X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/bpt/guile.git/blobdiff_plain/b54a5b5af56b02aab5c892127ee9df991b25a895..30eaf3ccd829f3eec93a8cbe0ea8a1bfab07595b:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 13aa6178c..b58be0e2c 100644 --- 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 @@ -164,7 +172,7 @@ 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@sourceware.cygnus.com' carries discussions, questions, and often answers, about Guile. To subscribe, send mail to