1 2006-02-04 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
3 * api-options.texi (Build Config): pxref libtool on libguileinterface
5 * intro.texi (Writing Guile Extensions), libguile-extensions.texi (A
6 Sample Guile Extension): pxref libtool manual.
8 * api-modules.texi (Compiled Code Installation): New section.
10 2006-01-29 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
12 * api-scheduling.texi: Removed "Futures" node.
14 Renamed the "frames" that are related to dynamic-wind to "dynamic
15 contexts. Renamed all functions from scm_frame_ to scm_dynwind_.
16 Updated documentation.
18 2005-12-19 Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@laas.fr>
20 * api-data.texi (Operations Related to Symbols):
21 Documented `scm_take_locale_symbol ()'.
23 2005-12-15 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
25 * api-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Add scm_call_4, suggested by
28 * misc-modules.texi (Streams): In stream->list&length and
29 stream->reversed-list&length, make the two values clearer.
31 2005-12-14 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
33 * api-options.texi (Evaluator trap options): Trap calls now always
34 use a debug object rather than a continuation.
35 (Debugger options, Examples of option use): Update help text for
36 'cheap option (which is now obsolete).
38 * api-evaluation.texi (Loading): Document custom reader.
40 2005-12-06 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
42 * api-init.texi, api-scheduling.texi, libguile-concepts.texi:
43 Removed scm_leave_guile, scm_enter_guile and all references to
44 them since they are no longer in the API.
48 * api-control.texi (if cond case): Describe SRFI 61 cond.
50 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-61): New section.
51 (SRFI Support): Add SRFI-61 to menu.
53 2005-11-19 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
55 * api-compound.texi (Retrieving Alist Entries): Revise for clarity and
58 2005-11-06 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
60 From Ludovic Courtès, partial rework by me:
61 * doc/ref/api-modules.texi (Creating Guile Modules): In define-module,
62 describe #:re-export, #:export-syntax, #:re-export-syntax, #:replace
63 and #:duplicates. Add re-export.
65 2005-11-01 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
67 * posix.texi (Time): In strftime, note systems vary for %Z.
69 2005-10-29 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
71 * posix.texi (Network Socket Address): Add scm_make_socket_address,
72 scm_c_make_socket_address, scm_from_sockaddr, scm_to_sockaddr. This
73 change by Ludovic Courtès and revised a bit by me.
75 2005-10-27 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
77 * posix.texi (Network Address Conversion): Move INADDR_ANY to here.
78 (Network Socket Address): New section, move sockaddr bits to here, add
79 new make-socket-address.
80 (Network Sockets and Communication): In connect, bind, and sendto, now
81 take socket address object. In bind, leave INADDR constants for
82 "Network Address Conversion" node. In those plus accept, getsockname,
83 getpeername, reword a bit for clarity.
85 2005-10-24 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
87 * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Combine and revise
88 getsockopt and setsockopt. Add OPTNAME constants, including new
89 IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP and IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP.
91 * posix.texi (Time): Revise strftime for clarity, cross reference man
92 3 strftime (suggested by Greg Troxel), note locale character set when
93 setlocale has been called.
95 2005-10-15 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
97 * api-debug.texi (Source Properties): Add text describing/advising
98 limited use of source properties.
100 * api-debug.texi (Source Properties): Documentation of source
101 property procedures moved here from ...
103 * api-procedures.texi (Procedure Properties): ... where it didn't
106 2005-10-05 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
108 * api-data.texi (Regexp Functions): Notes on zero bytes and locale
111 * misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Show modifiers like ~:d
114 2005-08-06 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
116 * api-compound.texi (List Modification): In filter, return may share a
117 tail with the input, as per docstring. In filter!, fix chopped off
118 note of modifying input.
120 * api-control.texi (Error Reporting): In strerror, note message is in
121 locale language and charset.
123 2005-07-12 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
125 * api-data.texi (String Selection): In string-pad, don't say anything
126 about sharing strings, decided against doing that.
127 (Miscellaneous String Operations): Ditto in string-filter and
130 * api-data.texi (String Selection): Merge descriptions of string-trim,
131 string-trim-right and string-trim-both for brevity.
133 2005-06-24 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
135 * api-options.texi (Debugger options): Cross reference new Tail Calls
136 node rather than R5RS on tail recursion.
138 2005-06-23 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
140 * guile.texi, libguile-concepts.texi, libguile-extensions.texi,
141 libguile-linking.texi, libguile-smobs.texi: Spelling errors reported
144 * api-compound.texi (Pairs, List Syntax): Cross reference Expression
146 * api-control.texi (Lazy Catch): Cross ref for with-fluids.
147 * libguile-linking.texi (A Sample Guile Main Program): Cross reference
148 automake manual for aclocal.
149 * libguile-program.texi (Extending Dia): URL for Dia home page.
150 (Dia Primitives): Cross ref for scm_c_define_gsubr.
152 2005-06-12 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
154 * gh.texi: More stuff about transitioning away from GH.
156 2005-06-11 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
158 * api-data.texi (Miscellaneous String Operations): In string-filter
159 and string-delete, note result may share with input string (as allowed
162 2005-06-06 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
164 * api-compound.texi (Array Procedures): In array-in-bounds?,
165 correction to example result.
167 * api-init.texi (Initialization), api-scheduling.texi (Blocking):
168 {} groups around "void*" C return types.
170 2005-05-04 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
172 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Selectors): In drop-right, note always a
173 new list. In take-right, note result shares common tail. Per spec.
175 2005-05-03 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
177 * api-data.texi (String Constructors): Clarify string, list->string
178 and reverse-list->string a bit.
180 2005-04-30 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
182 * api-io.texi (Default Ports): Describe buffering on standard ports.
184 2005-04-23 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
186 * api-data.texi (Regexp Functions): Add list-matches and fold-matches.
188 * data-rep.texi (Subrs): Note that subr must not modify its rest list.
190 2005-04-19 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
192 * api-data.texi (Regexp Functions): Clarity flags parameter.
194 * misc-modules.texi, guile.texi (Rx Regexps): Remove this section, Rx
195 is not in the core and we don't want to confuse anyone with it and the
196 builtin posix regexps.
198 2005-04-04 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
200 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Set Operations): use @cross iso. @times.
202 * guile.texi: add @cross for @tex
204 2005-04-02 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
206 * guile.texi (@times): New macro.
208 * repl-modules.texi (Readline Support): Cross ref readline manual.
209 (Loading Readline Support): Add GUILE_HISTORY and .inputrc Guile
212 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Association Lists): In alist-cons, clarify
213 a bit and cross reference core acons.
215 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Set Operations): Revise and expand.
216 (SRFI-1 Deleting): In delete, cross reference lset-difference.
218 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-19): Note Gregorian leap year rules
219 incorrectly extended back prior to 1582.
221 2005-03-29 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
223 * api-compound.texi: Fixed some typos and added some docs. Talk
224 about concrete and abstract hash tables.
226 2005-03-14 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
228 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-55): New section.
229 (SRFI-60): New section.
231 2005-03-01 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
233 * api-compound.texi (Shared Arrays): New section. Rewrite
234 make-shared-array for clarity, adding examples.
236 * libguile-concepts.texi (Control Flow): Cross reference Tail Calls.
238 2005-02-17 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
240 * api-data.texi (Reals and Rationals): Use tex for sqrt2 and pi.
241 (Complex Numbers): Add polar form read syntax.
243 2005-02-15 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
245 * posix.texi (File System): In tmpnam, clarify security and use of
246 O_EXCL. In mkstemp!, in fact posix doesn't specify permissions.
248 * scheme-ideas.texi (Tail Calls): New section.
250 2005-02-12 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
252 * api-data.texi (String Selection): In string-pad and
253 string-pad-right, clarify which end the padding goes on, and merge
256 * api-data.texi (Integer Operations): In gcd and lcm, show args.
257 (Arithmetic): In truncate, add missing arg.
259 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Fold and Map): Rewrite fold, pair-fold and
262 2005-02-05 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
264 * posix.texi (File System): In mkstemp!, in fact posix doesn't specify
265 the permissions mode. Add an example setting 666 less umask.
267 2005-02-04 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
269 * api-io.texi (File Ports): In port-filename, cannot use after close.
271 * posix.texi (Time): In mktime, clarify fields of sbd-time used, and
272 the handling of tm:isdst.
274 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Add srfi-4, srfi-13 and srfi-14 now in
277 2005-01-29 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
279 * posix.texi (Signals): In sigaction, add SA_NOCLDSTOP, make it
280 clearer SA_RESTART is a variable.
282 2005-01-28 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
284 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Predicates): Clarify proper-list?,
285 circular-list? and dotted-list?, note any object passes exactly one of
288 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-19 Time/Date conversions): In default
289 tz-offset, note restrictions on a 32-bit system.
