doc/ChangeLog-2008

   1 2008-04-26  Ludovic Courtès  <ludo@gnu.org>
   2
   3         * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES): Remove `COPYING'.
   4
   5 2008-01-22  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
   6
   7         * COPYING: Removed.
   8
   9         * oldfmt.c: Update copyright statement to LGPL.
  10
  11 2002-09-14  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
  12
  13         * .cvsignore: add stamp-vti.1
  14
  15 2002-08-24  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
  16
  17         * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Do not distribute guile-api.alist, it
  18         can't be built currently.
  19
  20 2002-05-13  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
  21
  22         * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): New var.
  23
  24 2002-05-11  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
  25
  26         * Makefile.am: Include ../am/maintainer-dirs (in MAINTAINER_MODE).
  27         (guile-api.alist, guile-api.alist-FORCE):
  28         New rules (in MAINTAINER_MODE).
  29
  30 2002-05-09  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
  31
  32         * groupings.alist: Add copyright and commentary.
  33
  34         (favorite): Delete this example composite.
  35         (embedded-libltdl, gdb, coop, gh, g-fdes, r-fdes, scm, k, POSIX,
  36         guile-C-API): New groups.
  37
  38 2002-05-08  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
  39
  40         * groupings.alist: New file.
  41
  42 2002-04-23  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
  43
  44         * guile-api.alist: Update.
  45
  46 2002-04-16  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
  47
  48         * Makefile.am (dist-hook): Simplified to not use "cd"; now it
  49         works for relative pathnames in $(distdir).
  50
  51 2002-04-10  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
  52
  53         * .cvsignore: add version-tutorial.texi, version.texi, and
  54         stamp-vti1.
  55
  56 2002-03-01  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
  57
  58         * guile-api.alist: Update.
  59
  60 2001-08-27  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
  61
  62         * mltext.texi (Guile Character Properties): Fix `hexidecimal'
  63         spelling errors (merge from stable branch).
  64
  65         * AUTHORS: Removed.  Authorship information for each manual is now
  66         in the top-level Texinfo file for that manual.
  67
  68 2001-08-24  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
  69
  70         * Makefile.am: Split documentation into per-manual subdirectories.
  71
  72 2001-08-22  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
  73
  74         * scheme-options.texi (Evaluator trap options): Splitted
  75         section "Evaluator options".
  76
  77         * scheme-evaluation.texi (Evaluator Behaviour): Typo "reader
  78         options" --> "evaluator options".
  79
  80 2001-08-17  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
  81
  82         * Makefile.am (guile_tut_TEXINFOS): remove guile-tut.texi.  It's
  83         already in info_TEXINFOS.
  84
  85         * .cvsignore: rename stamp-vti1 to stamp-vti.1.  Of course this
  86         only matters once you fix the bug in automake.
  87
  88 2001-08-02  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
  89
  90         * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Improve `make-stack' doc by
  91         explaining cutting args.
  92
  93 2001-07-19  Rob Browning  <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
  94
  95         * posix.texi (Signals): add docs for setitimer and getitimer.
  96
  97 2001-07-11  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>
  98
  99         * scheme-evaluation.texi: Added `load-from-path'.  Corrected `load':
 100         it doesn't use the load paths.
 101
 102 2001-07-04  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 103
 104         * scheme-data.texi (Hook Reference): Removed documentation for
 105         `make-hook-with-name', which does note exist.  Added note about
 106         unspecified return values to all procedure documentation
 107
 108 2001-07-02  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 109
 110         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Fold and Map): Documented extended
 111         versions of `map' and `for-each'.
 112
 113 2001-06-30  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 114
 115         * preface.texi (Manual Conventions): Added description of
 116         @result{} and @print{}.
 117
 118         * scheme-data.texi (Hash Table Examples): New subsubsection.
 119
 120 2001-06-30  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 121
 122         * scheme-data.texi (Hash Tables): Added docs for
 123         `make-hash-table'.
 124
 125 2001-06-29  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 126
 127         * misc-modules.texi: New file.
 128         (Pretty Printing): New chapter.
 129         (Formatted Output): New chapter.
 130
 131         * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added misc-modules.texi.
 132
 133         * guile.texi (Top): Added inclusion of misc-modules.texi.
 134
 135         * scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules): Added (srfi
 136         srfi-4) and (ice-9 rw) modules.
 137         (Module System Quirks): Removed note that `module-export!' must be
 138         called via gh_eval_str, now that we have scm_c_export.
