doc/ChangeLog

   1 2002-04-10  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
   2
   3         * .cvsignore: add version-tutorial.texi, version.texi, and
   4         stamp-vti1.
   5
   6 2002-03-01  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
   7
   8         * guile-api.alist: Update.
   9
  10 2001-08-27  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
  11
  12         * mltext.texi (Guile Character Properties): Fix `hexidecimal'
  13         spelling errors (merge from stable branch).
  14
  15         * AUTHORS: Removed.  Authorship information for each manual is now
  16         in the top-level Texinfo file for that manual.
  17
  18 2001-08-24  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
  19
  20         * Makefile.am: Split documentation into per-manual subdirectories.
  21
  22 2001-08-22  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
  23
  24         * scheme-options.texi (Evaluator trap options): Splitted
  25         section "Evaluator options".
  26
  27         * scheme-evaluation.texi (Evaluator Behaviour): Typo "reader
  28         options" --> "evaluator options".
  29
  30 2001-08-17  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
  31
  32         * Makefile.am (guile_tut_TEXINFOS): remove guile-tut.texi.  It's
  33         already in info_TEXINFOS.
  34
  35         * .cvsignore: rename stamp-vti1 to stamp-vti.1.  Of course this
  36         only matters once you fix the bug in automake.
  37
  38 2001-08-02  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
  39
  40         * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Improve `make-stack' doc by
  41         explaining cutting args.
  42
  43 2001-07-19  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
  44
  45         * posix.texi (Signals): add docs for setitimer and getitimer.
  46
  47 2001-07-11  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>
  48
  49         * scheme-evaluation.texi: Added `load-from-path'.  Corrected `load':
  50         it doesn't use the load paths.
  51
  52 2001-07-04  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
  53
  54         * scheme-data.texi (Hook Reference): Removed documentation for
  55         `make-hook-with-name', which does note exist.  Added note about
  56         unspecified return values to all procedure documentation
  57
  58 2001-07-02  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
  59
  60         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Fold and Map): Documented extended
  61         versions of `map' and `for-each'.
  62
  63 2001-06-30  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
  64
  65         * preface.texi (Manual Conventions): Added description of
  66         @result{} and @print{}.
  67
  68         * scheme-data.texi (Hash Table Examples): New subsubsection.
  69
  70 2001-06-30  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
  71
  72         * scheme-data.texi (Hash Tables): Added docs for
  73         `make-hash-table'.
  74
  75 2001-06-29  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
  76
  77         * misc-modules.texi: New file.
  78         (Pretty Printing): New chapter.
  79         (Formatted Output): New chapter.
  80
  81         * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added misc-modules.texi.
  82
  83         * guile.texi (Top): Added inclusion of misc-modules.texi.
  84
  85         * scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules): Added (srfi
  86         srfi-4) and (ice-9 rw) modules.
  87         (Module System Quirks): Removed note that `module-export!' must be
  88         called via gh_eval_str, now that we have scm_c_export.
  89
  90         * repl-modules.texi (Loading Readline Support, Readline Options):
  91         New nodes.
  92
  93 2001-06-27  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
  94
  95         * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Grammar fix -
  96         thanks to Christopher Cramer!
  97
  98 2001-06-27  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
  99
 100         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-4): Added documentation for the new
 101         module (srfi srfi-4).
 102
 103 2001-06-26  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 104
 105         * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Refer to scm_mem2string
 106         instead of scm_makfromstr.
 107
 108 2001-06-26  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 109
 110         * oldfmt.c (scm_oldfmt):  Use scm_mem2string instead of
 111         scm_makfromstr.
 112
 113 2001-06-25  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 114
 115         * gh.texi (GH deprecation): Remove paragraph about portability.
 116
 117         * extend.texi (Libguile Intro): Updated following Marius'
 118         suggestions.
 119
 120 2001-06-25  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 121
 122         * Makefile.am (version.texi, version-tutorial.texi): Removed
 123         kluges to build them unconditionally.
 124
 125 2001-06-22  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 126
 127         * gh.texi (scm transition summary): New node for summary of how to
 128         transition from GH to scm interface.
 129         (GH): Link to new node.
 130         (Calling Scheme procedures from C): Remove doc for gh_set_car and
 131         gh_set_cdr, which don't actually exist.