291 2005-01-24 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
293 * api-i18n.texi (Internationalization): Expand and revise a bit for
296 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Searching): In member, note `=' called arg
298 (SRFI-1 Set Operations): Remove lset-adjoin!, doesn't exist in the
299 code or the srfi spec.
301 2005-01-20 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
303 * posix.texi (Ports and File Descriptors): In flock, for LOCK_NB note
304 logior for LOCK_NB and EWOULDBLOCK error, and note flock doesn't work
307 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Searching): In list-index, note 0 based
308 index and #f for not found.
310 2005-01-15 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
312 * api-data.texi (Bitwise Operations): In logtest and logbit?, describe
313 operations in words, not just equivalent expressions. In
314 integer-expt, clarify a bit and note negative k allowed and 0^0==1.
316 * api-data.texi (Random): In random:solid-sphere!, there is no return
319 * api-evaluation.texi (Loading): In %load-hook, need to use set!, and
322 2005-01-14 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
324 * scheme-scripts.texi: Describe new 1.4 compatability behavior of
327 2005-01-14 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
329 * api-data.texi (Mapping Folding and Unfolding): In
330 string-for-each-index, make it clear iteration is over indices.
332 * posix.texi (User Information): Note cuserid gone from POSIX.
333 Prompted by Roland Besserer.
335 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-39): New section.
337 2005-01-10 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
339 * srfi-modules.texi: Various index entries.
340 (SRFI-19 Introduction): Note MJD basis is 2400000.5.
341 (SRFI-19 Date): In date-second, clarify leap second usage. In
342 date-year, note negatives for B.C. and no zero. In current-date,
343 don't let it read like it's just UTC which is returned.
345 2005-01-08 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
347 * api-modules.texi (Creating Guile Modules): Expand define-modules
348 #:autoload, clarify that it's a list of symbols.
350 * api-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules): Add expect, format, ftw,
351 getop-long, history, popen, pretty-print, q, readline, receive, regex,
352 streams, syncase, srfi-16, srfi-19 and srfi-31. Remove ice-9 jacal,
355 * posix.texi (File System): In mkstemp!, note 0600 creation mode.
357 2005-01-06 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
359 * api-compound.texi: Finished(?) the new array API docs.
361 2005-01-02 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
363 * posix.texi (Pipes): Expand and clarify a bit. Describe port
364 inheritance. Caution against waitpid WAIT_ANY.
366 2004-12-29 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
368 * api-compound.texi (Arrays): Updated for the new 'typed' approach
371 2004-12-28 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
373 * api-data.texi (String Predicates): For string-any and string-every,
374 last chars are now tail calls per srfi, and reinstate char_pred can be
375 character or character set (somehow lost in cut and paste).
377 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Searching): In any and every, revise for
378 clarity, note last call in each is a tail call.
380 2004-12-27 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
382 * api-compound.texi (Vectors, Bit Vectors, Uniform Numeric
383 Vectors): Updated for the distinction between read-only and write
384 access to storage locations.
386 2004-12-22 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
388 * api-compound.texi (Arrays): Reorganized and 'modernized'.
390 2004-12-20 Mikael Djurfeldt <djurfeldt@nada.kth.se>
392 * expect.texi (Expect): Removed backslash escapes of regexp
393 operators ( and ) in code example for expect-strings.
395 2004-12-14 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
397 * api-data.texi (Regexp Functions): Revise regex-substitute and
398 regex-substitute/global for clarity, add some examples.
400 * api-procedures.texi (lambda* Reference): Revise for clarity, note
401 how #:rest works with #:key, note previous bindings available to
404 2004-12-05 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
406 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Length Append etc): In concatenate, note
407 equivalence to "apply append".
409 2004-11-09 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
411 * api-compound.texi (Generalized Vectors): New.
412 (Bit Vectors): More docs.
413 (Uniform Vectors): Call them Uniform numeric vectors.
415 2004-10-29 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
417 * api-compound.texi (Uniform Vectors): Added c32 and c64 docs.
419 2004-10-27 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
421 * srfi-modules.texi, api-compound.texi: Moved SRFI-4 docs into
422 main part. Moved bit vectors out of array section to make them
425 2004-10-19 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
427 * api-smobs.texi (smob mark function): List admissible functions
430 2004-10-04 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
432 * api-data.texi: Removed primitive keyword section, updated
435 * api-undocumented.texi: Moved keyword dash-symbol docs here.
437 2004-09-26 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
439 * api-data.texi (Conversion to/from C): Braces {} around char* return.
440 * api-evaluation.texi (Block Comments): More cindex entries.
442 * guile.texi, misc-modules.texi (Streams): New section.
444 2004-09-25 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
446 * libguile-smobs.texi, api-smobs.texi: More words abot what a free
447 function is allowed to do.
449 2004-09-24 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
451 * libguile-smobs.texi: Bugfix in example code, use SCM_NEWSMOB
452 correctly. Use scm_assert_smob_type instead of SCM_ASSERT
455 2004-09-23 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
457 * api-i18n.texi: New file.
458 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added it.
459 * guile.texi: Include it.
461 2004-09-16 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
463 * api-utility.texi (Equality): Revise for clarity.
465 2004-09-08 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
467 * api-data.texi (integer-expt): Updated from docstring.
469 * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES, MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): Moved
470 autoconf-macros.texi to MAINTAINERCLEANFILES. It is in the
471 tarball and we shouldn't clean it, then.
473 2004-09-07 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
475 * api-procedures.texi (let-keywords Reference): Typo, should be
476 let-keywords* @defunx.
478 * api-scheduling.texi (Parallel Forms): In parallel, letpar, par-map,
479 n-par-map and n-for-each-par-map, describe each form as being in its
480 own thread, not a new thread, since for instance the calling thread is
481 used when only one form. Plus typo in n-for-each-par-map example
482 equivalent for-each + n-par-map.
484 * posix.texi (Locales): Use @var for category arg.
486 * posix.texi (System Identification): Remove software-type, it doesn't
487 exist in the guile core.
489 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-10): Revise and expand.
491 2004-09-02 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
493 * misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Excess arguments are ignored.
494 In ~*, correction N parameter cannot be negative. In ~t, note
497 2004-08-29 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
499 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-2): Note empty body is #t.
501 2004-08-25 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
503 * api-data.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Moved docs for SRFI-14 into
504 main API chapter. Updated docstrings from libguile/.
506 2004-08-25 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
508 * api-data.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Moved docs for SRFI-14 into
509 main API chapter. Updated docstrings from libguile/.
511 2004-08-24 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
513 Ran a (docstring-process-module "(guile)") and moved entries from
514 new-docstrings.texi to their appropriate place.
516 * api-undocumented.texi: New file.
518 2004-08-21 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
520 From Richard Todd, Thanks!
522 * scheme-scripts.texi (Invoking Guile): documented new '-L'
525 2004-08-20 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
527 * gh.texi: Updated transition section with new recommended things.
529 2004-08-19 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
531 * api-data.texi (Strings): Document copy-on-write behavior and
532 mutation-sharing substrings.
533 (Symbols): Document scm_from_locale_symbol and
534 scm_from_locale_symboln.
536 2004-08-18 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
538 * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Add SOCK_RDM and
541 * posix.texi (Internet Socket Examples): Correction to socket calls,
542 should be PF_INET not AF_INET (though generally the two are the same
545 2004-08-14 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
547 * api-scheduling.texi (Mutexes): New datatype-centric section, adding
548 fair mutexes and collecting up material from ...
549 (Low level thread primitives, Higher level thread procedures, C level
550 thread interface): ... these nodes.
552 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13 Predicates): Add string-any and
553 string-every support for char and charset predicates.
555 2004-08-11 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
557 * api-data.texi (scm_c_round, scm_c_truncate): Docs for'em.
559 2004-08-10 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
561 * api-control.texi: Updated example to use scm_to_locale_string
562 instead of roll-your-own scm_to_string. Also showcase
565 * api-data.texi: Docs for scm_is_string, scm_to_locale_string*,
566 and scm_from_locale_string*.
568 * api-memory.texi: Docs for scm_frame_free.
570 2004-08-09 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
572 * api-io.texi (File Ports): In open-file, describe the "b" binary flag.
574 * slib.texi (SLIB): Add notes on delete-file, provided? and open-file
575 overridden by ice-9 slib module.
577 2004-08-05 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
579 * api-scheduling.texi (Arbiters): Tweak wording for clarity, note any
580 thread can unlock not just the one which locked.
582 * posix.texi (Conventions): Describe system-error args, use @defun for
583 system-error-errno instead of just words.
585 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13 Predicates): Tweak wording for clarity.
