1 2002-09-14 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
3 * .cvsignore: add stamp-vti.1
5 2002-08-24 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
7 * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Do not distribute guile-api.alist, it
8 can't be built currently.
10 2002-05-13 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
12 * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): New var.
14 2002-05-11 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
16 * Makefile.am: Include ../am/maintainer-dirs (in MAINTAINER_MODE).
17 (guile-api.alist, guile-api.alist-FORCE):
18 New rules (in MAINTAINER_MODE).
20 2002-05-09 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
22 * groupings.alist: Add copyright and commentary.
24 (favorite): Delete this example composite.
25 (embedded-libltdl, gdb, coop, gh, g-fdes, r-fdes, scm, k, POSIX,
26 guile-C-API): New groups.
28 2002-05-08 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
30 * groupings.alist: New file.
32 2002-04-23 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
34 * guile-api.alist: Update.
36 2002-04-16 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
38 * Makefile.am (dist-hook): Simplified to not use "cd"; now it
39 works for relative pathnames in $(distdir).
41 2002-04-10 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
43 * .cvsignore: add version-tutorial.texi, version.texi, and
46 2002-03-01 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
48 * guile-api.alist: Update.
50 2001-08-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
52 * mltext.texi (Guile Character Properties): Fix `hexidecimal'
53 spelling errors (merge from stable branch).
55 * AUTHORS: Removed. Authorship information for each manual is now
56 in the top-level Texinfo file for that manual.
58 2001-08-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
60 * Makefile.am: Split documentation into per-manual subdirectories.
62 2001-08-22 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
64 * scheme-options.texi (Evaluator trap options): Splitted
65 section "Evaluator options".
67 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Evaluator Behaviour): Typo "reader
68 options" --> "evaluator options".
70 2001-08-17 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
72 * Makefile.am (guile_tut_TEXINFOS): remove guile-tut.texi. It's
73 already in info_TEXINFOS.
75 * .cvsignore: rename stamp-vti1 to stamp-vti.1. Of course this
76 only matters once you fix the bug in automake.
78 2001-08-02 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
80 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Improve `make-stack' doc by
81 explaining cutting args.
83 2001-07-19 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
85 * posix.texi (Signals): add docs for setitimer and getitimer.
87 2001-07-11 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
89 * scheme-evaluation.texi: Added `load-from-path'. Corrected `load':
90 it doesn't use the load paths.
92 2001-07-04 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
94 * scheme-data.texi (Hook Reference): Removed documentation for
95 `make-hook-with-name', which does note exist. Added note about
96 unspecified return values to all procedure documentation
98 2001-07-02 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
100 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Fold and Map): Documented extended
101 versions of `map' and `for-each'.
103 2001-06-30 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
105 * preface.texi (Manual Conventions): Added description of
106 @result{} and @print{}.
108 * scheme-data.texi (Hash Table Examples): New subsubsection.
110 2001-06-30 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
112 * scheme-data.texi (Hash Tables): Added docs for
115 2001-06-29 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
117 * misc-modules.texi: New file.
118 (Pretty Printing): New chapter.
119 (Formatted Output): New chapter.
121 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added misc-modules.texi.
123 * guile.texi (Top): Added inclusion of misc-modules.texi.
125 * scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules): Added (srfi
126 srfi-4) and (ice-9 rw) modules.
127 (Module System Quirks): Removed note that `module-export!' must be
128 called via gh_eval_str, now that we have scm_c_export.
130 * repl-modules.texi (Loading Readline Support, Readline Options):
133 2001-06-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
135 * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Grammar fix -
136 thanks to Christopher Cramer!
138 2001-06-27 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
140 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-4): Added documentation for the new
141 module (srfi srfi-4).
143 2001-06-26 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
145 * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Refer to scm_mem2string
146 instead of scm_makfromstr.
148 2001-06-26 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
150 * oldfmt.c (scm_oldfmt): Use scm_mem2string instead of
153 2001-06-25 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
155 * gh.texi (GH deprecation): Remove paragraph about portability.
157 * extend.texi (Libguile Intro): Updated following Marius'
160 2001-06-25 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
162 * Makefile.am (version.texi, version-tutorial.texi): Removed
163 kluges to build them unconditionally.