 139
 140         * repl-modules.texi (Loading Readline Support, Readline Options):
 141         New nodes.
 142
 143 2001-06-27  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 144
 145         * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Grammar fix -
 146         thanks to Christopher Cramer!
 147
 148 2001-06-27  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 149
 150         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-4): Added documentation for the new
 151         module (srfi srfi-4).
 152
 153 2001-06-26  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 154
 155         * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Refer to scm_mem2string
 156         instead of scm_makfromstr.
 157
 158 2001-06-26  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 159
 160         * oldfmt.c (scm_oldfmt):  Use scm_mem2string instead of
 161         scm_makfromstr.
 162
 163 2001-06-25  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 164
 165         * gh.texi (GH deprecation): Remove paragraph about portability.
 166
 167         * extend.texi (Libguile Intro): Updated following Marius'
 168         suggestions.
 169
 170 2001-06-25  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 171
 172         * Makefile.am (version.texi, version-tutorial.texi): Removed
 173         kluges to build them unconditionally.
 174
 175 2001-06-22  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 176
 177         * gh.texi (scm transition summary): New node for summary of how to
 178         transition from GH to scm interface.
 179         (GH): Link to new node.
 180         (Calling Scheme procedures from C): Remove doc for gh_set_car and
 181         gh_set_cdr, which don't actually exist.
 182         (Data types and constants defined by gh): Correct
 183         SCM_UNSPECIFIED/SCM_UNDEFINED confusion.
 184         (Calling Scheme procedures from C): Correct SCM_EOL/SCM_UNDEFINED
 185         confusion.
 186
 187 2001-06-20  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 188
 189         * guile.texi (Top): Move GH chapter to end of Part V.
 190
 191         * extend.texi (Libguile Intro), gh.texi (GH deprecation): Explain
 192         deprecation of GH and broad plan for documentation of scm
 193         interface.
 194
 195 2001-06-18  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 196
 197         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1): Completed procedure documentation.
 198
 199         * scheme-data.texi (List Constructors): Added make-list.
 200         Added type index entries for all data types.
 201
 202 2001-06-15  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 203
 204         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1): New section documenting the SRFI-1
 205         module.
 206
 207 2001-06-14  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 208
 209         * scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules): Added reference to
 210         (srfi srfi-1) module.
 211
 212 2001-06-16  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 213
 214         * posix.texi (Conventions): Use `system-error-errno' instead of
 215         explicit code
 216
 217 2001-06-04  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>
 218
 219         * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): added
 220         write-string/partial, updated read-string!/partial.
 221
 222 2001-05-30  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 223
 224         * General: A lot of typo, texinfo markup and layout corrections.
 225
 226         * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Clarified docs for - and /.
 227         (String Modification): Removed docs for C functions
 228         (scm_substring_move_right_x etc.)
 229         (Keyword Procedures): New section documenting the keyword
 230         procedures from boot-9.scm.
 231         (Vectors): Moved the section before the non-standard data types.
 232
 233         * data-rep.texi (Defining New Types (Smobs)): Adapted description
 234         of smobs and proocedure creation to new terminology.
 235         (Describing a New Type): Removed mentioning of
 236         scm_make_smob_type_mfpe from smob function list and added
 237         deprecation notice for this function.
 238         (Creating Instances): Added description and macro docs for smobs
 239         with 2 or 3 data cells.
 240         (Garbage Collecting Smobs): Removed old docs for SCM_GCTYP16.
 241         (Garbage Collecting Simple Smobs): Added some clarification about
 242         usage and usefulness.
 243         (Non-immediate Datatypes): Changed R4RS reference to R5RS.
 244         (Vector Data): Document type-specific accessors.
 245
 246
 247 2001-05-23  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 248
 249         * guile.texi: Commented out menu entry and inclusion of Tcl/Tk
 250         stuff.
 251
 252         * indices.texi: Users are advised to look under C and Scheme
 253         names, xref to transformation rules added.
 254
 255         * intro.texi, scheme-modules.texi, scheme-ideas.texi,
 256         scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
 257         Fixed most REFFIXMEs.
 258
 259         * srfi-modules.texi (About SRFI Usage): New node.
 260         (SRFI-0): Extended.
 261         Fixed all REFFIXMEs.
 262
 263 2001-05-19  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 264
 265         * posix.texi (Networking): Split existing material into new nodes
 266         `Network Address Conversion' and `Network Databases'.
 267
 268         * scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch): Update doc for new constraint
 269         that lazy-catch handlers are not allowed to return.