 132         (Data types and constants defined by gh): Correct
 133         SCM_UNSPECIFIED/SCM_UNDEFINED confusion.
 134         (Calling Scheme procedures from C): Correct SCM_EOL/SCM_UNDEFINED
 135         confusion.
 136
 137 2001-06-20  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 138
 139         * guile.texi (Top): Move GH chapter to end of Part V.
 140
 141         * extend.texi (Libguile Intro), gh.texi (GH deprecation): Explain
 142         deprecation of GH and broad plan for documentation of scm
 143         interface.
 144
 145 2001-06-18  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 146
 147         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1): Completed procedure documentation.
 148
 149         * scheme-data.texi (List Constructors): Added make-list.
 150         Added type index entries for all data types.
 151
 152 2001-06-15  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 153
 154         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1): New section documenting the SRFI-1
 155         module.
 156
 157 2001-06-14  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 158
 159         * scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules): Added reference to
 160         (srfi srfi-1) module.
 161
 162 2001-06-16  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 163
 164         * posix.texi (Conventions): Use `system-error-errno' instead of
 165         explicit code
 166
 167 2001-06-04  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>
 168
 169         * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): added
 170         write-string/partial, updated read-string!/partial.
 171
 172 2001-05-30  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 173
 174         * General: A lot of typo, texinfo markup and layout corrections.
 175
 176         * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Clarified docs for - and /.
 177         (String Modification): Removed docs for C functions
 178         (scm_substring_move_right_x etc.)
 179         (Keyword Procedures): New section documenting the keyword
 180         procedures from boot-9.scm.
 181         (Vectors): Moved the section before the non-standard data types.
 182
 183         * data-rep.texi (Defining New Types (Smobs)): Adapted description
 184         of smobs and proocedure creation to new terminology.
 185         (Describing a New Type): Removed mentioning of
 186         scm_make_smob_type_mfpe from smob function list and added
 187         deprecation notice for this function.
 188         (Creating Instances): Added description and macro docs for smobs
 189         with 2 or 3 data cells.
 190         (Garbage Collecting Smobs): Removed old docs for SCM_GCTYP16.
 191         (Garbage Collecting Simple Smobs): Added some clarification about
 192         usage and usefulness.
 193         (Non-immediate Datatypes): Changed R4RS reference to R5RS.
 194         (Vector Data): Document type-specific accessors.
 195
 196
 197 2001-05-23  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 198
 199         * guile.texi: Commented out menu entry and inclusion of Tcl/Tk
 200         stuff.
 201
 202         * indices.texi: Users are advised to look under C and Scheme
 203         names, xref to transformation rules added.
 204
 205         * intro.texi, scheme-modules.texi, scheme-ideas.texi,
 206         scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
 207         Fixed most REFFIXMEs.
 208
 209         * srfi-modules.texi (About SRFI Usage): New node.
 210         (SRFI-0): Extended.
 211         Fixed all REFFIXMEs.
 212
 213 2001-05-19  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 214
 215         * posix.texi (Networking): Split existing material into new nodes
 216         `Network Address Conversion' and `Network Databases'.
 217
 218         * scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch): Update doc for new constraint
 219         that lazy-catch handlers are not allowed to return.
 220
 221 2001-05-16  Rob Browning  <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
 222
 223         * scheme-options.texi (Install Config): fixed minor-version docs
 224         and added micro-version docs.
 225
 226 2001-05-16  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 227
 228         * data-rep.texi, srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-14 Iterating Over
 229         Character Sets), scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing),
 230         scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch), scheme-procedures.texi (Internal
 231         Macros): Add @bullet to @itemize usages.  (Thanks for Masao
 232         Uebayashi for the bug report!)
 233
 234 2001-05-15  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 235
 236         * scripts.texi (Invoking Guile): Added docs for --use-srfi.
 237
 238         * expect.texi, repl-modules.texi: Start the chapters with a new
 239         page.
 240
 241         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Added note about supported feature
 242         identifiers and an example.  Start the chapter with a new page.
 243
 244         * srfi-modules.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-control.texi,
 245         scheme-binding.texi, repl-modules.texi, posix.texi, intro.texi,
 246         scheme-utility.texi: Change `--' to `-' throughout.
