doc/ChangeLog

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