 270
 271 2001-05-16  Rob Browning  <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
 272
 273         * scheme-options.texi (Install Config): fixed minor-version docs
 274         and added micro-version docs.
 275
 276 2001-05-16  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 277
 278         * data-rep.texi, srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-14 Iterating Over
 279         Character Sets), scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing),
 280         scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch), scheme-procedures.texi (Internal
 281         Macros): Add @bullet to @itemize usages.  (Thanks for Masao
 282         Uebayashi for the bug report!)
 283
 284 2001-05-15  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 285
 286         * scripts.texi (Invoking Guile): Added docs for --use-srfi.
 287
 288         * expect.texi, repl-modules.texi: Start the chapters with a new
 289         page.
 290
 291         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Added note about supported feature
 292         identifiers and an example.  Start the chapter with a new page.
 293
 294         * srfi-modules.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-control.texi,
 295         scheme-binding.texi, repl-modules.texi, posix.texi, intro.texi,
 296         scheme-utility.texi: Change `--' to `-' throughout.
 297
 298 2001-05-14  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 299
 300         * srfi-13-14.texi: Removed.
 301
 302         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13): Merged SRFI-13 docs into SRFI
 303         chapter.
 304         (SRFI-14): Merged SRFI-14 too.
 305
 306         * guile.texi (Top): Remove inclusion of obsolete SRFI-13/14 file.
 307
 308         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): New section.
 309         (SRFI-16): New section.
 310
 311         Change `--' to `-' throughout.
 312
 313 2001-05-13  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@revel.glug.org>
 314
 315         * intro.texi, scheme-modules.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
 316         Fixup some module-related references.
 317
 318         * scheme-modules.texi (Modules): Remove "babbling" fixme.
 319         (The Guile module system): Rewrite intro.
 320         (General Information about Modules): Rewrite some parts.
 321         Move problems to "Module System Quirks".
 322         (Using Guile Modules): Renamed from "Loading Guile Modules".
 323         Rewrite most parts.
 324         Remove reivewme comment.
 325         (Creating Guile Modules): Review, touch up.
 326         Remove "Tkintr" comment.
 327         (Module System Quirks): New node/subsection.
 328
 329 2001-05-06  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@revel.glug.org>
 330
 331         * intro.texi (Using Guile Modules): Review; remove reviewme
 332         comment.  Expand `GUILE_LOAD_PATH' blurb; add small example.
 333         (Reporting Bugs): Review; remove reviewme comment.
 334         Reword some phrases; add texi markup.
 335         Add suggestion to include `guile-config info' output.
 336         Update gdb invocation; add fixme question.
 337
 338 2001-05-05  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 339
 340         * AUTHORS: Added Martin Grabmueller.
 341
 342         * scheme-procedures.texi (Macros, Syntax Rules, Internal Macros):
 343         New material.
 344         (Syntax Case): New node, but currently empty.
 345
 346         * scheme-data.texi (Booleans, Symbols): Supply cross-references.
 347
 348 2001-05-04  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 349
 350         * new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, scheme-control.texi,
 351         scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 352         scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
 353         Automatic docstring updates (mostly argument name updates and
 354         blank lines).
 355
 356         * scheme-modules.texi: Change double hyphens to single.
 357
 358         * scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch): Completed.
 359
 360         * posix.texi (Network Databases and Address Conversion): New
 361         subsubsection `IPv6 Address Conversion'.
 362
 363 2001-05-04  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@revel.glug.org>
 364
 365         * preface.texi (iff): Use proper texi markup.
 366         Thanks to Florian Weimer.
 367
 368 2001-05-04  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 369
 370         * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): Moved the
 371         documentation for read-string!/partial from the node `Reading'.
 372
 373         * scheme-data.texi (List/String Conversion): Added docstring for
 374         `string-split'.
 375
 376 2001-05-02  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 377
 378         * srfi-13-14.texi: Added @bullet to various @itemize lists.
 379
 380         * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI Support): New file and chapter.
 381
 382         * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added repl-modules.texi and
 383         srfi-modules.texi.
 384
 385         * guile.texi (Top): New menu entries for the new chapters.
 386         (Top): @includes for the new chapters.
 387         (Top): New menu entry for `SRFI Support', @include for
 388         `srfi-modules.texi'.
 389
 390         * repl-modules.texi: New file.
 391         (Readline Support): New chapter for (ice-9 readline).
 392         (Value History): New chapter for (ice-9 history).