 247
 248 2001-05-14  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 249
 250         * srfi-13-14.texi: Removed.
 251
 252         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13): Merged SRFI-13 docs into SRFI
 253         chapter.
 254         (SRFI-14): Merged SRFI-14 too.
 255
 256         * guile.texi (Top): Remove inclusion of obsolete SRFI-13/14 file.
 257
 258         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): New section.
 259         (SRFI-16): New section.
 260
 261         Change `--' to `-' throughout.
 262
 263 2001-05-13  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@revel.glug.org>
 264
 265         * intro.texi, scheme-modules.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
 266         Fixup some module-related references.
 267
 268         * scheme-modules.texi (Modules): Remove "babbling" fixme.
 269         (The Guile module system): Rewrite intro.
 270         (General Information about Modules): Rewrite some parts.
 271         Move problems to "Module System Quirks".
 272         (Using Guile Modules): Renamed from "Loading Guile Modules".
 273         Rewrite most parts.
 274         Remove reivewme comment.
 275         (Creating Guile Modules): Review, touch up.
 276         Remove "Tkintr" comment.
 277         (Module System Quirks): New node/subsection.
 278
 279 2001-05-06  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@revel.glug.org>
 280
 281         * intro.texi (Using Guile Modules): Review; remove reviewme
 282         comment.  Expand `GUILE_LOAD_PATH' blurb; add small example.
 283         (Reporting Bugs): Review; remove reviewme comment.
 284         Reword some phrases; add texi markup.
 285         Add suggestion to include `guile-config info' output.
 286         Update gdb invocation; add fixme question.
 287
 288 2001-05-05  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 289
 290         * AUTHORS: Added Martin Grabmueller.
 291
 292         * scheme-procedures.texi (Macros, Syntax Rules, Internal Macros):
 293         New material.
 294         (Syntax Case): New node, but currently empty.
 295
 296         * scheme-data.texi (Booleans, Symbols): Supply cross-references.
 297
 298 2001-05-04  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 299
 300         * new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, scheme-control.texi,
 301         scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 302         scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
 303         Automatic docstring updates (mostly argument name updates and
 304         blank lines).
 305
 306         * scheme-modules.texi: Change double hyphens to single.
 307
 308         * scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch): Completed.
 309
 310         * posix.texi (Network Databases and Address Conversion): New
 311         subsubsection `IPv6 Address Conversion'.
 312
 313 2001-05-04  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@revel.glug.org>
 314
 315         * preface.texi (iff): Use proper texi markup.
 316         Thanks to Florian Weimer.
 317
 318 2001-05-04  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 319
 320         * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): Moved the
 321         documentation for read-string!/partial from the node `Reading'.
 322
 323         * scheme-data.texi (List/String Conversion): Added docstring for
 324         `string-split'.
 325
 326 2001-05-02  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 327
 328         * srfi-13-14.texi: Added @bullet to various @itemize lists.
 329
 330         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI Support): New file and chapter.
 331
 332         * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added repl-modules.texi and
 333         srfi-modules.texi.
 334
 335         * guile.texi (Top): New menu entries for the new chapters.
 336         (Top): @includes for the new chapters.
 337         (Top): New menu entry for `SRFI Support', @include for
 338         `srfi-modules.texi'.
 339
 340         * repl-modules.texi: New file.
 341         (Readline Support): New chapter for (ice-9 readline).
 342         (Value History): New chapter for (ice-9 history).
 343
 344 2001-05-02  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 345
 346         * scheme-modules.texi (Dynamic Libraries): Renamed from `Dynamic
 347         Linking from Marius''.
 348         (The Guile module system): Removed obsolete naming convention.
 349         (Loading Guile Modules, Creating Guile Modules),
 350         (More Module Procedures, Included Guile Modules): New nodes, split
 351         from `The Guile module system'.
 352         (The Guile module system): Changed references to (ice-9 slib) to
 353         (ice-9 popen), because note everybody has SLIB installed.
 354         (Included Guile Modules): Added a bunch of modules shipped with
 355         Guile.
 356
 357         (Dynamic Libraries): (old version) Removed.
 358
 359         * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): Corrected
 360         capitalization, so it builds again.