165 2001-06-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
167 * gh.texi (scm transition summary): New node for summary of how to
168 transition from GH to scm interface.
169 (GH): Link to new node.
170 (Calling Scheme procedures from C): Remove doc for gh_set_car and
171 gh_set_cdr, which don't actually exist.
172 (Data types and constants defined by gh): Correct
173 SCM_UNSPECIFIED/SCM_UNDEFINED confusion.
174 (Calling Scheme procedures from C): Correct SCM_EOL/SCM_UNDEFINED
177 2001-06-20 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
179 * guile.texi (Top): Move GH chapter to end of Part V.
181 * extend.texi (Libguile Intro), gh.texi (GH deprecation): Explain
182 deprecation of GH and broad plan for documentation of scm
185 2001-06-18 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
187 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1): Completed procedure documentation.
189 * scheme-data.texi (List Constructors): Added make-list.
190 Added type index entries for all data types.
192 2001-06-15 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
194 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1): New section documenting the SRFI-1
197 2001-06-14 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
199 * scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules): Added reference to
200 (srfi srfi-1) module.
202 2001-06-16 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
204 * posix.texi (Conventions): Use `system-error-errno' instead of
207 2001-06-04 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
209 * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): added
210 write-string/partial, updated read-string!/partial.
212 2001-05-30 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
214 * General: A lot of typo, texinfo markup and layout corrections.
216 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Clarified docs for - and /.
217 (String Modification): Removed docs for C functions
218 (scm_substring_move_right_x etc.)
219 (Keyword Procedures): New section documenting the keyword
220 procedures from boot-9.scm.
221 (Vectors): Moved the section before the non-standard data types.
223 * data-rep.texi (Defining New Types (Smobs)): Adapted description
224 of smobs and proocedure creation to new terminology.
225 (Describing a New Type): Removed mentioning of
226 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe from smob function list and added
227 deprecation notice for this function.
228 (Creating Instances): Added description and macro docs for smobs
229 with 2 or 3 data cells.
230 (Garbage Collecting Smobs): Removed old docs for SCM_GCTYP16.
231 (Garbage Collecting Simple Smobs): Added some clarification about
232 usage and usefulness.
233 (Non-immediate Datatypes): Changed R4RS reference to R5RS.
234 (Vector Data): Document type-specific accessors.
237 2001-05-23 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
239 * guile.texi: Commented out menu entry and inclusion of Tcl/Tk
242 * indices.texi: Users are advised to look under C and Scheme
243 names, xref to transformation rules added.
245 * intro.texi, scheme-modules.texi, scheme-ideas.texi,
246 scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
247 Fixed most REFFIXMEs.
249 * srfi-modules.texi (About SRFI Usage): New node.
253 2001-05-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
255 * posix.texi (Networking): Split existing material into new nodes
256 `Network Address Conversion' and `Network Databases'.
258 * scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch): Update doc for new constraint
259 that lazy-catch handlers are not allowed to return.
261 2001-05-16 Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
263 * scheme-options.texi (Install Config): fixed minor-version docs
264 and added micro-version docs.
266 2001-05-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
268 * data-rep.texi, srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-14 Iterating Over
269 Character Sets), scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing),
270 scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch), scheme-procedures.texi (Internal
271 Macros): Add @bullet to @itemize usages. (Thanks for Masao
272 Uebayashi for the bug report!)
274 2001-05-15 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
276 * scripts.texi (Invoking Guile): Added docs for --use-srfi.
278 * expect.texi, repl-modules.texi: Start the chapters with a new
281 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Added note about supported feature
282 identifiers and an example. Start the chapter with a new page.
284 * srfi-modules.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-control.texi,
285 scheme-binding.texi, repl-modules.texi, posix.texi, intro.texi,
286 scheme-utility.texi: Change `--' to `-' throughout.
288 2001-05-14 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
290 * srfi-13-14.texi: Removed.
292 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13): Merged SRFI-13 docs into SRFI
294 (SRFI-14): Merged SRFI-14 too.
296 * guile.texi (Top): Remove inclusion of obsolete SRFI-13/14 file.
298 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): New section.
299 (SRFI-16): New section.
