+2002-04-10 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
+
+ * .cvsignore: add version-tutorial.texi, version.texi, and
+ stamp-vti1.
+
+2002-03-01 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
+
+ * guile-api.alist: Update.
+
+2001-08-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * mltext.texi (Guile Character Properties): Fix `hexidecimal'
+ spelling errors (merge from stable branch).
+
+ * AUTHORS: Removed. Authorship information for each manual is now
+ in the top-level Texinfo file for that manual.
+
+2001-08-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * Makefile.am: Split documentation into per-manual subdirectories.
+
+2001-08-22 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
+
+ * scheme-options.texi (Evaluator trap options): Splitted
+ section "Evaluator options".
+
+ * scheme-evaluation.texi (Evaluator Behaviour): Typo "reader
+ options" --> "evaluator options".
+
+2001-08-17 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
+
+ * Makefile.am (guile_tut_TEXINFOS): remove guile-tut.texi. It's
+ already in info_TEXINFOS.
+
+ * .cvsignore: rename stamp-vti1 to stamp-vti.1. Of course this
+ only matters once you fix the bug in automake.
+
+2001-08-02 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * scheme-debug.texi (Debugging): Improve `make-stack' doc by
+ explaining cutting args.
+
+2001-07-19 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
+
+ * posix.texi (Signals): add docs for setitimer and getitimer.
+
+2001-07-11 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
+
+ * scheme-evaluation.texi: Added `load-from-path'. Corrected `load':
+ it doesn't use the load paths.
+
+2001-07-04 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Hook Reference): Removed documentation for
+ `make-hook-with-name', which does note exist. Added note about
+ unspecified return values to all procedure documentation
+
+2001-07-02 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1 Fold and Map): Documented extended
+ versions of `map' and `for-each'.
+
+2001-06-30 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * preface.texi (Manual Conventions): Added description of
+ @result{} and @print{}.
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Hash Table Examples): New subsubsection.
+
+2001-06-30 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Hash Tables): Added docs for
+ `make-hash-table'.
+
+2001-06-29 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * misc-modules.texi: New file.
+ (Pretty Printing): New chapter.
+ (Formatted Output): New chapter.
+
+ * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added misc-modules.texi.
+
+ * guile.texi (Top): Added inclusion of misc-modules.texi.
+
+ * scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules): Added (srfi
+ srfi-4) and (ice-9 rw) modules.
+ (Module System Quirks): Removed note that `module-export!' must be
+ called via gh_eval_str, now that we have scm_c_export.
+
+ * repl-modules.texi (Loading Readline Support, Readline Options):
+ New nodes.
+
+2001-06-27 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Grammar fix -
+ thanks to Christopher Cramer!
+
+2001-06-27 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-4): Added documentation for the new
+ module (srfi srfi-4).
+
+2001-06-26 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * gh.texi (scm transition summary): Refer to scm_mem2string
+ instead of scm_makfromstr.
+
+2001-06-26 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
+
+ * oldfmt.c (scm_oldfmt): Use scm_mem2string instead of
+ scm_makfromstr.
+
+2001-06-25 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * gh.texi (GH deprecation): Remove paragraph about portability.
+
+ * extend.texi (Libguile Intro): Updated following Marius'
+ suggestions.
+
+2001-06-25 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
+
+ * Makefile.am (version.texi, version-tutorial.texi): Removed
+ kluges to build them unconditionally.
+
+2001-06-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * gh.texi (scm transition summary): New node for summary of how to
+ transition from GH to scm interface.
+ (GH): Link to new node.
+ (Calling Scheme procedures from C): Remove doc for gh_set_car and
+ gh_set_cdr, which don't actually exist.
+ (Data types and constants defined by gh): Correct
+ SCM_UNSPECIFIED/SCM_UNDEFINED confusion.
+ (Calling Scheme procedures from C): Correct SCM_EOL/SCM_UNDEFINED
+ confusion.
+
+2001-06-20 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * guile.texi (Top): Move GH chapter to end of Part V.
+
+ * extend.texi (Libguile Intro), gh.texi (GH deprecation): Explain
+ deprecation of GH and broad plan for documentation of scm
+ interface.
+
+2001-06-18 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1): Completed procedure documentation.
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (List Constructors): Added make-list.
+ Added type index entries for all data types.
+
+2001-06-15 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-1): New section documenting the SRFI-1
+ module.
+
+2001-06-14 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * scheme-modules.texi (Included Guile Modules): Added reference to
+ (srfi srfi-1) module.
+
+2001-06-16 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
+
+ * posix.texi (Conventions): Use `system-error-errno' instead of
+ explicit code
+
+2001-06-04 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
+
+ * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): added
+ write-string/partial, updated read-string!/partial.
+
+2001-05-30 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * General: A lot of typo, texinfo markup and layout corrections.
