheme-control.texi (Control Mechanisms): ... this chapter.

2001-11-06  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@glug.org>

        * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-19, SRFI-19 Constants, SRFI-19 Current
        time and clock resolution, SRFI-19 Time object and accessors,
        SRFI-19 Time comparison procedures, SRFI-19 Time arithmetic
        procedures, SRFI-19 Date object and accessors, SRFI-19
        Time/Date/Julian Day/Modified Julian Day converters, SRFI-19 Date
        to string/string to date converters): New nodes.
        (SRFI Support): Add "SRFI-19" to menu.

2001-11-06  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>

        * scripts.texi: Document `--debug' and `--no-debug'.

2001-10-27  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>

        * guile.texi, scsh.texi: removed obsolete guile-scsh material
        and updated links (I don't know if it should remain in the
        main menu.  It's like slib I think.)

        * minor updates to the slib installation notes.

2001-10-05  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Removed documentation
        for `read-and-eval!' and `eval2'.  (Thanks to Alex Schroeder for
        noticing that they'd disappeared!)

2001-10-05  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@glug.org>

        * scheme-io.texi (Writing): Add entry for `display'.
        Include in R5RS Index.  Thanks to Alex Schroeder for suggestion.

2001-09-26  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>

        * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13): Tyop fix.
        (SRFI-13): Changed paragraph about bindings both in the code and
        in SRFI-13.

        * misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Tyop fix.
        (Formatted Output): Document ~g properly.

        Thanks to Alex Schroeder for pointing out the typos and sending
        suggestions.

2001-09-25  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@glug.org>

        * scheme-procedures.texi (Syntax Rules): Add `cindex' directive.
        Thanks to suggestion by Alex Schroeder.

2001-08-30  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * guile.texi (Top): Group all index nodes together so that
        `Info-index' works more effectively in Info.  Thanks to Eric
        Hanchrow for the report and fix.

        * scheme-data.texi (Random, String Syntax, String Modification,
        Regular Expressions), scheme-ideas.texi (Definition),
        scheme-modules.texi (Dynamic Linking and Compiled Code Modules),
        scm.texi (Transforming Scheme name to C name, Port
        Implementation): Various typo fixes and clarifications merged from
        the stable CVS branch.

2001-08-27  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        * intro.texi: Merged wording fixes from stable CVS branch.

        * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Remove ../AUTHORS.

        * guile.texi: Incorporate text previously in separate AUTHORS
        file.

2001-08-27  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>

        The change log for files in this directory continues backwards
        from 2001-08-27 in ../ChangeLog, as all the Guile documentation
        prior to this date was contained in a single directory.