586 For string-every, note return is #t when no characters. For
587 string-any and string-every, note last pred call is not currently a
588 tail call, contrary to SRFI-13 spec.
590 2004-08-03 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
592 * api-data.texi: Added scm_is_real, scm_is_rational,
593 scm_to_double, scm_from_double, numerator, and denominator. Added
594 scm_is_complex, scm_is_number, scm_c_make_rectangular,
595 scm_c_make_polar, scm_c_real_part, scm_c_imag_part,
596 scm_c_magnitude, and scm_c_angle.
598 2004-08-02 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
600 * gh.texi: Replaced references to scm_num2* with scm_to_* and
601 references to scm_*2num with scm_from_*.
603 Renamed many file to make the structure of the manual more evident
604 in the names. Changed all references.
606 * scheme-binding.texi: Renamed to api-binding.texi.
607 * scheme-compound.texi: Renamed to api-compound.texi.
608 * scheme-control.texi: Renamed to api-control.texi.
609 * scheme-data.texi: Renamed to api-data.texi.
610 * scheme-debug.texi: Renamed to api-debug.texi.
611 * deprecated.texi: Renamed to api-deprecated.texi.
612 * scheme-evaluation.texi: Renamed to api-evaluation.texi.
613 * ref-init.texi: Renamed to api-init.texi.
614 * scheme-io.texi: Renamed to api-io.texi.
615 * scheme-memory.texi: Renamed to api-memory.texi.
616 * scheme-modules.texi: Renamed to api-modules.texi.
617 * scheme-options.texi: Renamed to api-options.texi.
618 * scm.texi: Renamed to api-overview.texi.
619 * scheme-procedures.texi: Renamed to api-procedures.texi.
620 * scheme-scheduling.texi: Renamed to api-scheduling.texi.
621 * scheme-scm.texi: Renamed to api-scm.texi.
622 * scheme-smobs.texi: Renamed to api-smobs.texi.
623 * scheme-snarf.texi: Renamed to api-snarf.texi.
624 * scheme-translation.texi: Renamed to api-translation.texi.
625 * scheme-utility.texi: Renamed to api-utility.texi.
626 * debugging.texi: Renamed to scheme-debugging.texi.
627 * scripts.texi: Renamed to scheme-scripts.texi.
628 * program.texi: Renamed to libguile-program.texi.
630 * api-deprecated.texi: Removed.
631 * intro.texi (Discouraged and Deprecated): General information
632 about deprecation, etc.
634 2004-07-30 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
636 * misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Changed @w to @w{} in
637 itemize. The former doesn't work for some reason...
639 2004-07-28 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
641 * misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Rewrite, describing escapes
642 and parameters in detail.
643 * guile.texi (@le, @ge): New macros for ifnottex.
645 2004-07-24 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
647 * guile.texi (@nicode): Use @alias instead of @macro, for correct
648 handling of backslashes.
650 * scheme-control.texi (Frames): Add @vindex for SCM_F_WIND_EXPLICITLY.
652 * scheme-data.texi (String Syntax): Add all backslash forms accepted.
653 (Regexp Functions): Use @defvar for regexp/icase etc, to emphasise
654 that they're variables not symbols etc.
656 * scheme-smobs.texi (Smobs): In SCM_SMOB_OBJECT_LOC,
657 SCM_SMOB_OBJECT_2_LOC, SCM_SMOB_OBJECT_3_LOC, use {} to avoid "*"
658 getting into the index as part of the macro name.
660 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Revise for clarity, drop BNF in favour
661 of plain description, emphasise this is just for portable programs.
663 2004-07-10 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
665 * scheme-data.texi (Integers): Talk more about inexact and exact
668 2004-07-10 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
670 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Add srfi-6 to the identifiers provided
673 2004-07-07 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
675 * scheme-data.texi (Integers): Added docs for the new scm_is_,
676 scm_to_ and scm_from_ functions for integers.
678 * data-rep.texi (How Guile does it): Mark as being in limbo. All
679 the real documentation will be in the nodes "Programming in C" and
681 (Boolean Data): Just refer to node "Booleans".
683 * gh.texi: Replace references to SCM_NFALSEP, etc with
686 * scheme-data.texi (Booleans): Flag all function-like definitions
689 2004-07-06 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
691 * scheme-data.texi: Remove non-R5RS stuff from the 'rn' index.
693 * scheme-utility.texi: Added scm_is_eq, scm_eq_p, scm_eqv_p, and
696 2004-07-05 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
698 * scheme-data.texi (Booleans): Added reference entries for
699 scm_is_true, scm_is_false, scm_is_bool, scm_from_bool, and
702 2004-06-28 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
704 * Makefile.am: Removed home-grown code for HTML generation.
705 Automake does it for us now.
707 * guile.texi, scheme-scm.texi: Do not use TeXinfo markup in
708 section or node names.
710 2004-06-20 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
712 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-31): add documentation for srfi-31.
714 2004-05-19 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
716 * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): Remove guile.cps guile.fns guile.rns
717 guile.tps guile.vrs guile.tmp, cleaned by automake these days.
719 2004-05-06 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
721 * scheme-smobs.texi: Updated for new SCM_SMOB_* macros.
723 * preface.texi: Moved around the sections so that the manual
724 overview comes first.
726 * libguile-smobs.texi: Updated for the new role of scm_t_bits.
728 2004-04-21 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
730 * Big reorganization of the whole manual to give it a simpler
733 2004-03-25 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
735 * slib.texi (SLIB): Amend `require' cross reference node name, is
736 called "Require" in slib 3a1.
738 2004-03-23 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
740 * scheme-data.texi (Reals and Rationals): Typo in `rationalize'.
742 2004-03-04 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
744 * posix.texi (Processes): Add setgroups.
746 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-26): New section.
748 2004-02-21 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
750 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Expression Syntax): Add @findex entries for
751 quote and quasiquote no longer using @deffn.
753 2004-02-20 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
755 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Expression Syntax): Turned syntax
756 description into a table, @deffn is not really up to the task.
758 2004-02-18 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
760 * guile.texi: Replaced list of authors with "The Guile
763 * preface.texi (Contributors to the Manual): New section.
765 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Expression Syntax): Use an empty name
766 for the function call syntax definition. Otherwise, TeX complains
767 about unbalanced parenthesis.
769 2004-02-18 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
771 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Expression Syntax): Fill section with
772 function calling etc, and quote and quasiquote.
774 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-9): Revise for detail and clarity. Don't
775 use ":foo" for example type name, since that depends on the keyword
778 2004-02-15 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@chunk.mit.edu>
780 * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Wrote a new entry
781 for hash-for-each-handle.
783 2004-02-16 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
785 * scheme-compound.texi (Sloppy Alist Functions): Amend error messages
786 shown to match current guile output.
788 2004-02-15 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@chunk.mit.edu>
790 * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Renamed hash-map
793 2004-02-15 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
795 * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): In scm_hash_ref etc,
796 remove note that dflt must be given, it can be SCM_UNSPECIFIED.
798 * scheme-control.texi (while do): Expand and clarify `do', in
799 particular note iteration binds fresh locations, rather than values
802 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-4): Revise for clarity, give each function
803 explicitly rather than showing TAG so Emacs info-look can find them,
804 merge "SRFI-4 - Read Syntax" and "SRFI-4 - Procedures" into just one
807 2004-02-12 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
809 * scheme-compound.texi (Conventional Arrays): Revise for clarity.
810 In array-equal?, show multiple arguments allowed.
811 (Uniform Arrays): Remove duplicate array?.
812 * guile.texi (cross): New macro.
814 * scheme-compound.texi (Uniform Arrays): Note 1/3 prototype for
815 doubles is now an exact fraction.
817 * slib.texi (SLIB): Index entry for replacement `system'.
819 2004-01-28 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@chunk.mit.edu>
821 * scheme-compound.texi (Uniform Arrays): Added a FIXME warning
822 that the 1/3 prototype no longer works.
824 2004-01-23 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
826 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added fdl.texi.
828 2004-01-21 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
830 Added copyright notices to all TeXinfo files.
833 * guile.texi: Include it as an appendix.
834 * preface.texi: State that the manual is FDL.
836 2004-01-20 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
838 * preface.texi (Guile License): Note readline is GPL and manual has
839 its own copying terms. Describe briefly what the licenses mean in
842 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread procedures): In monitor,
843 don't let "newly created" suggest a mutex created on every evaluation.
844 Note what "monitor" means.
846 * slib.texi (SLIB): Note `system' redefined by (ice-9 slib). Tweak
849 2004-01-11 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
851 * misc-modules.texi (Queues): New chapter.
852 * guile.texi (Top): Add it.