 393
 394 2001-05-02  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 395
 396         * scheme-modules.texi (Dynamic Libraries): Renamed from `Dynamic
 397         Linking from Marius''.
 398         (The Guile module system): Removed obsolete naming convention.
 399         (Loading Guile Modules, Creating Guile Modules),
 400         (More Module Procedures, Included Guile Modules): New nodes, split
 401         from `The Guile module system'.
 402         (The Guile module system): Changed references to (ice-9 slib) to
 403         (ice-9 popen), because note everybody has SLIB installed.
 404         (Included Guile Modules): Added a bunch of modules shipped with
 405         Guile.
 406
 407         (Dynamic Libraries): (old version) Removed.
 408
 409         * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): Corrected
 410         capitalization, so it builds again.
 411
 412 2001-05-01  Gary Houston  <ghouston@arglist.com>
 413
 414         * scheme-io.texi: Removed obsolete section Binary IO.  Added
 415         new section Block Reading and Writing.  Updated section
 416         Line/Delimited with module usage.
 417
 418 2001-04-29  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 419
 420         * deprecated.texi (Tags): Removed - deprecation expired.
 421
 422         * scheme-io.texi (Random Access): Removed `fseek' - deprecation
 423         expired.
 424
 425         * guile.texi (Top): Add menu entry for Manual Conventions node.
 426
 427 2001-04-28  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 428
 429         * THANKS: Move authorship bit into AUTHORS, simplify structure,
 430         add Dirk Herrmann.
 431
 432         * AUTHORS, guile.texi, guile-tut.texi, goops.texi, Makefile.am:
 433         Consolidate authorship information in AUTHORS file, and @include
 434         AUTHORS from the top level source file for each manual.
 435
 436 2001-04-28  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@revel.glug.org>
 437
 438         * preface.texi (Manual Conventions): New chapter.
 439
 440 2001-04-26  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 441
 442         * srfi-13-14.texi (Reverse/Append): Updated procedure names for
 443         string-concatenate-reverse[/shared].
 444         (Reverse/Append): Document the parameter `end' to
 445         string-concatenate-reverse.
 446
 447 2001-04-26  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 448
 449         * data-rep.texi (Defining New Types (Smobs)): Use non-deprecated
 450         smob interface.  Thanks to Masao Uebayashi for the patch!
 451         (Creating Instances): Don't need SCM_NIMP anymore.
 452
 453 2001-04-25  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 454
 455         * guile.1: New file, from Robert Merkel and Rob Browning.
 456         * Makefile.am (man_MANS, EXTRADIST): Added, but still commented
 457         out: install and distribute the manpage.  It is not yet installed
 458         or distributed since we don't have Robert's papers yet.
 459
 460 2001-04-24  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 461
 462         * guile-tut.texi: Include version-tutorial.texi rather than
 463         version.texi.
 464
 465         * Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/version-tutorial.texi): New target, to
 466         avoid having two files both include version.texi.
 467
 468 2001-04-24  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 469
 470         * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added srfi-13-14.texi.
 471
 472         * srfi-13-14.texi: New file documenting SRFI-13/14.
 473
 474         * guile.texi (Top): Added the SRFI-13/14 menu entry and @include.
 475
 476 2001-04-22  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 477
 478         * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Automatic
 479         docstring updates for `socket' and `connect'.  (For IPV6 support.)
 480
 481         * scheme-io.texi: Remove old docstring comments referring to
 482         r4rs.scm.
 483
 484         * appendices.texi (The Basic Guile Package, Packages not shipped
 485         with Guile), env.texi (Switching to Environments), format.texi
 486         (Format Specification), gh.texi
 487         (Executing Scheme code, Calling Scheme procedures from C),
 488         guile-tut.texi (How to characterize Guile), scheme-data.texi
 489         (Symbols, Keywords, Keyword Read Syntax, Append/Reverse),
 490         scheme-evaluation.texi (Delayed Evaluation), scheme-modules.texi
 491         (Scheme and modules), scheme-io.texi (Soft Ports): Change R4RS
 492         references to R5RS.
 493
 494         * r4rs.texi: Removed.
 495
 496         * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Remove r4rs.
 497
 498         * README: Note removal of r4rs, and provide a reference.
 499
 500         * scheme-control.texi (Exceptions): Extended documentation.
 501         (Continuations): Correct "except" typo, and fix reference to
 502         Exceptions node.  Plus minor review changes.
 503
 504 2001-04-20  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 505
 506         * scheme-control.texi (Exceptions): Reorganized and extended
 507         existing documentation; more to come.