301 Change `--' to `-' throughout.
303 2001-05-13 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
305 * intro.texi, scheme-modules.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
306 Fixup some module-related references.
308 * scheme-modules.texi (Modules): Remove "babbling" fixme.
309 (The Guile module system): Rewrite intro.
310 (General Information about Modules): Rewrite some parts.
311 Move problems to "Module System Quirks".
312 (Using Guile Modules): Renamed from "Loading Guile Modules".
314 Remove reivewme comment.
315 (Creating Guile Modules): Review, touch up.
316 Remove "Tkintr" comment.
317 (Module System Quirks): New node/subsection.
319 2001-05-06 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
321 * intro.texi (Using Guile Modules): Review; remove reviewme
322 comment. Expand `GUILE_LOAD_PATH' blurb; add small example.
323 (Reporting Bugs): Review; remove reviewme comment.
324 Reword some phrases; add texi markup.
325 Add suggestion to include `guile-config info' output.
326 Update gdb invocation; add fixme question.
328 2001-05-05 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
330 * AUTHORS: Added Martin Grabmueller.
332 * scheme-procedures.texi (Macros, Syntax Rules, Internal Macros):
334 (Syntax Case): New node, but currently empty.
336 * scheme-data.texi (Booleans, Symbols): Supply cross-references.
338 2001-05-04 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
340 * new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, scheme-control.texi,
341 scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
342 scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
343 Automatic docstring updates (mostly argument name updates and
346 * scheme-modules.texi: Change double hyphens to single.
348 * scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch): Completed.
350 * posix.texi (Network Databases and Address Conversion): New
351 subsubsection `IPv6 Address Conversion'.
353 2001-05-04 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
355 * preface.texi (iff): Use proper texi markup.
356 Thanks to Florian Weimer.
358 2001-05-04 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
360 * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): Moved the
361 documentation for read-string!/partial from the node `Reading'.
363 * scheme-data.texi (List/String Conversion): Added docstring for
366 2001-05-02 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
368 * srfi-13-14.texi: Added @bullet to various @itemize lists.
370 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI Support): New file and chapter.
372 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added repl-modules.texi and
375 * guile.texi (Top): New menu entries for the new chapters.
376 (Top): @includes for the new chapters.
377 (Top): New menu entry for `SRFI Support', @include for
380 * repl-modules.texi: New file.
381 (Readline Support): New chapter for (ice-9 readline).
382 (Value History): New chapter for (ice-9 history).
384 2001-05-02 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
386 * scheme-modules.texi (Dynamic Libraries): Renamed from `Dynamic
387 Linking from Marius''.
388 (The Guile module system): Removed obsolete naming convention.
389 (Loading Guile Modules, Creating Guile Modules),
390 (More Module Procedures, Included Guile Modules): New nodes, split
391 from `The Guile module system'.
392 (The Guile module system): Changed references to (ice-9 slib) to
393 (ice-9 popen), because note everybody has SLIB installed.
394 (Included Guile Modules): Added a bunch of modules shipped with
397 (Dynamic Libraries): (old version) Removed.
399 * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): Corrected
400 capitalization, so it builds again.
402 2001-05-01 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
404 * scheme-io.texi: Removed obsolete section Binary IO. Added
405 new section Block Reading and Writing. Updated section
406 Line/Delimited with module usage.
408 2001-04-29 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
410 * deprecated.texi (Tags): Removed - deprecation expired.
412 * scheme-io.texi (Random Access): Removed `fseek' - deprecation
415 * guile.texi (Top): Add menu entry for Manual Conventions node.
417 2001-04-28 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
419 * THANKS: Move authorship bit into AUTHORS, simplify structure,
422 * AUTHORS, guile.texi, guile-tut.texi, goops.texi, Makefile.am:
423 Consolidate authorship information in AUTHORS file, and @include
424 AUTHORS from the top level source file for each manual.
426 2001-04-28 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
428 * preface.texi (Manual Conventions): New chapter.
430 2001-04-26 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
432 * srfi-13-14.texi (Reverse/Append): Updated procedure names for
433 string-concatenate-reverse[/shared].
434 (Reverse/Append): Document the parameter `end' to
435 string-concatenate-reverse.