854 2004-01-09 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
856 * scheme-compound.texi (Bit Vectors): Revise for clarity, following
857 report by Rouben Rostamian. Remove #b() example, that syntax is not
860 2004-01-07 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
862 * scheme-control.texi, scheme-io.tex, scheme-scheduling.texi:
863 Adapt to new 'frame' names. Document scm_c_with_fluid,
864 scm_c_with_fluids, and scm_frame_fluid.
866 2004-01-06 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
868 * scheme-control.texi: Document scm_on_unwind_with_scm and
869 scm_on_rewind_with_scm.
871 2004-01-05 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
873 * scheme-scheduling.texi: Document scm_with_[un]blocked_asyncs.
875 * scheme-io.texi: Document scm_with_current_<foo>_port.
877 2004-01-03 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
879 * scheme-control.texi: Document the frames stuff and other random
882 2004-01-04 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
884 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Threads): Note Guile uses POSIX threads, for
885 concurrency and preemption.
886 (C level thread interface): Note periodic libguile call required for C
887 code in threads, add commented out reminders for SCM_TICK and
888 guile-mode, for when those features are ready.
890 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Filtering and Partitioning): For partition
891 and partition!, emphasise the multi-value return, note partition may
892 share a tail with the given list.
894 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Searching, SRFI-1 Deleting, SRFI-1
895 Association Lists): Note how member, delete, delete! and assoc extend
896 the corresponding core functions.
898 2003-11-25 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
900 * tools.texi (Macros guile-snarf recognizes): Correction to GOOPS
903 2003-11-19 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
905 * scheme-data.texi: Include exact rationals.
907 From Stephen Compall. Thanks!
909 * intro.texi (What is Guile?): Add @acronym for POSIX, R5RS, GUI,
910 and HTTP. Conclude linking libguile. Say what one can find *for*.
912 * preface.texi (Manual Conventions): Double-quote some statements
913 formerly single-quoted. Remove some redundant quotes around code.
914 Clarify meaning of `iff' further for those that didn't get it the
915 first time 'round (like me). Make graphical indicators samples,
916 not code. Put results of evaluation on the same line as @result
917 symbols. Use @print example as example of total usage, and remind
918 readers not to forget the difference.
920 2003-11-17 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
922 * scheme-modules.texi: Document '@' and '@@'.
924 * scripts.texi: Mention that "-e (@ ...)" also works.
926 2003-11-15 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
928 * scheme-data.texi (Random): Add *random-state* variable, put note at
929 the top of the node about it being the default, rather than just in
930 the description of random.
932 2003-11-13 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
934 * preface.texi (Manual Layout): Wrap POSIX, API, and SLIB in
935 @acronym. Change from paragraph format (somewhat clumsy-looking
936 on paper, at least) to @table format, with headers @strong. Made
937 example modules complete sentences. From Stephen Compall, thanks!
939 2003-11-09 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
941 * misc-modules.texi (Pretty Printing): Add new keyword options, break
942 example to avoid long line.
944 * scheme-data.texi (Random): In random, use @code for *random-state*.
945 Reported by Stephen Compall.
947 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Filtering and Partitioning): Move filter
949 * scheme-compound.texi (List Modification): ... to here, now that
950 they're implemented in the core.
952 2003-11-03 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
954 * misc-modules.texi (File Tree Walk): New chapter.
955 * guile.texi: Add it.
957 2003-10-18 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
959 * gh.texi (Calling Scheme procedures from C, scm transition summary):
960 Refer to scm_list_n, not the old name scm_listify.
961 (scm transition summary): For gh_apply, recommend scm_apply_0, which
964 * gh.texi (Defining new Scheme procedures in C): Don't use
965 @strong{Note:}, latest makeinfo will complain it looks like a cross
968 * posix.texi (Time): Correction to strftime glibc cross reference
969 node, now "Formatting Calendar Time".
971 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Searching): In break, note conflict with
972 binding established by `while'.
974 2003-10-09 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
976 * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Decribe rehashing, note
977 no hashx-remove!, describe make-hash-table size parameter.
979 2003-10-06 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
981 * scheme-memory.texi: Added a short explanation of the GC and the
982 conservative stack scanning.
983 (scm_gc_protect_object, scm_gc_unprotect_object,
984 scm_permanent_object): New.
986 * data-rep.texi, scheme-memory.texi (scm_remember_upto_here_1,
987 scm_remember_upto_here_2): Moved from data-rep.texi to
990 2003-10-02 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
992 * scheme-io.texi (String Ports): In call-with-output-string, note proc
993 should not close the port. In get-output-string, note string must be
994 gotten before closing the port.
996 2003-09-21 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
998 * posix.texi (File System): In access?, reword a bit, clarify real
999 versus effective ID handling, cross reference glibc on that, and
1000 recommend against access tests in library functions.
1002 2003-09-13 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1004 * posix.texi (File System): In stat:dev and stat:mode, clarify that
1007 * posix.texi (Network Address Conversion): Under IPv4, describe
1008 numeric representation in Guile, add INADDR_LOOPBACK and
1009 INADDR_BROADCAST, add commented-out INADDR_NONE.
1011 * scheme-compound.texi (Append/Reverse): Merge reverse and reverse!,
1012 describe newtail parameter for reverse!, remove confusing caveat about
1013 head becoming tail for reverse!.
1015 * scheme-io.texi (Reading): In port-column, port-line,
1016 set-port-column! and set-port-line!, port parameter must be given,
1017 there's no default to current input.
1019 * scheme-io.texi (Reading): Add scm_c_read.
1020 (Writing): Add scm_c_write.
1022 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Constructors): Add list-copy.
1024 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-19): Rewrite, adding descriptions of all
1025 functions, and a bit of an introduction.
1027 2003-09-03 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1029 * scheme-data.texi (Keyword Primitives): Add examples to
1030 make-keyword-from-dash-symbol and keyword-dash-symbol. Add
1033 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Primitives): In gensym, cross reference
1034 uninterned symbols, use @w{} on " g" prefix to avoid any chance of a
1035 line break obscuring it.
1037 2003-08-30 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1039 * data-rep.texi (Remembering During Operations): Note
1040 scm_remember_upto_here_1 applies only to C automatic variables.
1042 * guile.texi: Move @contents to usual place after title page, and
1043 after first menu since that looks nice in html.
1045 * posix.texi (Ports and File Descriptors): In pipe PIPE_BUF, use
1046 @defvar, reword a bit for clarity, cross reference glibc.
1048 * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): In socket, use
1049 @defvar for protocol variables, cross reference for getprotobyname,
1050 note it's usually connect and accept that establishes communication.
1052 * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): In socketpair,
1053 clarify the return is a pair with ports in car and cdr, note
1054 connection is full duplex, refer to socket for parameters, refer to
1055 PF_UNIX rather than AF_UNIX.
1057 * scheme-compound.texi (Append/Reverse): Merge append and append!,
1058 shown parameters as lst1 ... lstN, describe list argument for
1059 scm_append and scm_append_x and note that it's unmodified.
1061 * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Add hashx- case
1062 insensitive string example, add cross references to symbol-hash,
1063 string-hash, string-hash-ci, and char-set-hash.
1065 * scheme-control.texi (Multiple Values): In values, show args as "arg1
1066 ... argN". In scm_values, note args is a list and returned object
1067 shares structure with it.
1069 * scheme-control.texi (Catch): Add scm_internal_catch.
1070 (Lazy Catch): Add scm_internal_lazy_catch.
1072 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Use a table for scheme to C libm
1073 equivalences, add C99 trunc.
1075 * scheme-procedures.texi (Lambda): Note ". rest" list argument is
1076 always newly created.
1078 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Association Lists): In alist-delete and
1079 alist-delete!, note argument order for the equality calls per SRFI-1
1082 2003-08-26 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1084 * scheme-data.texi (Scientific): Add two-argument atan.
1086 * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Need @@ for texinfo in example.
1088 2003-08-17 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1090 * scheme-compound.texi (Hash Table Reference): Collect up groups of
1091 functions to avoid duplication. Revise notes on hashx functions and
1092 on vector implementation. In make-hash-table, size is now optional.
1093 Add hash-map and hash-for-each.
1095 2003-08-14 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1097 * scheme-control.texi (while do): Update `while' for code rewrite, in
1098 particular describe break and continue.
1100 2003-08-09 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1102 * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): Add index entries for deprecated
1103 scm_must_malloc and friends.
1105 2003-07-29 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1107 * scheme-compound.texi (List Constructors): Remove scm_cons_star,
1108 since it's not very helpful.
1110 * scheme-utility.texi (Property Primitives): In primitive-property-ref,
1111 note parameters to not-found-proc, use hyphens rather than underscores
1112 for that parameter name.
1113 In primitive-property-set!, VAL is the value parameter not CODE.
1115 2003-07-24 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1117 * scheme-control.texi (Dynamic Wind): Untabify.