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Clarified docs for - and /.
+ (String Modification): Removed docs for C functions
+ (scm_substring_move_right_x etc.)
+ (Keyword Procedures): New section documenting the keyword
+ procedures from boot-9.scm.
+ (Vectors): Moved the section before the non-standard data types.
+
+ * data-rep.texi (Defining New Types (Smobs)): Adapted description
+ of smobs and proocedure creation to new terminology.
+ (Describing a New Type): Removed mentioning of
+ scm_make_smob_type_mfpe from smob function list and added
+ deprecation notice for this function.
+ (Creating Instances): Added description and macro docs for smobs
+ with 2 or 3 data cells.
+ (Garbage Collecting Smobs): Removed old docs for SCM_GCTYP16.
+ (Garbage Collecting Simple Smobs): Added some clarification about
+ usage and usefulness.
+ (Non-immediate Datatypes): Changed R4RS reference to R5RS.
+ (Vector Data): Document type-specific accessors.
+
+
+2001-05-23 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * guile.texi: Commented out menu entry and inclusion of Tcl/Tk
+ stuff.
+
+ * indices.texi: Users are advised to look under C and Scheme
+ names, xref to transformation rules added.
+
+ * intro.texi, scheme-modules.texi, scheme-ideas.texi,
+ scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
+ Fixed most REFFIXMEs.
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (About SRFI Usage): New node.
+ (SRFI-0): Extended.
+ Fixed all REFFIXMEs.
+
+2001-05-19 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * posix.texi (Networking): Split existing material into new nodes
+ `Network Address Conversion' and `Network Databases'.
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch): Update doc for new constraint
+ that lazy-catch handlers are not allowed to return.
+
+2001-05-16 Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
+
+ * scheme-options.texi (Install Config): fixed minor-version docs
+ and added micro-version docs.
+
+2001-05-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * data-rep.texi, srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-14 Iterating Over
+ Character Sets), scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing),
+ scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch), scheme-procedures.texi (Internal
+ Macros): Add @bullet to @itemize usages. (Thanks for Masao
+ Uebayashi for the bug report!)
+
+2001-05-15 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * scripts.texi (Invoking Guile): Added docs for --use-srfi.
+
+ * expect.texi, repl-modules.texi: Start the chapters with a new
+ page.
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): Added note about supported feature
+ identifiers and an example. Start the chapter with a new page.
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-control.texi,
+ scheme-binding.texi, repl-modules.texi, posix.texi, intro.texi,
+ scheme-utility.texi: Change `--' to `-' throughout.
+
+2001-05-14 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * srfi-13-14.texi: Removed.
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-13): Merged SRFI-13 docs into SRFI
+ chapter.
+ (SRFI-14): Merged SRFI-14 too.
+
+ * guile.texi (Top): Remove inclusion of obsolete SRFI-13/14 file.
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI-0): New section.
+ (SRFI-16): New section.
+
+ Change `--' to `-' throughout.
+
+2001-05-13 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
+
+ * intro.texi, scheme-modules.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
+ Fixup some module-related references.
+
+ * scheme-modules.texi (Modules): Remove "babbling" fixme.
+ (The Guile module system): Rewrite intro.
+ (General Information about Modules): Rewrite some parts.
+ Move problems to "Module System Quirks".
+ (Using Guile Modules): Renamed from "Loading Guile Modules".
+ Rewrite most parts.
+ Remove reivewme comment.
+ (Creating Guile Modules): Review, touch up.
+ Remove "Tkintr" comment.
+ (Module System Quirks): New node/subsection.
+
+2001-05-06 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
+
+ * intro.texi (Using Guile Modules): Review; remove reviewme
+ comment. Expand `GUILE_LOAD_PATH' blurb; add small example.
+ (Reporting Bugs): Review; remove reviewme comment.
+ Reword some phrases; add texi markup.
+ Add suggestion to include `guile-config info' output.
+ Update gdb invocation; add fixme question.
+
+2001-05-05 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * AUTHORS: Added Martin Grabmueller.
+
+ * scheme-procedures.texi (Macros, Syntax Rules, Internal Macros):
+ New material.
+ (Syntax Case): New node, but currently empty.
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Booleans, Symbols): Supply cross-references.
+
+2001-05-04 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * new-docstrings.texi, posix.texi, scheme-control.texi,
+ scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
+ scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-procedures.texi:
+ Automatic docstring updates (mostly argument name updates and
+ blank lines).
+
+ * scheme-modules.texi: Change double hyphens to single.
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Lazy Catch): Completed.
+
+ * posix.texi (Network Databases and Address Conversion): New
+ subsubsection `IPv6 Address Conversion'.
+
+2001-05-04 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
+
+ * preface.texi (iff): Use proper texi markup.
+ Thanks to Florian Weimer.