 361
 362 2001-05-01  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>
 363
 364         * scheme-io.texi: Removed obsolete section Binary IO.  Added
 365         new section Block Reading and Writing.  Updated section
 366         Line/Delimited with module usage.
 367
 368 2001-04-29  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 369
 370         * deprecated.texi (Tags): Removed - deprecation expired.
 371
 372         * scheme-io.texi (Random Access): Removed `fseek' - deprecation
 373         expired.
 374
 375         * guile.texi (Top): Add menu entry for Manual Conventions node.
 376
 377 2001-04-28  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 378
 379         * THANKS: Move authorship bit into AUTHORS, simplify structure,
 380         add Dirk Herrmann.
 381
 382         * AUTHORS, guile.texi, guile-tut.texi, goops.texi, Makefile.am:
 383         Consolidate authorship information in AUTHORS file, and @include
 384         AUTHORS from the top level source file for each manual.
 385
 386 2001-04-28  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@revel.glug.org>
 387
 388         * preface.texi (Manual Conventions): New chapter.
 389
 390 2001-04-26  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 391
 392         * srfi-13-14.texi (Reverse/Append): Updated procedure names for
 393         string-concatenate-reverse[/shared].
 394         (Reverse/Append): Document the parameter `end' to
 395         string-concatenate-reverse.
 396
 397 2001-04-26  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 398
 399         * data-rep.texi (Defining New Types (Smobs)): Use non-deprecated
 400         smob interface.  Thanks to Masao Uebayashi for the patch!
 401         (Creating Instances): Don't need SCM_NIMP anymore.
 402
 403 2001-04-25  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 404
 405         * guile.1: New file, from Robert Merkel and Rob Browning.
 406         * Makefile.am (man_MANS, EXTRADIST): Added, but still commented
 407         out: install and distribute the manpage.  It is not yet installed
 408         or distributed since we don't have Robert's papers yet.
 409
 410 2001-04-24  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 411
 412         * guile-tut.texi: Include version-tutorial.texi rather than
 413         version.texi.
 414
 415         * Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/version-tutorial.texi): New target, to
 416         avoid having two files both include version.texi.
 417
 418 2001-04-24  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 419
 420         * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added srfi-13-14.texi.
 421
 422         * srfi-13-14.texi: New file documenting SRFI-13/14.
 423
 424         * guile.texi (Top): Added the SRFI-13/14 menu entry and @include.
 425
 426 2001-04-22  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 427
 428         * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Automatic
 429         docstring updates for `socket' and `connect'.  (For IPV6 support.)
 430
 431         * scheme-io.texi: Remove old docstring comments referring to
 432         r4rs.scm.
 433
 434         * appendices.texi (The Basic Guile Package, Packages not shipped
 435         with Guile), env.texi (Switching to Environments), format.texi
 436         (Format Specification), gh.texi
 437         (Executing Scheme code, Calling Scheme procedures from C),
 438         guile-tut.texi (How to characterize Guile), scheme-data.texi
 439         (Symbols, Keywords, Keyword Read Syntax, Append/Reverse),
 440         scheme-evaluation.texi (Delayed Evaluation), scheme-modules.texi
 441         (Scheme and modules), scheme-io.texi (Soft Ports): Change R4RS
 442         references to R5RS.
 443
 444         * r4rs.texi: Removed.
 445
 446         * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Remove r4rs.
 447
 448         * README: Note removal of r4rs, and provide a reference.
 449
 450         * scheme-control.texi (Exceptions): Extended documentation.
 451         (Continuations): Correct "except" typo, and fix reference to
 452         Exceptions node.  Plus minor review changes.
 453
 454 2001-04-20  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 455
 456         * scheme-control.texi (Exceptions): Reorganized and extended
 457         existing documentation; more to come.
 458
 459 2001-04-20  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 460
 461         * scheme-evaluation.texi (Comments): Document normal comments and
 462         comment conventions.
 463         (Block Comments): Documented multiline comments.
 464         (Case Sensitivity): Documented R5RS and Guile behaviour and how to
 465         switch it off.
 466
 467         * scheme-control.texi (Continuations): Added some documentation
 468         for call/cc.
 469         (Exceptions): Added xref to `Continuations'.
 470
 471         * scheme-binding.texi (Binding Reflection): Typo fix.