 508
 509 2001-04-20  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 510
 511         * scheme-evaluation.texi (Comments): Document normal comments and
 512         comment conventions.
 513         (Block Comments): Documented multiline comments.
 514         (Case Sensitivity): Documented R5RS and Guile behaviour and how to
 515         switch it off.
 516
 517         * scheme-control.texi (Continuations): Added some documentation
 518         for call/cc.
 519         (Exceptions): Added xref to `Continuations'.
 520
 521         * scheme-binding.texi (Binding Reflection): Typo fix.
 522
 523 2001-04-20  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 524
 525         * gh.texi (Executing Scheme code): gh_eval_file returns
 526         SCM_UNSPECIFIED.  Thanks to Dirk for the report!
 527
 528         * data-rep.texi (Non-immediate Datatypes, Immediates vs
 529         Non-immediates): Emphasize current rather than pre-1.4 practice
 530         when talking about not needing to call SCM_NIMP.
 531
 532         * recipe-guidelines.txt: New file: guidelines for contributions to
 533         the Guile Recipes manual.
 534
 535 2001-04-20  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 536
 537         * intro.texi (Using Guile Modules): Wrote intro to using modules.
 538         (Writing New Modules): New intro for writing modules.
 539         (Reporting Bugs): Added info about what is a bug and what to
 540         include in a bug report (taken and adapted from the Emacs
 541         Reference Manual).
 542
 543 2001-04-19  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 544
 545         * scheme-control.texi (while do): Added documentation for named
 546         let.
 547
 548         * scheme-binding.texi (Internal Definitions): New explanation of
 549         `Internal Definitions'.
 550         (Top Level): Documented behaviour of top level definitions.
 551         (Binding Constructs): New introductory text.
 552         (Local Bindings): Explain concept of local bindings.  Document
 553         let, let* and letrec.
 554
 555 2001-04-18  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 556
 557         * scheme-modules.texi (Modules): Added menu descriptions.
 558         (Scheme and modules, The Guile module system): Some whitespace
 559         cleanup
 560         (The Guile module system): Layout fixes, docstring fix for
 561         `define-module'.
 562
 563 2001-04-17  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 564
 565         * scheme-control.texi (Multiple Values): Documented concept of
 566         multiple values, added docs for `receive'.
 567         (begin): Documented `begin'.
 568         (if cond case): Documented `if', `cond' and `case'.
 569         (and or): Documented `and' and `or'.
 570         (while do): Documented `do' and `while'.
 571
 572         * scheme-procedures.texi (Optional Arguments): Split the node,
 573         added introductory text, added menu for subsections.
 574         (let-optional Reference, let-keywords Reference),
 575         (lambda* Reference, define* Reference): Added syntax documentation
 576         for all exported procedures from (ice-9 optargs).
 577
 578 2001-04-17  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 579
 580         * scheme-utility.texi (General Conversion): New node, added
 581         `object->string'.
 582         (Equality): Added definition and explanation of `sameness'.
 583
 584         * posix.texi (System Identification): Added `gethostname' and
 585         `sethostname'.
 586         (Processes): Added `setpriority' and `getpriority'.
 587         (User Information): Added `cuserid' and `getlogin'.
 588         (Ports and File Descriptors): Added `flock'.
 589         (Processes): Added `chroot'.
 590         (File System): Added `mkstemp!'.
 591         (Encryption): New node, added `crypt' and `getpass'.
 592
 593         * new-docstrings.texi: Moved several docstrings over to the
 594         reference manual (see above which).
 595
 596         * scheme-data.texi (Data Types), (Numerical Tower): Add explicit
 597         @bullet to @itemize to satisfy older `makeinfo'.
 598
 599 2001-04-16  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 600
 601         * data-rep.texi (Signalling Type Errors):  Update SCM_ASSERT doc
 602         for recent changes to disallow passing a string parameter as the
 603         `pos'.  Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the patch!
 604
 605 2001-04-13  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 606
 607         * data-rep.texi (Unpacking the SCM type): New section, taken from
 608         Dirk Herrmann's description of SCM and scm_bits_t in api.txt.
 609         (Immediate Datatypes, Non-immediate Datatypes): Remove obsolete
 610         notes about needing to call SCM_NIMP.
 611
 612 2001-04-11  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 613
 614         * scheme-procedures.texi (Procedures with Setters):  Fix dvi
 615         building syntax error.  Thanks to Dale P. Smith for the report and
 616         patch.