1118 (Multiple Values): Use @result.
1119 Reported by Stephen Compall <s11@member.fsf.org>.
1121 * scheme-control.texi (Continuations): Rewrite with more detail.
1123 * scheme-scheduling.texi (System asyncs): Add index entries for C
1126 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Parallel Forms): New section.
1128 2003-07-18 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1130 * scheme-compound.texi (List Constructors): In list, use "elem1
1131 ... elemN". Add scm_list_1, scm_list_2, scm_list_3, scm_list_4,
1132 scm_list_5, scm_list_n. Remove scm_list, since it's a no-op.
1133 * guile.texi (nicode): New macro.
1135 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): In apply, reword for
1136 clarity, drop the "append" example. Add scm_apply, scm_apply_0,
1137 scm_apply_1, scm_apply_2, scm_apply_3.
1138 Add scm_call_0, scm_call_1, scm_call_2, scm_call_3.
1139 In apply:nconc2last, move down after "apply", reword for clarity, note
1140 correspondence to apply params.
1142 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Add cond-expand index entry.
1143 (SRFI-9): Add define-record-type index entry.
1145 2003-07-12 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1147 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Constructors): In iota, reword a bit for
1148 clarity and add a couple of examples.
1150 2003-07-10 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1152 * deprecated.texi (Deprecated): Add scm_remember.
1154 2003-06-22 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1156 * data-rep.texi (Remembering During Operations): Refer to all "Guile
1157 library functions" as provoking gc.
1159 2003-06-19 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1161 * scheme-io.texi (File Ports): Describe call-with-input-file and
1162 call-with-output-file together. Describe with-input-from-file,
1163 with-output-to-file and with-error-to-file together, and add that they
1164 use dynamic-wind on the current port setting and keep the port open in
1165 support of captured continuations.
1166 (Closing): Describe close-input-port and close-output-port together,
1167 tweak the wording slightly.
1169 2003-06-14 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1171 * data-rep.texi (Vector Data): For SCM_VECTOR_BASE, SCM_STRING_CHARS
1172 and SCM_SYMBOL_CHARS, cross reference "Remembering During Operations".
1174 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): round is to nearest even.
1176 2003-06-12 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1178 * data-rep.texi (Remembering During Operations): New section.
1180 * scheme-data.texi (Primitive Numerics): Add atan2, pow, asinh, acosh
1181 and atanh to scheme<->C table. Note asinh, acosh and atanh are C99,
1182 and scm_asinh, scm_acosh and scm_atanh are equivalents. Cross ref
1183 glibc "Mathematics". Reword this end part for clarity.
1185 * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): Use {} around types for
1186 @deftypefn, for correct name in indexes.
1187 * scheme-utility.texi (C Hooks): Ditto.
1188 * gh.texi (Scheme to C): Ditto.
1190 * gh.texi (Scheme to C): In gh_scm2newstr, lenp is size_t* not int*.
1191 This changed in guile 1.6, the docs weren't updated.
1193 2003-06-09 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
1195 From Mike Gran <spikegran@earthlink.net>. Thanks!
1197 * preface.texi: Minor punctuation mistakes. Hyphens should link
1198 compound adjectives. Commas should be placed after a "therefore"
1199 that begins a sentence. Commas should not be used to separate a
1200 list of only 2 dependent clauses.
1202 2003-06-07 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1204 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Cross reference glibc floor and ceil.
1206 2003-06-05 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1208 * posix.texi (File System): stat:rdev and stat:blocks can return #f,
1209 stat:blksize returns a sensible size if the field is not available.
1211 * scheme-compound.texi (Array Mapping): Reword for clarity, and in
1212 particular have the same parameter names in the text and prototypes.
1214 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Delayed Evaluation): Add delay, reword
1215 promise? and force a bit, describe recursive forcing of a promise by
1218 * scheme-io.texi (Ports): Add notes on garbage collection, and on
1219 explicitly closing file ports.
1220 (File Ports): Cross reference Ports node on explicit closing.
1222 * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Cross reference
1223 Ports node on explicit closing.
1225 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Futures): New section.
1227 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13 Miscellaneous): In string-replace, note
1228 that start1 and end1 optional is a Guile extension.
1230 2003-05-30 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1232 * deprecated.texi: Add substring-move-left! and substring-move-right!.
1234 * scheme-io.texi (Default Ports): Remove duplicate descriptions of
1235 set-current-output-port and set-current-error-port.
1237 2003-05-27 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
1239 * scheme-compound.texi: Clarified that vectors need to be quoted.
1241 2003-05-26 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1243 * posix.texi (Locales): Clarify setlocale a bit, list all categories,
1244 cross reference to libc.
1246 2003-05-24 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1248 * scheme-procedures.texi: Add index entries lambda, optargs, syncase.
1250 * scsh.texi (The Scheme shell (scsh)): Add index entries.
1252 2003-05-22 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1254 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-2): Rewrite and-let*, describing plain
1255 expression clauses and improving the examples.
1257 2003-05-17 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
1259 * posix.texi (socket): Use PF_ instead of AF_ prefix.
1261 2003-05-16 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1263 * guile.texi: Use @copying, show copyright and permissions at start of
1266 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Deleting): Rewrite delete and
1267 delete-duplicates, adding behaviour details specified by srfi-1.
1269 2003-05-12 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1271 * preface.texi (Guile License): Refer to COPYING.LIB.
1273 * repl-modules.texi (Loading Readline Support, Readline Options):
1274 Index entries for readline functions.
1276 * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Fix regexp error key, should
1277 be `regular-expression-syntax'.
1279 * scheme-data.texi (Complex): Show z argument in prototypes.
1281 2003-05-10 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1283 * scheme-data.texi (Reals and Rationals): Fix typo @result{#f}, and
1284 put @result outside @code.
1286 * scheme-data.texi (Bitwise Operations): Note negatives are treated as
1287 infinite precision twos complement. Revise `ash' to emphasise this
1288 for right shifts of negatives. Describe integer-length behaviour on
1289 negatives. Add `...' to logand, logior, logxor since they take
1290 multiple parameters.
1291 * guile.texi (m): New macro.
1293 * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Revise C support section to
1294 get index entries, and clarify parameters. Remove scm_regex_error, no
1295 longer exists and wasn't available to applications.
1297 * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Index entries for error keys.
1299 2003-05-08 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1301 * scheme-data.texi (Bitwise Operations): Fix lognot to ones-complement.
1303 * slib.texi (JACAL): Fix @ref title.
1304 Add index entries, use @file and @code variously.
1306 2003-05-06 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1308 * scheme-scheduling.texi (C level thread interface): Use @deftypefn
1309 not @deftypefun, to get function names (not types) indexed.
1311 * scheme-options.texi (Build Config): Add index entries for
1312 %guile-build-info keys.
1314 2003-05-04 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
1316 * scheme-data.texi (Integer Operations): Describe how quotient,
1317 remainder and modulo round their results.
1319 * scheme-io.texi (Reading): In read-char and peek-char, fix typos "?"
1320 in @rnindex. In port-column, use @: after i.e.
1321 (Writing): In get-print-state, two spaces after full stop. Add write,
1324 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Length Append etc): Add count.
1325 (SRFI-1 Fold and Map): In reduce, fix typo "... variant of fold", add
1326 "f" to fold call shown. In reduce-right, use @code on "reduce".
1328 * data-rep.texi, gh.texi: Add spaces after some @defun names.
1329 * posix.texi (Processes): Fix typo "hhhh".
1331 2003-05-01 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1333 * posix.texi: Add index entries for many variables and functions,
1334 either using @defvar/@deffn or @vindex/@pindex. (Patch supplied
1337 2003-04-30 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
1339 * posix.texi (scm_c_port_for_each): Added.
1341 2003-04-26 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1343 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Primitives): Document scm_str2symbol
1346 * data-rep.texi (Describing a New Type): Clarify that
1347 scm_make_smob_type_mfpe is deprecated. (Thanks to
1350 * scheme-control.texi (Handling Errors): Remove scm_sysmissing,
1351 long since gone from libguile. (Thanks to Kevin Ryde.)
1353 2003-04-23 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
1355 * posix.texi (Processes): add documentation for system*.
1357 2003-04-05 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>
1359 * preface.texi: Reflect change to LGPL.
1361 2003-03-27 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
1363 * scheme-io.texi (Reading): clarify character ordering in port for
1366 2003-03-07 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
1368 * guile.texi: change MANUAL_EDITION to MANUAL-EDITION so we don't
1369 choke TeX (thanks to Dale P. Smith).
1371 * preface.texi: change MANUAL_EDITION to MANUAL-EDITION so we
1372 don't choke TeX (thanks to Dale P. Smith).