 472
 473 2001-04-20  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 474
 475         * gh.texi (Executing Scheme code): gh_eval_file returns
 476         SCM_UNSPECIFIED.  Thanks to Dirk for the report!
 477
 478         * data-rep.texi (Non-immediate Datatypes, Immediates vs
 479         Non-immediates): Emphasize current rather than pre-1.4 practice
 480         when talking about not needing to call SCM_NIMP.
 481
 482         * recipe-guidelines.txt: New file: guidelines for contributions to
 483         the Guile Recipes manual.
 484
 485 2001-04-20  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 486
 487         * intro.texi (Using Guile Modules): Wrote intro to using modules.
 488         (Writing New Modules): New intro for writing modules.
 489         (Reporting Bugs): Added info about what is a bug and what to
 490         include in a bug report (taken and adapted from the Emacs
 491         Reference Manual).
 492
 493 2001-04-19  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 494
 495         * scheme-control.texi (while do): Added documentation for named
 496         let.
 497
 498         * scheme-binding.texi (Internal Definitions): New explanation of
 499         `Internal Definitions'.
 500         (Top Level): Documented behaviour of top level definitions.
 501         (Binding Constructs): New introductory text.
 502         (Local Bindings): Explain concept of local bindings.  Document
 503         let, let* and letrec.
 504
 505 2001-04-18  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 506
 507         * scheme-modules.texi (Modules): Added menu descriptions.
 508         (Scheme and modules, The Guile module system): Some whitespace
 509         cleanup
 510         (The Guile module system): Layout fixes, docstring fix for
 511         `define-module'.
 512
 513 2001-04-17  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 514
 515         * scheme-control.texi (Multiple Values): Documented concept of
 516         multiple values, added docs for `receive'.
 517         (begin): Documented `begin'.
 518         (if cond case): Documented `if', `cond' and `case'.
 519         (and or): Documented `and' and `or'.
 520         (while do): Documented `do' and `while'.
 521
 522         * scheme-procedures.texi (Optional Arguments): Split the node,
 523         added introductory text, added menu for subsections.
 524         (let-optional Reference, let-keywords Reference),
 525         (lambda* Reference, define* Reference): Added syntax documentation
 526         for all exported procedures from (ice-9 optargs).
 527
 528 2001-04-17  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 529
 530         * scheme-utility.texi (General Conversion): New node, added
 531         `object->string'.
 532         (Equality): Added definition and explanation of `sameness'.
 533
 534         * posix.texi (System Identification): Added `gethostname' and
 535         `sethostname'.
 536         (Processes): Added `setpriority' and `getpriority'.
 537         (User Information): Added `cuserid' and `getlogin'.
 538         (Ports and File Descriptors): Added `flock'.
 539         (Processes): Added `chroot'.
 540         (File System): Added `mkstemp!'.
 541         (Encryption): New node, added `crypt' and `getpass'.
 542
 543         * new-docstrings.texi: Moved several docstrings over to the
 544         reference manual (see above which).
 545
 546         * scheme-data.texi (Data Types), (Numerical Tower): Add explicit
 547         @bullet to @itemize to satisfy older `makeinfo'.
 548
 549 2001-04-16  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 550
 551         * data-rep.texi (Signalling Type Errors):  Update SCM_ASSERT doc
 552         for recent changes to disallow passing a string parameter as the
 553         `pos'.  Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the patch!
 554
 555 2001-04-13  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 556
 557         * data-rep.texi (Unpacking the SCM type): New section, taken from
 558         Dirk Herrmann's description of SCM and scm_bits_t in api.txt.
 559         (Immediate Datatypes, Non-immediate Datatypes): Remove obsolete
 560         notes about needing to call SCM_NIMP.
 561
 562 2001-04-11  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 563
 564         * scheme-procedures.texi (Procedures with Setters):  Fix dvi
 565         building syntax error.  Thanks to Dale P. Smith for the report and
 566         patch.
 567
 568 2001-04-11  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 569
 570         * scheme-scheduling.texi (Arbiters): New explanatory text.
 571         (Asyncs): New explanations and documentation.
 572         (Scheduling): Added menu entry descriptions.
 573         (Fluids): New documentation.
 574
 575 2001-04-11  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 576
 577         * scheme-procedures.texi (Lambda): Documented the lambda form.
 578         (Procedure Properties): Concept and usage explanation added.
 579         (Procedures with Setters): Explain by example, introduce
 580         definitions.