437 2001-04-26 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
439 * data-rep.texi (Defining New Types (Smobs)): Use non-deprecated
440 smob interface. Thanks to Masao Uebayashi for the patch!
441 (Creating Instances): Don't need SCM_NIMP anymore.
443 2001-04-25 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
445 * guile.1: New file, from Robert Merkel and Rob Browning.
446 * Makefile.am (man_MANS, EXTRADIST): Added, but still commented
447 out: install and distribute the manpage. It is not yet installed
448 or distributed since we don't have Robert's papers yet.
450 2001-04-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
452 * guile-tut.texi: Include version-tutorial.texi rather than
455 * Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/version-tutorial.texi): New target, to
456 avoid having two files both include version.texi.
458 2001-04-24 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
460 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added srfi-13-14.texi.
462 * srfi-13-14.texi: New file documenting SRFI-13/14.
464 * guile.texi (Top): Added the SRFI-13/14 menu entry and @include.
466 2001-04-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
468 * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Automatic
469 docstring updates for `socket' and `connect'. (For IPV6 support.)
471 * scheme-io.texi: Remove old docstring comments referring to
474 * appendices.texi (The Basic Guile Package, Packages not shipped
475 with Guile), env.texi (Switching to Environments), format.texi
476 (Format Specification), gh.texi
477 (Executing Scheme code, Calling Scheme procedures from C),
478 guile-tut.texi (How to characterize Guile), scheme-data.texi
479 (Symbols, Keywords, Keyword Read Syntax, Append/Reverse),
480 scheme-evaluation.texi (Delayed Evaluation), scheme-modules.texi
481 (Scheme and modules), scheme-io.texi (Soft Ports): Change R4RS
484 * r4rs.texi: Removed.
486 * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Remove r4rs.
488 * README: Note removal of r4rs, and provide a reference.
490 * scheme-control.texi (Exceptions): Extended documentation.
491 (Continuations): Correct "except" typo, and fix reference to
492 Exceptions node. Plus minor review changes.
494 2001-04-20 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
496 * scheme-control.texi (Exceptions): Reorganized and extended
497 existing documentation; more to come.
499 2001-04-20 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
501 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Comments): Document normal comments and
503 (Block Comments): Documented multiline comments.
504 (Case Sensitivity): Documented R5RS and Guile behaviour and how to
507 * scheme-control.texi (Continuations): Added some documentation
509 (Exceptions): Added xref to `Continuations'.
511 * scheme-binding.texi (Binding Reflection): Typo fix.
513 2001-04-20 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
515 * gh.texi (Executing Scheme code): gh_eval_file returns
516 SCM_UNSPECIFIED. Thanks to Dirk for the report!
518 * data-rep.texi (Non-immediate Datatypes, Immediates vs
519 Non-immediates): Emphasize current rather than pre-1.4 practice
520 when talking about not needing to call SCM_NIMP.
522 * recipe-guidelines.txt: New file: guidelines for contributions to
523 the Guile Recipes manual.
525 2001-04-20 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
527 * intro.texi (Using Guile Modules): Wrote intro to using modules.
528 (Writing New Modules): New intro for writing modules.
529 (Reporting Bugs): Added info about what is a bug and what to
530 include in a bug report (taken and adapted from the Emacs
533 2001-04-19 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
535 * scheme-control.texi (while do): Added documentation for named
538 * scheme-binding.texi (Internal Definitions): New explanation of
539 `Internal Definitions'.
540 (Top Level): Documented behaviour of top level definitions.
541 (Binding Constructs): New introductory text.
542 (Local Bindings): Explain concept of local bindings. Document
543 let, let* and letrec.
545 2001-04-18 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
547 * scheme-modules.texi (Modules): Added menu descriptions.
548 (Scheme and modules, The Guile module system): Some whitespace
550 (The Guile module system): Layout fixes, docstring fix for
553 2001-04-17 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
555 * scheme-control.texi (Multiple Values): Documented concept of
556 multiple values, added docs for `receive'.
557 (begin): Documented `begin'.
558 (if cond case): Documented `if', `cond' and `case'.
559 (and or): Documented `and' and `or'.
560 (while do): Documented `do' and `while'.