1374 2003-01-02 Mikael Djurfeldt <djurfeldt@nada.kth.se>
1376 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Low level thread primitives): Fixed typo
1377 in broadcast-condition-variable.
1379 2002-12-08 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
1381 * scheme-options.texi (Build Config): add effective-version docs.
1383 2002-11-17 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1385 Applied patches from Stephen Compall as follows. (Thanks!)
1387 2002-11-06 Stephen Compall <rushing@sigecom.net>
1389 * posix.texi: Changed quotes to match Texinfo expectations.
1391 Added references to the glibc manual.
1393 Used proper Texinfo text marking for many keywords, such as @code,
1396 Fixed argument metasyntactic variable references in
1397 file-manipulation section so the usage in the descriptions matches
1398 the usage in the declarations.
1400 2002-10-26 Stephen Compall <rushing@sigecom.net>
1402 * scheme-data.texi: Addition and change of many Texinfo tags,
1403 particularly usage of @var and @samp, as well as reformatting of
1404 some lists into tables and usage of @result.
1406 Notes about some things I didn't understand, as well as a
1407 missing section on non-control characters.
1409 2002-10-27 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
1411 * scheme-modules.texi (Environments): only available when
1412 (ice-9 r5rs) is used.
1413 * scsh.texi (The Scheme shell (scsh)): current url is www.scsh.net.
1415 2002-10-27 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1417 * scheme-scheduling.texi: Updated mutex and condition varable
1420 2002-10-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1422 * debugging.texi (Debugging Features): Rewritten.
1424 2002-10-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1426 * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-binding.texi, scheme-io.texi,
1427 scheme-scheduling.texi, posix.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
1429 2002-10-14 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1431 * intro.texi (Whirlwind Tour): Added pointer to examples
1434 2002-10-10 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1436 * scheme-scheduling.texi (System Asyncs): Updated.
1438 2002-10-07 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1440 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Asyncs): Updated.
1441 * posix.texi (sigaction): Updated.
1443 2002-10-03 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1445 * posix.texi (Processes), scheme-options.texi (Common Feature
1446 Symbols): Refer to provided? rather than deprecated feature?.
1448 2002-10-03 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1450 * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Updated.
1451 (Writing your own snarfing macros): New.
1453 2002-09-25 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1455 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Make sections into nodes.
1456 (Debugging Options): Node removed.
1458 * scheme-options.texi (Feature Tracking): Brought forward before
1459 sections on options.
1460 (Runtime Options): New section, to group options-related nodes.
1462 2002-09-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1464 * scheme-options.texi (Options and Config): Chapter name changed,
1465 and intro text improved.
1466 (Install Config): Brought forward, and renamed Build
1469 The following doc updates are from Ian Sheldon - thanks!
1471 * scheme-data.texi (Appending Strings, Regexp Functions, Match
1472 Structures): Add examples.
1473 (Regular Expressions): Add instruction to use (ice-9 regex)
1476 * slib.texi (SLIB): Remove duplicate `the'.
1478 2002-09-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1480 * scheme-options.texi (General option interface): Mention
1481 eval-options-interface and debug-options-interface.
1483 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): New node describing source
1486 2002-09-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1488 * scheme-utility.texi (Hook Reference): Improvements to hook docs.
1489 Thanks to Thien-Thi Nguyen for the patches.
1491 2002-09-16 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1493 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Props): It's "set-symbol-property!",
1494 not "set-symbol-property". Thanks to Pieter Pareit!
1496 2002-09-15 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1498 * scheme-data.texi: Tell them to use 'provided?' instead of
1501 2002-09-09 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1503 * scheme-ideas.texi (Creating a Procedure): Fixed typo. Thanks to
1506 * intro.texi: Updated GNu ftp server name. Use "-lguile" instead
1507 of "libguile.a". Some small fixes/improvements.
1509 * scheme-reading.texi: Added www.schemers.org. Removed foldoc,
1510 it's too generic. Updated 'teach yourself ...' URL.
1512 2002-08-27 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1514 * scheme-modules.texi: Markup fixes and removal of gh_ references.
1515 Thanks to Dale Smith!
1517 2002-08-14 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1519 * scheme-evaluation.texi (eval-string): Updated.
1521 * scheme-scheduling.texi (Fluids): Touched up a bit, added
1524 2002-08-13 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1526 * scheme-modules.texi (More Modules Procedures): Removed.
1527 (Accessing Modules from C): New.
1529 2002-08-10 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
1531 * scheme-procedures.texi: new section Primitive Procedures,
1532 documentation for scm_c_make_gsubr and scm_c_define_gsubr.
1533 * scheme-modules.texi (Compiled Code Modules): replace
1534 gh_new_procedure with scm_c_define_gsubr.
1536 2002-08-08 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1538 * gh.texi (Data types and constants defined by gh): Avoid
1539 generating index entry for SCM.
1541 * posix.texi (Runtime Environment): Remove duplicate doc for
1544 * data-rep.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi: Merge
1545 recent updates from stable branch.
1547 * posix.texi (File System, Time, Pipes, Network Databases,
1548 Internet Socket Examples): Add examples provided by Ian Sheldon.
1550 2002-08-08 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
1552 * scheme-binding.texi: Don't talk about 'bound?' which is gone.
1553 Thanks to Christopher Cramer.
1555 2002-08-06 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>
1557 * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): add scm_calloc, scm_gc_calloc.
1560 2002-08-05 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
1562 * intro.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Added (use-modules (ice-9
1563 rdelim)) to an example that uses read-line. Thanks to Ralf
1566 * scheme-memory.texi: Added an introductory blurb about GC that I
1569 2002-08-02 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
1571 * scheme-modules.texi: split "Scheme and modules" into
1572 "provide and require" and "Environments". Mention R5RS
1575 2002-07-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1577 * scheme-options.texi (Debugger options): New subsection
1578 describing stack overflow and what to do about it.
1580 2002-07-10 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
1582 * scheme-modules.texi (Compiled Code Modules): Removed description
1583 of scm_register_module_xxx, which no longer exists. A description
1584 of current techniques is needed.
1586 2002-05-09 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1588 * scheme-data.texi (Numbers): Added description of the new values
1589 +inf.0, -inf.0 and +nan.0.
1591 * posix.texi (Runtime Environment): Added entries for 'setenv' and
1594 2002-04-28 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1596 * gh.texi, data-rep.texi: Moved `@deftyp {Data type} SCM' line
1597 from gh.texi to data-rep.texi. Both files already had similar
1598 descriptions for SCM. Given that gh.texi is deprecated, looking
1599 up `SCM' in the index should take one to the primary location
1600 rather than deprecated section. Hence this change. Added
1601 `@deftp' for scm_t_bits data type so that a proper index entry is
1602 added for this. Thanks to Richard Y. Kim!
1604 * data-rep.texi (Subrs): Changed scm_make_gsubr to
1605 scm_c_define_gsubr. Thanks to Richard Y. Kim!
1607 2002-04-24 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1609 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13 Miscellaneous): Updated docs of
1612 2002-04-20 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1614 * scheme-intro.texi (Scheme Layout), scm.texi (Reference Layout):
1615 Node moved from a to b.
1617 * guile.texi (Scheme Intro, Basic Ideas, Guile Scripting, Command
1618 Line Handling, Debugging Features, Autoconf Support, Miscellaneous
1619 Tools, Further Reading): Moved to new Part II.
1621 * preface.texi (Manual Layout): Part numbers updated accordingly.
1623 * guile.texi (Top): Move API Overview node to beginning of Guile
1625 (Part II: Writing and Running Guile Scheme): New part; will
1626 contain content from `Programming with Guile' that pertains to
1627 writing and using Guile on the Scheme level.
1629 * scm.texi (API Overview): Renamed from `Guile API'.
1631 * guile.texi (Top), scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules):
1632 Debugger User Interface node renamed Debugging Features.
1634 * debugging.texi (Stacks and Frames): Node deleted; non-duplicated
1635 material moved to scheme-debug.texi.
1636 (Debugging Features): Renamed from `Debugger User Interface'.
1638 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Rename chapter `Debugging
1639 Infrastructure' and reorganize its contents.
1641 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-control.texi (Handling
1642 Errors): Move display-error to error-focussed section.
1644 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), debugging.texi (Backtrace): Move
1645 backtrace to user-level debugging chapter.
1647 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-procedures.texi (Procedure
1648 Properties): Move procedure-name, procedure-source and
1649 procedure-environment to procedures chapter.
1651 * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging), scheme-memory.texi (Memory
1652 Blocks): Move malloc-stats to memory management chapter.
1654 * scheme-procedures.texi (Syntax Rules): Remove mention of
1655 use-modules for loading syncase; only use-syntax really works.
1656 Thanks to Panagiotis Vossos for spotting this.
1658 * program.texi (Scheme vs C): New node, with existing material
1659 taken from chapter intro.