 617
 618 2001-04-11  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 619
 620         * scheme-scheduling.texi (Arbiters): New explanatory text.
 621         (Asyncs): New explanations and documentation.
 622         (Scheduling): Added menu entry descriptions.
 623         (Fluids): New documentation.
 624
 625 2001-04-11  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 626
 627         * scheme-procedures.texi (Lambda): Documented the lambda form.
 628         (Procedure Properties): Concept and usage explanation added.
 629         (Procedures with Setters): Explain by example, introduce
 630         definitions.
 631
 632         * scheme-data.texi (Symbols and Variables): Split and reorganized
 633         this section.
 634         (Symbols): New introductory text.
 635         (Characters): Added char-ci* procedures to rn index.
 636
 637 2001-04-10  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 638
 639         * scm.texi (Handling Errors):  Improve Texinfo markup.  Thanks to
 640         Dale P. Smith for the patch!
 641
 642         * api.txt (Accessing Cell Entries): Fix typo.
 643
 644 2001-04-09  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 645
 646         * deprecated.texi (Shared And Read Only Strings): New section for
 647         deprecated string stuff.  I've also updated the text a bit to
 648         reflect current usage of "read only" strings.
 649
 650         * scheme-data.texi (Shared Substrings, Read Only Strings): Moved
 651         to deprecated.texi.
 652
 653         * deprecated.texi, posix.texi, scheme-binding.texi,
 654         scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
 655         scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
 656         scheme-modules.texi, scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
 657         scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi,
 658         scheme-utility.texi: Remove `@c docstring' comments, since they
 659         aren't used any more by the docstring tracking utilities.
 660
 661 2001-04-09  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 662
 663         * scheme-data.texi (Pairs): New data type and procedure
 664         description.
 665         (Lists): Added new subsections for grouping the list procedures.
 666         (Hooks): Added new nodes for hook subsections.
 667         (String Syntax): New node, factoring out read syntax.
 668         (Strings): Some blurb about allowed characters, zero-termination
 669         etc.
 670         (Keywords): Added menu descriptions.
 671
 672 2001-04-08  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 673
 674         * scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index): Print index `rn', not `r5'.
 675
 676         * guile.texi: The index formerly known as `r5' is now called `rn'.
 677
 678         * scheme-utility.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-io.texi,
 679         scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi:
 680         Changed all @r5index entries to @rnindex.
 681
 682 2001-04-06  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 683
 684         * scheme-data.texi (Hooks): Added hook description and
 685         constraints.
 686
 687 2001-04-06  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@revel.glug.org>
 688
 689         * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
 690         procedures): Replace some instances of `@var' with `@code'.
 691
 692         * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
 693         procedures): Rewrite.
 694
 695 2001-04-04  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 696
 697         * scheme-data.texi (Alphabetic Case Mapping),
 698         (String Comparison): Rearranged function order.
 699         (Vectors): Reorganized, new introductory text, docs about read
 700         syntax.
 701
 702 2001-04-03  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 703
 704         * scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
 705         scheme-modules.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-control.texi,
 706         scheme-utility.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 707         scheme-data.texi: Removed a lot of ARGFIXME's after tweaking
 708         docstrings and C source.
 709
 710         * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-data.texi,
 711         posix.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 712         scheme-memory.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
 713         scheme-scheduling.texi: Automated docstring merging.
 714
 715 2001-04-02  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 716
 717         * data-rep.texi (Immediates vs. Non-immediates): Update
 718         out-of-date documentation.  (Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the
 719         report!)
 720         (Immediates vs Non-immediates): Renamed without the dot, since the
 721         dot causes `info' not to be able to display this node!
 722
 723         * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add in a few more source files
 724         that had got left out.
 725
 726 2001-03-30  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 727
 728         * scheme-reading.texi (Further Reading): Add bullets to further
 729         reading list.
 730
 731         * gh.texi: Insert page break before chapter.  Remove page breaks
 732         within the chapter.
 733
 734         * Makefile.am: Add script-getopt.texi.
 735
 736         * guile.texi (Top): Include and link to new script-getopt.texi
 737         chapter.
 738
 739         * script-getopt.texi: New chapter on command line handling.
 740         (Written and contributed by Martin Grabmueller, revised by me.)
 741
 742         * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Fix typo.
 743
 744 2001-03-27  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 745
 746         * scheme-data.texi (Strings): Reorganized the whole `Strings'
 747         section and wrote introductory material for each new subsection.