562 * scheme-procedures.texi (Optional Arguments): Split the node,
563 added introductory text, added menu for subsections.
564 (let-optional Reference, let-keywords Reference),
565 (lambda* Reference, define* Reference): Added syntax documentation
566 for all exported procedures from (ice-9 optargs).
568 2001-04-17 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
570 * scheme-utility.texi (General Conversion): New node, added
572 (Equality): Added definition and explanation of `sameness'.
574 * posix.texi (System Identification): Added `gethostname' and
576 (Processes): Added `setpriority' and `getpriority'.
577 (User Information): Added `cuserid' and `getlogin'.
578 (Ports and File Descriptors): Added `flock'.
579 (Processes): Added `chroot'.
580 (File System): Added `mkstemp!'.
581 (Encryption): New node, added `crypt' and `getpass'.
583 * new-docstrings.texi: Moved several docstrings over to the
584 reference manual (see above which).
586 * scheme-data.texi (Data Types), (Numerical Tower): Add explicit
587 @bullet to @itemize to satisfy older `makeinfo'.
589 2001-04-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
591 * data-rep.texi (Signalling Type Errors): Update SCM_ASSERT doc
592 for recent changes to disallow passing a string parameter as the
593 `pos'. Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the patch!
595 2001-04-13 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
597 * data-rep.texi (Unpacking the SCM type): New section, taken from
598 Dirk Herrmann's description of SCM and scm_bits_t in api.txt.
599 (Immediate Datatypes, Non-immediate Datatypes): Remove obsolete
600 notes about needing to call SCM_NIMP.
602 2001-04-11 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
604 * scheme-procedures.texi (Procedures with Setters): Fix dvi
605 building syntax error. Thanks to Dale P. Smith for the report and
608 2001-04-11 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
610 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Arbiters): New explanatory text.
611 (Asyncs): New explanations and documentation.
612 (Scheduling): Added menu entry descriptions.
613 (Fluids): New documentation.
615 2001-04-11 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
617 * scheme-procedures.texi (Lambda): Documented the lambda form.
618 (Procedure Properties): Concept and usage explanation added.
619 (Procedures with Setters): Explain by example, introduce
622 * scheme-data.texi (Symbols and Variables): Split and reorganized
624 (Symbols): New introductory text.
625 (Characters): Added char-ci* procedures to rn index.
627 2001-04-10 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
629 * scm.texi (Handling Errors): Improve Texinfo markup. Thanks to
630 Dale P. Smith for the patch!
632 * api.txt (Accessing Cell Entries): Fix typo.
634 2001-04-09 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
636 * deprecated.texi (Shared And Read Only Strings): New section for
637 deprecated string stuff. I've also updated the text a bit to
638 reflect current usage of "read only" strings.
640 * scheme-data.texi (Shared Substrings, Read Only Strings): Moved
643 * deprecated.texi, posix.texi, scheme-binding.texi,
644 scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
645 scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
646 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
647 scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi,
648 scheme-utility.texi: Remove `@c docstring' comments, since they
649 aren't used any more by the docstring tracking utilities.
651 2001-04-09 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
653 * scheme-data.texi (Pairs): New data type and procedure
655 (Lists): Added new subsections for grouping the list procedures.
656 (Hooks): Added new nodes for hook subsections.
657 (String Syntax): New node, factoring out read syntax.
658 (Strings): Some blurb about allowed characters, zero-termination
660 (Keywords): Added menu descriptions.
662 2001-04-08 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
664 * scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index): Print index `rn', not `r5'.
666 * guile.texi: The index formerly known as `r5' is now called `rn'.
668 * scheme-utility.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-io.texi,
669 scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi:
670 Changed all @r5index entries to @rnindex.
672 2001-04-06 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
674 * scheme-data.texi (Hooks): Added hook description and
677 2001-04-06 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
679 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
680 procedures): Replace some instances of `@var' with `@code'.
682 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
683 procedures): Rewrite.
685 2001-04-04 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
687 * scheme-data.texi (Alphabetic Case Mapping),
688 (String Comparison): Rearranged function order.
689 (Vectors): Reorganized, new introductory text, docs about read
692 2001-04-03 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
694 * scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
695 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-control.texi,
696 scheme-utility.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
697 scheme-data.texi: Removed a lot of ARGFIXME's after tweaking
698 docstrings and C source.