1660 (Programming Overview): New intro para to introduce example of
1662 (Extending Dia): New node.
1664 2002-04-17 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1666 * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): Added guile.cps, guile.fns, guile.rns,
1667 guile.tps, guile.vrs, guile.tmp.
1669 2002-04-01 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1671 * scheme-intro.texi (Scheme Layout): Remove reference to defunct
1672 Guile Extensions index.
1674 * guile.texi: Removed Guile Extensions index.
1676 * scheme-indices.texi (Guile Extensions Index): Removed.
1678 * guile.texi: Remove vgone, vdeprecated, vchanged and vnote
1679 macros; they're not actually useful after all. Update copyright
1682 * scheme-compound.texi (Vectors): Make subsections into nodes.
1683 (Vectors): Review, slightly reorg and clarify docs in this
1686 * scheme-data.texi (Symbols): Reorganized node substructure and
1687 added lots of explanatory text around the @deffn's.
1689 2002-03-29 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1691 * scheme-modules.texi (Variables): Mention obarrays.
1693 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables, Symbol Props): Remove vgone
1694 markers for deprecated symbol items.
1695 (Symbol Props): Remove doc for obsolete 2 arg version of
1697 (String Miscellanea): Removed, since it only contained duplicate
1698 doc for string-ci->symbol.
1699 (Symbol Tables): Move doc for gensym to Symbol Primitives; rest of
1702 * posix.texi (Ports and File Descriptors), scheme-evaluation.texi
1703 (Fly Evaluation): Remove vgone markers for close-all-ports-except,
1704 eval2 and read-and-eval!.
1706 * data-rep.texi (Describing a New Type), scheme-compound.texi
1707 (Append/Reverse), scheme-procedures.texi (Internal Macros):
1708 Trivial updates to sync with stable branch.
1710 2002-03-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1712 * scheme-compound.texi (List Searching): Remove docs for
1713 `scm_sloppy_mem*', which no longer exist.
1715 2002-03-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1717 * guile.texi (Top), intro.texi (What is Guile?, The Basic Guile
1718 Package): Use @ifnottex instead of @ifinfo, so that HTML
1719 generation works correctly.
1721 2002-03-24 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1723 * tools.texi: Updated to reflect changes to the guile-snarf tool.
1725 2002-03-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1727 * scheme-utility.texi (Hooks): Further updates. New material on
1730 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Note disappearance of
1731 eval2 and read-and-eval!.
1733 * deprecated.texi (Deprecated): Remove docs about previously
1734 deprecated items that have now been removed.
1736 2002-03-15 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1738 * tools.texi (guile-1.4 guile-snarf): Remove this node.
1739 (How guile-snarf works): Update usage and description to
1740 no longer mention "--compat=1.4" and instead "-d" and "-D".
1741 (Macros guile-snarf recognizes): Add list of deprecated macros
1742 and blurb. Add cindex for deprecated macros.
1744 2002-03-15 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1746 * scheme-utility.texi (Hooks): Reviewed and updated.
1748 * scheme-options.texi (Feature Tracking): New section.
1750 * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic, Primitive Numerics): Add
1751 description of corresponding C functions.
1753 * scheme-utility.texi (Object Properties): Revamp documentation on
1756 * scheme-memory.texi (Weak References): Update reference to Object
1759 * guile.texi: Add macros for describing version information.
1761 * scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-io.texi,
1762 scheme-procedures.texi: Automatic updates from snarfed libguile
1765 2002-03-13 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1767 * Makefile.am (guile_toc.html): Look for guile.texi in $(srcdir).
1769 * tools.texi (How guile-snarf works): Mention "--compat=1.4", and
1770 new processing steps. Update usage example, makefile frag.
1772 (guile-1.4 guile-snarf): New subsubsection under
1773 "Init Snarfing with guile-snarf".
1775 2002-03-12 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1777 * scheme-compound.texi, scheme-data.texi, new-docstrings.texi:
1778 Automatic updates from snarfed libguile docstrings.
1780 * data-rep.texi, guile.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
1781 scheme-options.texi, scheme-translation.texi: Various minor
1782 enhancements ported from the stable CVS branch.
1784 2002-03-08 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1786 * tools.texi (Miscellaneous Tools): New node/chapter.
1787 (Snarfing, Init Snarfing with guile-snarf, How guile-snarf works,
1788 Macros guile-snarf recognizes, Doc Snarfing): New nodes/(sub)sections.
1789 (Executable Modules): Now a section under "Miscellaneous Tools".
1791 * guile.texi (Miscellaneous Tools): Add under "Part II".
1792 Implement by including tools.texi.
1794 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add tools.texi.
1796 2002-03-07 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1798 * tools.texi: New file.
1800 2002-03-03 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1802 * autoconf.texi (Autoconf Background): Insert missing `of'.
1804 2002-03-01 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
1806 * api.txt, data-rep.texi: Renamed the struct scm_cell to
1809 * data-rep.texi: Renamed scm_alloc_cell to scm_cell and
1810 scm_alloc_double_cell to scm_double_cell.
1812 2002-03-01 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1814 * scheme-memory.texi (Upgrading from scm_must_malloc et al): New
1817 2002-02-28 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1819 * data-rep.texi: Use scm_gc_malloc and scm_gc_free instead of
1820 scm_must_malloc and free in example code. Updated text for the
1821 new memory management functions.
1823 * scheme-debug.texi (malloc-stats): Refer to scm_gc_malloc instead
1824 of to scm_must_malloc.
1826 2002-02-27 Stefan Jahn <stefan@lkcc.org>
1828 * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Documented some more
1829 gh equivalents and removed appropriate FIXME's.
1831 2002-02-26 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1833 * Makefile.am: Update path to pre-inst-guile automake frag.
1835 2002-02-24 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
1837 * .cvsignore: add autoconf-macros.texi.
1839 * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): add autoconf-macros.texi.
1841 2002-02-19 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1843 * scheme-memory.texi (Memory Blocks): New section.
1845 2002-02-05 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1847 * Makefile.am: Include $(top_srcdir)/pre-inst-guile.am.
1849 (GUILE): Delete var.
1850 (autoconf-macros.texi): Use $(preinstguiletool).
1852 2002-02-04 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1854 * autoconf.texi (Autofrisk, Using Autofrisk): New sections.
1855 (Autoconf Support): Add new sections to menu.
1857 2002-02-04 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
1859 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Uninterned): Added node.
1861 2002-01-29 Stefan Jahn <stefan@lkcc.org>
1863 * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Documented gh equivalents
1864 `scm_c_string2str', `scm_c_substring2str' and `scm_c_symbol2str'
1865 and removed the appropriate FIXME's.
1867 2002-01-14 Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
1869 * Makefile.am (autoconf-macros.texi): Also set GUILE_LOAD_PATH
1870 when invoking the uninstalled guile executable.
1872 2002-01-09 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1874 * Makefile.am (autoconf-macros.texi): Fix build bug:
1875 Write this file to srcdir. Thanks to I. N. Golubev.
1877 2002-01-08 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
1879 * Makefile.am: attempt to use guile from $(top_builddir)/libguile
1880 when building autoconf-macros.texi. There are still problems with
1881 modules and running makeinfo when builddir != srcdir.
1883 2002-01-08 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1885 * data-rep.texi, gh.texi, guile.texi, intro.texi,
1886 misc-modules.texi, new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, program.texi,
1887 repl-modules.texi, scheme-binding.texi, scheme-compound.texi,
1888 scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
1889 scheme-ideas.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
1890 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
1891 scheme-translation.texi, scheme-utility.texi, scm.texi, slib.texi,
1892 srfi-modules.texi: Spell check. Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.
1894 2002-01-07 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1896 * intro.texi (Linking Programs With Guile): Fix typo (superfluous
1897 `do'). Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.
1899 2002-01-05 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1901 * intro.texi: Spell check. Thanks to Fabrice Bauzac.
1903 2002-01-02 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
1905 * guile.texi (Part II): Add "Autoconf Support"; include
1908 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add autoconf.texi and
1909 autoconf-macros.texi.
1910 (autoconf.texi, autoconf-macros.texi): New rules.
1912 * autoconf.texi: New file.
1914 2001-12-22 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
1916 * scheme-compound.texi (Alist Example): Changed "Bismarck" to
1917 "Pierre". Thanks to Ron Peterson!
1919 2001-12-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1921 * program.texi (Programming Overview): Chapter renamed from
1922 `Programming Options'; some new material added.
1924 2001-12-07 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1926 * scm.texi (Guile API): Renamed from `Scheme Primitives' and
1927 broadened so that this chapter discusses the Guile API as a whole.