+
+2001-05-04 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): Moved the
+ documentation for read-string!/partial from the node `Reading'.
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (List/String Conversion): Added docstring for
+ `string-split'.
+
+2001-05-02 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * srfi-13-14.texi: Added @bullet to various @itemize lists.
+
+ * srfi-modules.texi (SRFI Support): New file and chapter.
+
+ * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added repl-modules.texi and
+ srfi-modules.texi.
+
+ * guile.texi (Top): New menu entries for the new chapters.
+ (Top): @includes for the new chapters.
+ (Top): New menu entry for `SRFI Support', @include for
+ `srfi-modules.texi'.
+
+ * repl-modules.texi: New file.
+ (Readline Support): New chapter for (ice-9 readline).
+ (Value History): New chapter for (ice-9 history).
+
+2001-05-02 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * scheme-modules.texi (Dynamic Libraries): Renamed from `Dynamic
+ Linking from Marius''.
+ (The Guile module system): Removed obsolete naming convention.
+ (Loading Guile Modules, Creating Guile Modules),
+ (More Module Procedures, Included Guile Modules): New nodes, split
+ from `The Guile module system'.
+ (The Guile module system): Changed references to (ice-9 slib) to
+ (ice-9 popen), because note everybody has SLIB installed.
+ (Included Guile Modules): Added a bunch of modules shipped with
+ Guile.
+
+ (Dynamic Libraries): (old version) Removed.
+
+ * scheme-io.texi (Block Reading and Writing): Corrected
+ capitalization, so it builds again.
+
+2001-05-01 Gary Houston <ghouston@arglist.com>
+
+ * scheme-io.texi: Removed obsolete section Binary IO. Added
+ new section Block Reading and Writing. Updated section
+ Line/Delimited with module usage.
+
+2001-04-29 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * deprecated.texi (Tags): Removed - deprecation expired.
+
+ * scheme-io.texi (Random Access): Removed `fseek' - deprecation
+ expired.
+
+ * guile.texi (Top): Add menu entry for Manual Conventions node.
+
+2001-04-28 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * THANKS: Move authorship bit into AUTHORS, simplify structure,
+ add Dirk Herrmann.
+
+ * AUTHORS, guile.texi, guile-tut.texi, goops.texi, Makefile.am:
+ Consolidate authorship information in AUTHORS file, and @include
+ AUTHORS from the top level source file for each manual.
+
+2001-04-28 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
+
+ * preface.texi (Manual Conventions): New chapter.
+
+2001-04-26 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * srfi-13-14.texi (Reverse/Append): Updated procedure names for
+ string-concatenate-reverse[/shared].
+ (Reverse/Append): Document the parameter `end' to
+ string-concatenate-reverse.
+
+2001-04-26 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * data-rep.texi (Defining New Types (Smobs)): Use non-deprecated
+ smob interface. Thanks to Masao Uebayashi for the patch!
+ (Creating Instances): Don't need SCM_NIMP anymore.
+
+2001-04-25 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
+
+ * guile.1: New file, from Robert Merkel and Rob Browning.
+ * Makefile.am (man_MANS, EXTRADIST): Added, but still commented
+ out: install and distribute the manpage. It is not yet installed
+ or distributed since we don't have Robert's papers yet.
+
+2001-04-24 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * guile-tut.texi: Include version-tutorial.texi rather than
+ version.texi.
+
+ * Makefile.am ($(srcdir)/version-tutorial.texi): New target, to
+ avoid having two files both include version.texi.
+
+2001-04-24 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Added srfi-13-14.texi.
+
+ * srfi-13-14.texi: New file documenting SRFI-13/14.
+
+ * guile.texi (Top): Added the SRFI-13/14 menu entry and @include.
+
+2001-04-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * posix.texi (Network Sockets and Communication): Automatic
+ docstring updates for `socket' and `connect'. (For IPV6 support.)
+
+ * scheme-io.texi: Remove old docstring comments referring to
+ r4rs.scm.
+
+ * appendices.texi (The Basic Guile Package, Packages not shipped
+ with Guile), env.texi (Switching to Environments), format.texi
+ (Format Specification), gh.texi
+ (Executing Scheme code, Calling Scheme procedures from C),
+ guile-tut.texi (How to characterize Guile), scheme-data.texi
+ (Symbols, Keywords, Keyword Read Syntax, Append/Reverse),
+ scheme-evaluation.texi (Delayed Evaluation), scheme-modules.texi
+ (Scheme and modules), scheme-io.texi (Soft Ports): Change R4RS
+ references to R5RS.
+
+ * r4rs.texi: Removed.
+
+ * Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Remove r4rs.
+
+ * README: Note removal of r4rs, and provide a reference.
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Exceptions): Extended documentation.
+ (Continuations): Correct "except" typo, and fix reference to
+ Exceptions node. Plus minor review changes.