700 * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-data.texi,
701 posix.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
702 scheme-memory.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
703 scheme-scheduling.texi: Automated docstring merging.
705 2001-04-02 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
707 * data-rep.texi (Immediates vs. Non-immediates): Update
708 out-of-date documentation. (Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the
710 (Immediates vs Non-immediates): Renamed without the dot, since the
711 dot causes `info' not to be able to display this node!
713 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add in a few more source files
714 that had got left out.
716 2001-03-30 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
718 * scheme-reading.texi (Further Reading): Add bullets to further
721 * gh.texi: Insert page break before chapter. Remove page breaks
724 * Makefile.am: Add script-getopt.texi.
726 * guile.texi (Top): Include and link to new script-getopt.texi
729 * script-getopt.texi: New chapter on command line handling.
730 (Written and contributed by Martin Grabmueller, revised by me.)
732 * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Fix typo.
734 2001-03-27 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
736 * scheme-data.texi (Strings): Reorganized the whole `Strings'
737 section and wrote introductory material for each new subsection.
739 2001-03-25 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
741 * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Some short text about
742 dynamic libraries and modules.
744 2001-03-23 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
746 * intro.texi (Writing Extensions for Guile), scheme-data.texi
749 * guile-tut.texi, ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial: Added to CVS. It
750 seems that I somehow missed these out when I moved everything from
751 guile-doc to guile-core.
753 * posix.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
754 scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
756 * new-docstrings.texi: New file. Holds snarfed docstrings that
757 have not yet been incorporated into the reference manual.
759 2001-03-20 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
761 * scheme-options.texi (Evaluator options): Added evaluator
762 options, corrected docs for evaluator trap options.
764 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Scheme Read): New docs for read-options,
765 read-enable, read-disable and read-set! and cross references to
767 (Evaluator Options): New docs for eval-options, eval-enable,
768 eval-disable and eval-set!, traps, trap-enable, trap-disable and
769 trap-set! and cross references to option nodes.
770 (Evaluator Behaviour): Renamed node from `Evaluator options' to
773 * scheme-io.texi (String Ports): Added docs for SRFI-6 procedures.
774 (Void Ports): Corrected introductory comment.
776 2001-03-16 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
778 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Documented the arithmetic
780 (Integer Operations): Added documentation.
781 (Comparison): Added documentation.
782 (Complex): Added documentation.
783 (Symbols and Variables): Comment out `builtin-bindings', which is
784 removed according to NEWS.
785 (Pairs): Added documentation.
787 * scheme-io.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
789 (File Ports): New docs for `call-with-input-file',
790 `call-with-output-file', `with-input-from-file',
791 `with-output-to-file', `with-error-to-file'.
793 * scheme-control.texi, scheme-utility.texi,
794 * scheme-procedures.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
797 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Added documentation for
798 `apply'. Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS procedures.
800 * scheme-data.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
801 procedures. Removed R5RS index entries for `ass{q,v,occ}-set!'.
802 Removed explicit entries into the function entries. They are
804 (Vectors): Added documentation for `make-vector', `vector-ref' and
807 2001-03-12 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
809 * intro.texi: Changed to reflect current practice better. Added
810 stuff about writing Guile Extensions (aka dynamically loaded
813 2001-03-09 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
815 * goops.texi (VERSION): Bumped to version 0.3.
817 * goops-tutorial.texi, goops.texi: Updated to reflect new
818 define-method syntax.
820 2001-03-09 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
822 * Makefile.am: Change HTML to HTMLDOC, now that we're part of a
825 Moving documentation files from guile-doc and guile-doc into
828 * env.texi, indices.texi, mbapi.texi, mltext.texi, scripts.texi,
829 scsh.texi, tcltk.texi, hierarchy.txt, scheme-indices.texi,
830 slib.texi, deprecated.texi, scheme-binding.texi, appendices.texi,
831 scheme-intro.texi, goops.texi, extend.texi, gh.texi, intro.texi,
832 preface.texi, scm.texi, goops-tutorial.texi, hierarchy.eps,
833 r4rs.texi, r5rs.texi, texinfo.tex, scheme-reading.texi,
834 data-rep.texi, scheme-utility.texi, posix.texi,
835 scheme-control.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
836 scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
837 scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
838 scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi, guile.texi,
839 scheme-data.texi, scheme-ideas.texi, expect.texi,
840 ChangeLog-guile-doc-ref, guile-tut.texi,
841 ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial, AUTHORS, BUGS, NEWS, THANKS: New
844 * .cvsignore, Makefile.am, README: Merged.
