* receive.scm (receive): Use `define-macro'.

[bpt/guile.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 13aa617..85c2907 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 This is not a Guile release; it is a source tree retrieved via
 anonymous CVS or as a nightly snapshot at some random time after the
-Guile 1.3.4 release.
+Guile 1.4 release.
 
-This is version 1.3.5 of Guile, Project GNU's extension language
+This is version 1.4.1 of Guile, Project GNU's extension language
 library.  Guile is an interpreter for Scheme, packaged as a library
 that you can link into your applications to give them their own
 scripting language.  Guile will eventually support other languages as
@@ -18,14 +18,22 @@ representation of data types in Guile.  The example-smob directory
 contains example source code for the "Defining New Types (Smobs)" chapter.
 
 The incomplete Guile reference manual is available at
-ftp://ftp.red-bean.com/pub/guile/snapshots/guile-doc-snap.tar.gz
 
-There is a plan to distribute the reference manual with guile-core,
-with much of the text generated from the docstrings in the sources.
-The docstrings are likely to be more up-to-date than the reference
-manual at present (see libguile/guile-procedures.txt which is
+  ftp://ftp.red-bean.com/pub/guile/snapshots/guile-doc-snap.tar.gz
+
+Neil Jerram is working on the new reference manual, which will be
+distributed with guile-core.  The new manual will be synchronized with
+the docstrings in the sources.  Until then, please be aware that the
+docstrings are likely to be more up-to-date than the old reference
+manual (use `(help)' or see libguile/guile-procedures.txt which is
 generated by the build process).
 
+The Guile WWW page is at
+
+  http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html
+
+It contains a link to the Guile FAQ.
+
 Guile License ==================================================
 
 The license of Guile consists of the GNU GPL plus a special statement
@@ -150,24 +158,20 @@ CVS, and by nightly snapshots, accessible via FTP.  See the files
 `ANON-CVS' and `SNAPSHOTS' for details.
 
 If you would like to receive mail when people commit changes to the
-Guile CVS repository, you can subscribe to guile-cvs@sourceware.cygnus.com
-by sending a message to guile-cvs-subscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com.  Even
-better, you can get daily digests of these commit messages by sending
-a message to guile-cvs-digest-subscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com.
+Guile CVS repository, you can subscribe to guile-cvs@gnu.org by the
+Mailman mailing list interface at
 
-If you want to subscribe an e-mail address other than the one that
-appears in your From: header, say foo@bar.com, send a mail note to
-guile-cvs-subscribe-foo=bar.com@sourceware.cygnus.com.
+  <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-cvs>
 
 
 Obtaining Guile ======================================================
 
 The latest official Guile release is available via anonymous FTP from
 
-ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/guile-1.3.4.tar.gz
+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/guile-1.4.tar.gz
+
+The mailing list `guile-user@gnu.org' carries discussions, questions,
+and often answers, about Guile.  To subscribe, use the Mailman mailing
+list interface at <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user>
+Of course, please send bug reports (and fixes!) to bug-guile@gnu.org.
 
-The mailing list `guile@sourceware.cygnus.com' carries discussions,
-questions, and often answers, about Guile.  To subscribe, send mail to
-guile-subscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com.  Of course, please send bug
-reports (and fixes!) to bug-guile@gnu.org.  Note that one address is
-@sourceware.cygnus.com, and the other is at @gnu.org.