+
+2001-04-20 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Exceptions): Reorganized and extended
+ existing documentation; more to come.
+
+2001-04-20 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * scheme-evaluation.texi (Comments): Document normal comments and
+ comment conventions.
+ (Block Comments): Documented multiline comments.
+ (Case Sensitivity): Documented R5RS and Guile behaviour and how to
+ switch it off.
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Continuations): Added some documentation
+ for call/cc.
+ (Exceptions): Added xref to `Continuations'.
+
+ * scheme-binding.texi (Binding Reflection): Typo fix.
+
+2001-04-20 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * gh.texi (Executing Scheme code): gh_eval_file returns
+ SCM_UNSPECIFIED. Thanks to Dirk for the report!
+
+ * data-rep.texi (Non-immediate Datatypes, Immediates vs
+ Non-immediates): Emphasize current rather than pre-1.4 practice
+ when talking about not needing to call SCM_NIMP.
+
+ * recipe-guidelines.txt: New file: guidelines for contributions to
+ the Guile Recipes manual.
+
+2001-04-20 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * intro.texi (Using Guile Modules): Wrote intro to using modules.
+ (Writing New Modules): New intro for writing modules.
+ (Reporting Bugs): Added info about what is a bug and what to
+ include in a bug report (taken and adapted from the Emacs
+ Reference Manual).
+
+2001-04-19 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (while do): Added documentation for named
+ let.
+
+ * scheme-binding.texi (Internal Definitions): New explanation of
+ `Internal Definitions'.
+ (Top Level): Documented behaviour of top level definitions.
+ (Binding Constructs): New introductory text.
+ (Local Bindings): Explain concept of local bindings. Document
+ let, let* and letrec.
+
+2001-04-18 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * scheme-modules.texi (Modules): Added menu descriptions.
+ (Scheme and modules, The Guile module system): Some whitespace
+ cleanup
+ (The Guile module system): Layout fixes, docstring fix for
+ `define-module'.
+
+2001-04-17 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * scheme-control.texi (Multiple Values): Documented concept of
+ multiple values, added docs for `receive'.
+ (begin): Documented `begin'.
+ (if cond case): Documented `if', `cond' and `case'.
+ (and or): Documented `and' and `or'.
+ (while do): Documented `do' and `while'.
+
+ * scheme-procedures.texi (Optional Arguments): Split the node,
+ added introductory text, added menu for subsections.
+ (let-optional Reference, let-keywords Reference),
+ (lambda* Reference, define* Reference): Added syntax documentation
+ for all exported procedures from (ice-9 optargs).
+
+2001-04-17 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * scheme-utility.texi (General Conversion): New node, added
+ `object->string'.
+ (Equality): Added definition and explanation of `sameness'.
+
+ * posix.texi (System Identification): Added `gethostname' and
+ `sethostname'.
+ (Processes): Added `setpriority' and `getpriority'.
+ (User Information): Added `cuserid' and `getlogin'.
+ (Ports and File Descriptors): Added `flock'.
+ (Processes): Added `chroot'.
+ (File System): Added `mkstemp!'.
+ (Encryption): New node, added `crypt' and `getpass'.
+
+ * new-docstrings.texi: Moved several docstrings over to the
+ reference manual (see above which).
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Data Types), (Numerical Tower): Add explicit
+ @bullet to @itemize to satisfy older `makeinfo'.
+
+2001-04-16 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * data-rep.texi (Signalling Type Errors): Update SCM_ASSERT doc
+ for recent changes to disallow passing a string parameter as the
+ `pos'. Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the patch!
+
+2001-04-13 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * data-rep.texi (Unpacking the SCM type): New section, taken from
+ Dirk Herrmann's description of SCM and scm_bits_t in api.txt.
+ (Immediate Datatypes, Non-immediate Datatypes): Remove obsolete
+ notes about needing to call SCM_NIMP.
+
+2001-04-11 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
+
+ * scheme-procedures.texi (Procedures with Setters): Fix dvi
+ building syntax error. Thanks to Dale P. Smith for the report and
+ patch.
+
+2001-04-11 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * scheme-scheduling.texi (Arbiters): New explanatory text.
+ (Asyncs): New explanations and documentation.
+ (Scheduling): Added menu entry descriptions.
+ (Fluids): New documentation.
+
+2001-04-11 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
+
+ * scheme-procedures.texi (Lambda): Documented the lambda form.
+ (Procedure Properties): Concept and usage explanation added.
+ (Procedures with Setters): Explain by example, introduce
+ definitions.
+
+ * scheme-data.texi (Symbols and Variables): Split and reorganized
+ this section.
+ (Symbols): New introductory text.
+ (Characters): Added char-ci* procedures to rn index.
+
2001-04-10 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
* scm.texi (Handling Errors): Improve Texinfo markup. Thanks to
HCoop / bpt / guile.git / blobdiff