doc/ChangeLog

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