 581
 582         * scheme-data.texi (Symbols and Variables): Split and reorganized
 583         this section.
 584         (Symbols): New introductory text.
 585         (Characters): Added char-ci* procedures to rn index.
 586
 587 2001-04-10  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 588
 589         * scm.texi (Handling Errors):  Improve Texinfo markup.  Thanks to
 590         Dale P. Smith for the patch!
 591
 592         * api.txt (Accessing Cell Entries): Fix typo.
 593
 594 2001-04-09  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 595
 596         * deprecated.texi (Shared And Read Only Strings): New section for
 597         deprecated string stuff.  I've also updated the text a bit to
 598         reflect current usage of "read only" strings.
 599
 600         * scheme-data.texi (Shared Substrings, Read Only Strings): Moved
 601         to deprecated.texi.
 602
 603         * deprecated.texi, posix.texi, scheme-binding.texi,
 604         scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
 605         scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
 606         scheme-modules.texi, scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
 607         scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi,
 608         scheme-utility.texi: Remove `@c docstring' comments, since they
 609         aren't used any more by the docstring tracking utilities.
 610
 611 2001-04-09  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 612
 613         * scheme-data.texi (Pairs): New data type and procedure
 614         description.
 615         (Lists): Added new subsections for grouping the list procedures.
 616         (Hooks): Added new nodes for hook subsections.
 617         (String Syntax): New node, factoring out read syntax.
 618         (Strings): Some blurb about allowed characters, zero-termination
 619         etc.
 620         (Keywords): Added menu descriptions.
 621
 622 2001-04-08  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 623
 624         * scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index): Print index `rn', not `r5'.
 625
 626         * guile.texi: The index formerly known as `r5' is now called `rn'.
 627
 628         * scheme-utility.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-io.texi,
 629         scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi:
 630         Changed all @r5index entries to @rnindex.
 631
 632 2001-04-06  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 633
 634         * scheme-data.texi (Hooks): Added hook description and
 635         constraints.
 636
 637 2001-04-06  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@revel.glug.org>
 638
 639         * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
 640         procedures): Replace some instances of `@var' with `@code'.
 641
 642         * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
 643         procedures): Rewrite.
 644
 645 2001-04-04  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 646
 647         * scheme-data.texi (Alphabetic Case Mapping),
 648         (String Comparison): Rearranged function order.
 649         (Vectors): Reorganized, new introductory text, docs about read
 650         syntax.
 651
 652 2001-04-03  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 653
 654         * scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
 655         scheme-modules.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-control.texi,
 656         scheme-utility.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 657         scheme-data.texi: Removed a lot of ARGFIXME's after tweaking
 658         docstrings and C source.
 659
 660         * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-data.texi,
 661         posix.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 662         scheme-memory.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
 663         scheme-scheduling.texi: Automated docstring merging.
 664
 665 2001-04-02  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 666
 667         * data-rep.texi (Immediates vs. Non-immediates): Update
 668         out-of-date documentation.  (Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the
 669         report!)
 670         (Immediates vs Non-immediates): Renamed without the dot, since the
 671         dot causes `info' not to be able to display this node!
 672
 673         * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add in a few more source files
 674         that had got left out.
 675
 676 2001-03-30  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 677
 678         * scheme-reading.texi (Further Reading): Add bullets to further
 679         reading list.
 680
 681         * gh.texi: Insert page break before chapter.  Remove page breaks
 682         within the chapter.
 683
 684         * Makefile.am: Add script-getopt.texi.
 685
 686         * guile.texi (Top): Include and link to new script-getopt.texi
 687         chapter.
 688
 689         * script-getopt.texi: New chapter on command line handling.
 690         (Written and contributed by Martin Grabmueller, revised by me.)
 691
 692         * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Fix typo.
 693
 694 2001-03-27  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 695
 696         * scheme-data.texi (Strings): Reorganized the whole `Strings'
 697         section and wrote introductory material for each new subsection.
 698
 699 2001-03-25  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 700
 701         * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Some short text about
 702         dynamic libraries and modules.
 703
 704 2001-03-23  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 705
 706         * intro.texi (Writing Extensions for Guile), scheme-data.texi
 707         (Lists): Fix typos.