1929 * program.texi (Available Functionality): Revise so that text
1932 * guile.texi (Programming Intro): New introductory text.
1934 * scheme-ideas.texi (Definition): Reorder reference bullets in
1935 ascending page number order.
1937 2001-12-04 Martin Grabmueller <mg@glug.org>
1939 * scheme-procedures.texi (Optional Arguments): Typo fix: wither ->
1942 2001-12-01 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1944 * scheme-data.texi (Hooks): Moved into scheme-utility.texi.
1946 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added scheme-compound.texi.
1948 * scheme-data.texi (Variables): Node moved to modules chapter.
1949 (Symbol Read Syntax): New node, with syntax-related material taken
1950 from old Symbols node.
1951 (Symbol Primitives): Renamed from `Symbols'.
1952 (Symbols and Variables): Renamed to `Symbols'.
1953 (Symbol Props): Renamed from `Symbol Tables'.
1954 (Symbols): General review, improvements and additional material
1955 throughout this section.
1956 (Other Data Types): New material: links to object types documented
1957 elsewhere. Also renamed node to `Other Types'.
1958 (Data Types): Split into two: `Simple Data Types' and `Compound
1959 Data Types'. Introductory blurbs rewritten accordingly.
1961 * guile.texi: Updated Notes comment.
1963 * scheme-data.texi (Rx Interface): Node moved to Guile Modules
1964 part, as the Rx interface is not core Guile.
1966 2001-11-30 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1968 * scheme-data.texi (String Miscellanea): Removed, moving doc for
1969 string-ci->symbol into the node on Symbols.
1971 * Makefile.am (ETAGS_ARGS): Added.
1973 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables): Removed doc for gentemp,
1974 intern-symbol, string->obarray-symbol, symbol-binding,
1975 symbol-bound?, symbol-set!, unintern-symbol, symbol-interned?; all
1976 of which no longer exist.
1978 2001-11-25 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
1980 * posix.texi: Fix spelling. Thanks to Chris Cramer.
1981 Reword `getpass' intro blurb.
1983 2001-11-23 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1985 * program.texi (Program Control): Remove spurious placeholder
1988 2001-11-20 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
1990 * scheme-options.texi (Install Config):
1991 Tweak `%load-path' verb to not imply it's a proc.
1992 Add documentation for `%guile-build-info'.
1994 2001-11-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
1996 * scheme-data.texi (Symbol Tables), new-docstrings.texi: Removed
1997 doc for builtin-bindings (no longer exists).
1998 (Variables): Expanded existing description of variables. Removed
1999 doc for builtin-variable (no longer exists).
2001 * scheme-binding.texi (Top Level): New docs for define, scm_define
2002 and scm_c_define. Also clarified point about interchangeability
2005 2001-11-18 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
2007 * scheme-data.texi (Vectors): Autoupdate docs for
2008 vector-move-left! and vector-move-right!.
2010 2001-11-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
2012 * debugging.texi, deprecated.texi, intro.texi, misc-modules.texi,
2013 new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, scheme-binding.texi,
2014 scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
2015 scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
2016 scheme-modules.texi, scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
2017 scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi,
2018 scheme-utility.texi, script-getopt.texi, srfi-modules.texi: Change
2019 category for "primitive" and "procedure" @deffn's to {Scheme
2020 Procedure}; add @deffnx lines for {C Function}s; automatic updates
2021 from libguile docstring changes.
2023 * scheme-memory.texi (Garbage Collection): Removed doc for removed
2026 2001-11-14 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
2028 * scheme-procedures.texi: Spell "library" correctly.
2030 2001-11-13 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
2032 * new-docstrings.texi, scheme-data.texi: Merge recent doc
2033 improvements from stable branch.
2035 * scheme-options.texi: Automatic updates from docstring changes in
2036 libguile's C source code.
2038 2001-11-12 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
2040 * scheme-data.texi (Vtables, Structure Basics): Automatic doc
2041 updates for struct? and struct-vtable?.
2042 (String Searching): Add missing "for". Thanks to Scott Lenser.
2044 2001-11-08 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
2046 * guile.texi (Top): Added new chapter `Programming Options'.
2048 * program.texi: New file.
2050 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added program.texi.
2052 2001-11-07 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
2054 * scheme-memory.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
2055 scheme-data.texi, scheme-binding.texi, posix.texi,
2056 new-docstrings.texi: Automatic updates from improved libguile
2059 2001-11-04 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
2061 * preface.texi: Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.
2062 (Manual Layout): Updated to reflect reorg.
2064 * guile.texi (MANUAL_EDITION): New variable, with value
2065 incremented from 1.0 to 1.1 to reflect the reorg described here.
2066 (Top): Use MANUAL_EDITION variable.
2068 * scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index, Guile Extensions Index): Use
2069 @unnumbered rather than @chapter for these indices.
2071 * guile.texi (Top): A little top-level reshuffling, with the aims
2072 that: (1) the `Guile Scheme' (reference) part of the manual
2073 becomes the `Guile API Reference', and covers both Scheme and C
2074 interfaces; (2) non-API-reference material such as the `Basic
2075 Ideas in Scheme' chapter is collected together to form a new part
2076 `Programming with Guile'. This new part will contain general
2077 documentation on using and programming Guile in both Scheme and C,
2078 including - for example - awareness of GC when C programming, how
2079 to use the snarf macros, how to debug ...
2080 (Top): Move inclusion of scheme-indices.texi so that all indices
2081 appear together in the printed manual.
2083 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Removed appendices.texi, added
2086 * appendices.texi: Removed.
2088 * debugging.texi (Debugger User Interface): New file, same as the
2089 material that used to be in appendices.texi, but now a chapter in
2090 Part II rather than an appendix.
2092 * appendices.texi (Obtaining and Installing Guile): Moved to
2093 become a chapter in ...
2094 * intro.texi: ... Part I: Introduction to Guile.
2096 * scm.texi (I/O Extensions): Moved to become a section of ...
2097 * scheme-io.texi (Input and Output): ... this chapter.
2099 * scm.texi (Handling Errors): Moved to become a section of ...
2100 * scheme-control.texi (Control Mechanisms): ... this chapter.
2102 2001-11-06 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
2104 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-19, SRFI-19 Constants, SRFI-19 Current
2105 time and clock resolution, SRFI-19 Time object and accessors,
2106 SRFI-19 Time comparison procedures, SRFI-19 Time arithmetic
2107 procedures, SRFI-19 Date object and accessors, SRFI-19
2108 Time/Date/Julian Day/Modified Julian Day converters, SRFI-19 Date
2109 to string/string to date converters): New nodes.
2110 (SRFI Support): Add "SRFI-19" to menu.
2112 2001-11-06 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
2114 * scripts.texi: Document `--debug' and `--no-debug'.
2116 2001-10-27 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
2118 * guile.texi, scsh.texi: removed obsolete guile-scsh material
2119 and updated links (I don't know if it should remain in the
2120 main menu. It's like slib I think.)
2122 * minor updates to the slib installation notes.
2124 2001-10-05 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
2126 * scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Removed documentation
2127 for `read-and-eval!' and `eval2'. (Thanks to Alex Schroeder for
2128 noticing that they'd disappeared!)
2130 2001-10-05 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
2132 * scheme-io.texi (Writing): Add entry for `display'.
2133 Include in R5RS Index. Thanks to Alex Schroeder for suggestion.
2135 2001-09-26 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
2137 * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13): Tyop fix.
2138 (SRFI-13): Changed paragraph about bindings both in the code and
2141 * misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Tyop fix.
2142 (Formatted Output): Document ~g properly.
2144 Thanks to Alex Schroeder for pointing out the typos and sending
2147 2001-09-25 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
2149 * scheme-procedures.texi (Syntax Rules): Add `cindex' directive.
2150 Thanks to suggestion by Alex Schroeder.
2152 2001-08-30 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
2154 * guile.texi (Top): Group all index nodes together so that
2155 `Info-index' works more effectively in Info. Thanks to Eric
2156 Hanchrow for the report and fix.
2158 * scheme-data.texi (Random, String Syntax, String Modification,
2159 Regular Expressions), scheme-ideas.texi (Definition),
2160 scheme-modules.texi (Dynamic Linking and Compiled Code Modules),
2161 scm.texi (Transforming Scheme name to C name, Port
2162 Implementation): Various typo fixes and clarifications merged from
2163 the stable CVS branch.
2165 2001-08-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
2167 * intro.texi: Merged wording fixes from stable CVS branch.
2169 * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Remove ../AUTHORS.
2171 * guile.texi: Incorporate text previously in separate AUTHORS
2174 2001-08-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
2176 The change log for files in this directory continues backwards
2177 from 2001-08-27 in ../ChangeLog, as all the Guile documentation
2178 prior to this date was contained in a single directory.