 748
 749 2001-03-25  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 750
 751         * intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Some short text about
 752         dynamic libraries and modules.
 753
 754 2001-03-23  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 755
 756         * intro.texi (Writing Extensions for Guile), scheme-data.texi
 757         (Lists): Fix typos.
 758
 759         * guile-tut.texi, ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial: Added to CVS.  It
 760         seems that I somehow missed these out when I moved everything from
 761         guile-doc to guile-core.
 762
 763         * posix.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 764         scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
 765
 766         * new-docstrings.texi: New file.  Holds snarfed docstrings that
 767         have not yet been incorporated into the reference manual.
 768
 769 2001-03-20  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 770
 771         * scheme-options.texi (Evaluator options): Added evaluator
 772         options, corrected docs for evaluator trap options.
 773
 774         * scheme-evaluation.texi (Scheme Read): New docs for read-options,
 775         read-enable, read-disable and read-set! and cross references to
 776         option nodes.
 777         (Evaluator Options): New docs for eval-options, eval-enable,
 778         eval-disable and eval-set!, traps, trap-enable, trap-disable and
 779         trap-set! and cross references to option nodes.
 780         (Evaluator Behaviour): Renamed node from `Evaluator options' to
 781         avoid name clash.
 782
 783         * scheme-io.texi (String Ports): Added docs for SRFI-6 procedures.
 784         (Void Ports): Corrected introductory comment.
 785
 786 2001-03-16  Martin Grabmueller  <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
 787
 788         * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Documented the arithmetic
 789         procedures.
 790         (Integer Operations): Added documentation.
 791         (Comparison): Added documentation.
 792         (Complex): Added documentation.
 793         (Symbols and Variables): Comment out `builtin-bindings', which is
 794         removed according to NEWS.
 795         (Pairs): Added documentation.
 796
 797         * scheme-io.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
 798         procedures.
 799         (File Ports): New docs for `call-with-input-file',
 800         `call-with-output-file', `with-input-from-file',
 801         `with-output-to-file', `with-error-to-file'.
 802
 803         * scheme-control.texi, scheme-utility.texi,
 804         * scheme-procedures.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
 805         procedures.
 806
 807         * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Added documentation for
 808         `apply'.  Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS procedures.
 809
 810         * scheme-data.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
 811         procedures.  Removed R5RS index entries for `ass{q,v,occ}-set!'.
 812         Removed explicit entries into the function entries.  They are
 813         automagic.
 814         (Vectors): Added documentation for `make-vector', `vector-ref' and
 815         `vector-set!'.
 816
 817 2001-03-12  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 818
 819         * intro.texi: Changed to reflect current practice better.  Added
 820         stuff about writing Guile Extensions (aka dynamically loaded
 821         shared libraries).
 822
 823 2001-03-09  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
 824
 825         * goops.texi (VERSION): Bumped to version 0.3.
 826
 827         * goops-tutorial.texi, goops.texi: Updated to reflect new
 828         define-method syntax.
 829
 830 2001-03-09  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 831
 832         * Makefile.am: Change HTML to HTMLDOC, now that we're part of a
 833         wider distribution.
 834
 835         Moving documentation files from guile-doc and guile-doc into
 836         guile-core/doc:
 837
 838         * env.texi, indices.texi, mbapi.texi, mltext.texi, scripts.texi,
 839         scsh.texi, tcltk.texi, hierarchy.txt, scheme-indices.texi,
 840         slib.texi, deprecated.texi, scheme-binding.texi, appendices.texi,
 841         scheme-intro.texi, goops.texi, extend.texi, gh.texi, intro.texi,
 842         preface.texi, scm.texi, goops-tutorial.texi, hierarchy.eps,
 843         r4rs.texi, r5rs.texi, texinfo.tex, scheme-reading.texi,
 844         data-rep.texi, scheme-utility.texi, posix.texi,
 845         scheme-control.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
 846         scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
 847         scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
 848         scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi, guile.texi,
 849         scheme-data.texi, scheme-ideas.texi, expect.texi,
 850         ChangeLog-guile-doc-ref, guile-tut.texi,
 851         ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial, AUTHORS, BUGS, NEWS, THANKS: New
 852         files.
 853
 854         * .cvsignore, Makefile.am, README: Merged.
 855
 856         * sources: New subdirectory.
 857
 858         Both the following files are about to be replaced by files from
 859         guile-doc/ref.
 860
 861         * texinfo.tex: Removed.
 862
 863         * data-rep.texi: Removed.