 708
 709         * guile-tut.texi, ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial: Added to CVS.  It
 710         seems that I somehow missed these out when I moved everything from
 711         guile-doc to guile-core.
 712
 713         * posix.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 714         scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
 715
 716         * new-docstrings.texi: New file.  Holds snarfed docstrings that
 717         have not yet been incorporated into the reference manual.
 718
 719 2001-03-20  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 720
 721         * scheme-options.texi (Evaluator options): Added evaluator
 722         options, corrected docs for evaluator trap options.
 723
 724         * scheme-evaluation.texi (Scheme Read): New docs for read-options,
 725         read-enable, read-disable and read-set! and cross references to
 726         option nodes.
 727         (Evaluator Options): New docs for eval-options, eval-enable,
 728         eval-disable and eval-set!, traps, trap-enable, trap-disable and
 729         trap-set! and cross references to option nodes.
 730         (Evaluator Behaviour): Renamed node from `Evaluator options' to
 731         avoid name clash.
 732
 733         * scheme-io.texi (String Ports): Added docs for SRFI-6 procedures.
 734         (Void Ports): Corrected introductory comment.
 735
 736 2001-03-16  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 737
 738         * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Documented the arithmetic
 739         procedures.
 740         (Integer Operations): Added documentation.
 741         (Comparison): Added documentation.
 742         (Complex): Added documentation.
 743         (Symbols and Variables): Comment out `builtin-bindings', which is
 744         removed according to NEWS.
 745         (Pairs): Added documentation.
 746
 747         * scheme-io.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
 748         procedures.
 749         (File Ports): New docs for `call-with-input-file',
 750         `call-with-output-file', `with-input-from-file',
 751         `with-output-to-file', `with-error-to-file'.
 752
 753         * scheme-control.texi, scheme-utility.texi,
 754         * scheme-procedures.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
 755         procedures.
 756
 757         * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Added documentation for
 758         `apply'.  Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS procedures.
 759
 760         * scheme-data.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
 761         procedures.  Removed R5RS index entries for `ass{q,v,occ}-set!'.
 762         Removed explicit entries into the function entries.  They are
 763         automagic.
 764         (Vectors): Added documentation for `make-vector', `vector-ref' and
 765         `vector-set!'.
 766
 767 2001-03-12  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 768
 769         * intro.texi: Changed to reflect current practice better.  Added
 770         stuff about writing Guile Extensions (aka dynamically loaded
 771         shared libraries).
 772
 773 2001-03-09  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
 774
 775         * goops.texi (VERSION): Bumped to version 0.3.
 776
 777         * goops-tutorial.texi, goops.texi: Updated to reflect new
 778         define-method syntax.
 779
 780 2001-03-09  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 781
 782         * Makefile.am: Change HTML to HTMLDOC, now that we're part of a
 783         wider distribution.
 784
 785         Moving documentation files from guile-doc and guile-doc into
 786         guile-core/doc:
 787
 788         * env.texi, indices.texi, mbapi.texi, mltext.texi, scripts.texi,
 789         scsh.texi, tcltk.texi, hierarchy.txt, scheme-indices.texi,
 790         slib.texi, deprecated.texi, scheme-binding.texi, appendices.texi,
 791         scheme-intro.texi, goops.texi, extend.texi, gh.texi, intro.texi,
 792         preface.texi, scm.texi, goops-tutorial.texi, hierarchy.eps,
 793         r4rs.texi, r5rs.texi, texinfo.tex, scheme-reading.texi,
 794         data-rep.texi, scheme-utility.texi, posix.texi,
 795         scheme-control.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 796         scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
 797         scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
 798         scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi, guile.texi,
 799         scheme-data.texi, scheme-ideas.texi, expect.texi,
 800         ChangeLog-guile-doc-ref, guile-tut.texi,
 801         ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial, AUTHORS, BUGS, NEWS, THANKS: New
 802         files.
 803
 804         * .cvsignore, Makefile.am, README: Merged.
 805
 806         * sources: New subdirectory.
 807
 808         Both the following files are about to be replaced by files from
 809         guile-doc/ref.
 810
 811         * texinfo.tex: Removed.
 812
 813         * data-rep.texi: Removed.
 814
 815 2001-02-15  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 816
 817         * README: Explain retirement of `data-rep.texi'.