846 * sources: New subdirectory.
848 Both the following files are about to be replaced by files from
851 * texinfo.tex: Removed.
853 * data-rep.texi: Removed.
855 2001-02-15 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
857 * README: Explain retirement of `data-rep.texi'.
859 * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS, data_rep_TEXINFOS): Removed.
861 * data-rep.texi: Replace this copy of data-rep.texi with a notice
862 indicating that it has been retired. The master copy of
863 data-rep.texi is at guile-doc/ref/data-rep.texi.
865 2001-02-04 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
867 * data-rep.texi: Use SCM_SMOB_DATA instead of SCM_CDR. Also
868 things like SCM_SMOB_PREDICATE and SCM_NEWSMOB. Thanks to Dale
871 2000-10-25 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
873 * mop.text: Preliminary documentation of the GOOPS meta object
876 2000-07-28 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
878 * data-rep.texi (Garbage Collection): Fix "accomodate" spelling
881 2000-06-30 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
883 * data-rep.tex: Removed documentation for SCM_OUTOFRANGE.
885 2000-06-20 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@thalamus.nada.kth.se>
887 * data-rep.texi: Center discussion around the standard interface
888 for smob type creation (scm_make_smob_type) and warn about the
889 ongoing discussion which may result in deprecating
890 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe in next release of Guile.
892 2000-05-15 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
894 * data-rep.texi: Updated the macro names for operating on
897 2000-03-22 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
899 * api.txt: Added a first attempt for a description of the newly
900 designed low level API.
902 2000-01-31 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
904 * Makefile.am (version.texi): Override automake's rule for
905 version.texi so that it gets created even in non-maintainer-mode.
907 Thu Jan 20 13:00:18 2000 Greg J. Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
909 * version.texi, stamp-vti: Removed -- these are auto-generated.
911 2000-01-12 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se>
913 * Makefile.am (dist-hook): Updated to include oldfmt.c in
914 distribution archive.
916 * README: Updated with note about oldfmt.c.
918 * oldfmt.c: New file: Used by application writers to adapt to
919 new-style error format strings.
921 1999-12-06 Gary Houston <ghouston@freewire.co.uk>
923 * data-rep.texi: change dircategory to match change in guile-doc
926 1999-10-05 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
928 * Makefile.in: Deleted from CVS repository. Run the autogen.sh
929 script to create generated files like this one.
931 1999-09-11 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
933 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
935 Fri Jun 25 22:21:43 1999 Greg Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
937 * data-rep.texi: Updated SMOB docs to talk about
938 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, SCM_RETURN_NEWSMOB, SCM_NEWSMOB function
941 1999-04-17 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
943 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
945 1998-10-19 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
948 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
950 * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES): List example-smob/COPYING.
951 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
953 1998-10-16 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
955 * Makefile.in: Regenerated, after change to qthreads.m4.
957 1998-10-15 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
959 * stamp-vti: Regenerated.
961 * hacks.el: Some handy helper functions for working on the manual.
963 * data-rep.texi: Extended to accomodate a full running example,
964 provided with the manual.
965 * example-smob: A new subdirectory, containing example files for
966 the manual chapter on smobs.
967 * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES, dist-hook): New variable and
968 target, to get the example-smob directory into the distribution.
969 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
971 1998-10-08 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
973 * .cvsignore: New file, containing data-rep.info. I'm not sure
974 whether we want to check this file into CVS, because it's
975 generated; if you find compelling reasons it should be, let me
978 1998-10-07 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
980 * New directory for documentation.
982 * data-rep.texi: It's not a real manual, but it's better than
984 * Makefile.am, Makefile.in, data-rep.info, data-rep.texi,
985 mdate-sh, stamp-vti, texinfo.tex, version.texi: The usual support