 864
 865 2001-02-15  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 866
 867         * README: Explain retirement of `data-rep.texi'.
 868
 869         * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS, data_rep_TEXINFOS): Removed.
 870
 871         * data-rep.texi: Replace this copy of data-rep.texi with a notice
 872         indicating that it has been retired.  The master copy of
 873         data-rep.texi is at guile-doc/ref/data-rep.texi.
 874
 875 2001-02-04  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 876
 877         * data-rep.texi: Use SCM_SMOB_DATA instead of SCM_CDR.  Also
 878         things like SCM_SMOB_PREDICATE and SCM_NEWSMOB.  Thanks to Dale
 879         P. Smith!
 880
 881 2000-10-25  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
 882
 883         * mop.text: Preliminary documentation of the GOOPS meta object
 884         protocol.
 885
 886 2000-07-28  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 887
 888         * data-rep.texi (Garbage Collection): Fix "accomodate" spelling
 889         mistake.
 890
 891 2000-06-30  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 892
 893         * data-rep.tex:  Removed documentation for SCM_OUTOFRANGE.
 894
 895 2000-06-20  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@thalamus.nada.kth.se>
 896
 897         * data-rep.texi: Center discussion around the standard interface
 898         for smob type creation (scm_make_smob_type) and warn about the
 899         ongoing discussion which may result in deprecating
 900         scm_make_smob_type_mfpe in next release of Guile.
 901
 902 2000-05-15  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 903
 904         * data-rep.texi:  Updated the macro names for operating on
 905         characters.
 906
 907 2000-03-22  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 908
 909         * api.txt:  Added a first attempt for a description of the newly
 910         designed low level API.
 911
 912 2000-01-31  Marius Vollmer  <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
 913
 914         * Makefile.am (version.texi): Override automake's rule for
 915         version.texi so that it gets created even in non-maintainer-mode.
 916
 917 Thu Jan 20 13:00:18 2000  Greg J. Badros  <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
 918
 919         * version.texi, stamp-vti: Removed -- these are auto-generated.
 920
 921 2000-01-12  Mikael Djurfeldt  <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se>
 922
 923         * Makefile.am (dist-hook): Updated to include oldfmt.c in
 924         distribution archive.
 925
 926         * README: Updated with note about oldfmt.c.
 927
 928         * oldfmt.c: New file: Used by application writers to adapt to
 929         new-style error format strings.
 930
 931 1999-12-06  Gary Houston  <ghouston@freewire.co.uk>
 932
 933         * data-rep.texi: change dircategory to match change in guile-doc
 934         and scm.
 935
 936 1999-10-05  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
 937
 938         * Makefile.in: Deleted from CVS repository.  Run the autogen.sh
 939         script to create generated files like this one.
 940
 941 1999-09-11  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
 942
 943         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 944
 945 Fri Jun 25 22:21:43 1999  Greg Badros  <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
 946
 947         * data-rep.texi: Updated SMOB docs to talk about
 948         scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, SCM_RETURN_NEWSMOB, SCM_NEWSMOB function
 949         and macros.
 950
 951 1999-04-17  Jim Blandy  <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
 952
 953         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 954
 955 1998-10-19  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 956
 957         * COPYING: New file.
 958         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 959
 960         * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES): List example-smob/COPYING.
 961         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 962
 963 1998-10-16  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 964
 965         * Makefile.in: Regenerated, after change to qthreads.m4.
 966
 967 1998-10-15  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 968
 969         * stamp-vti: Regenerated.
 970
 971         * hacks.el: Some handy helper functions for working on the manual.
 972
 973         * data-rep.texi: Extended to accomodate a full running example,
 974         provided with the manual.
 975         * example-smob: A new subdirectory, containing example files for
 976         the manual chapter on smobs.
 977         * Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES, dist-hook): New variable and
 978         target, to get the example-smob directory into the distribution.
 979         * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
 980
 981 1998-10-08  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 982
 983         * .cvsignore: New file, containing data-rep.info.  I'm not sure
 984         whether we want to check this file into CVS, because it's
 985         generated; if you find compelling reasons it should be, let me
 986         know.
 987
 988 1998-10-07  Jim Blandy  <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
 989
 990         * New directory for documentation.
 991         * README: New file.
 992         * data-rep.texi: It's not a real manual, but it's better than
 993         nothing.
 994         * Makefile.am, Makefile.in, data-rep.info, data-rep.texi,
 995         mdate-sh, stamp-vti, texinfo.tex, version.texi: The usual support
 996         files.