 818
 819         * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS, data_rep_TEXINFOS): Removed.
 820
 821         * data-rep.texi: Replace this copy of data-rep.texi with a notice
 822         indicating that it has been retired.  The master copy of
 823         data-rep.texi is at guile-doc/ref/data-rep.texi.
 824
 825 2001-02-04  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 826
 827         * data-rep.texi: Use SCM_SMOB_DATA instead of SCM_CDR.  Also
 828         things like SCM_SMOB_PREDICATE and SCM_NEWSMOB.  Thanks to Dale
 829         P. Smith!
 830
 831 2000-10-25  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
 832
 833         * mop.text: Preliminary documentation of the GOOPS meta object
 834         protocol.
 835
 836 2000-07-28  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 837
 838         * data-rep.texi (Garbage Collection): Fix "accomodate" spelling
 839         mistake.
 840
 841 2000-06-30  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 842
 843         * data-rep.tex:  Removed documentation for SCM_OUTOFRANGE.
 844
 845 2000-06-20  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@thalamus.nada.kth.se>
 846
 847         * data-rep.texi: Center discussion around the standard interface
 848         for smob type creation (scm_make_smob_type) and warn about the
 849         ongoing discussion which may result in deprecating
 850         scm_make_smob_type_mfpe in next release of Guile.
 851
 852 2000-05-15  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 853
 854         * data-rep.texi:  Updated the macro names for operating on
 855         characters.
 856
 857 2000-03-22  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 858
 859         * api.txt:  Added a first attempt for a description of the newly
 860         designed low level API.
 861
 862 2000-01-31  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 863
 864         * Makefile.am (version.texi): Override automake's rule for
 865         version.texi so that it gets created even in non-maintainer-mode.
 866
 867 Thu Jan 20 13:00:18 2000  Greg J. Badros  <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
 868
 869         * version.texi, stamp-vti: Removed -- these are auto-generated.
 870
 871 2000-01-12  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se>
 872
 873         * Makefile.am (dist-hook): Updated to include oldfmt.c in
 874         distribution archive.
 875
 876         * README: Updated with note about oldfmt.c.
 877
 878         * oldfmt.c: New file: Used by application writers to adapt to
 879         new-style error format strings.
 880
 881 1999-12-06  Gary Houston  <ghouston@freewire.co.uk>
 882
 883         * data-rep.texi: change dircategory to match change in guile-doc
 884         and scm.
 885
 886 1999-10-05  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
 887
 888         * Makefile.in: Deleted from CVS repository.  Run the autogen.sh
 889         script to create generated files like this one.
 890
 891 1999-09-11  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
 892
 893         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 894
 895 Fri Jun 25 22:21:43 1999  Greg Badros  <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
 896
 897         * data-rep.texi: Updated SMOB docs to talk about
 898         scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, SCM_RETURN_NEWSMOB, SCM_NEWSMOB function
 899         and macros.
 900
 901 1999-04-17  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
 902
 903         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 904
 905 1998-10-19  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 906
 907         * COPYING: New file.
 908         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 909
 910         * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES): List example-smob/COPYING.
 911         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 912
 913 1998-10-16  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 914
 915         * Makefile.in: Regenerated, after change to qthreads.m4.
 916
 917 1998-10-15  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 918
 919         * stamp-vti: Regenerated.
 920
 921         * hacks.el: Some handy helper functions for working on the manual.
 922
 923         * data-rep.texi: Extended to accomodate a full running example,
 924         provided with the manual.
 925         * example-smob: A new subdirectory, containing example files for
 926         the manual chapter on smobs.
 927         * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES, dist-hook): New variable and
 928         target, to get the example-smob directory into the distribution.
 929         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 930
 931 1998-10-08  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 932
 933         * .cvsignore: New file, containing data-rep.info.  I'm not sure
 934         whether we want to check this file into CVS, because it's
 935         generated; if you find compelling reasons it should be, let me
 936         know.
 937
 938 1998-10-07  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 939
 940         * New directory for documentation.
 941         * README: New file.
 942         * data-rep.texi: It's not a real manual, but it's better than
 943         nothing.
 944         * Makefile.am, Makefile.in, data-rep.info, data-rep.texi,
 945         mdate-sh, stamp-vti, texinfo.tex, version.texi: The usual support
 946         files.