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2008-04-26 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES): Remove `COPYING'.
2008-01-22 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
* COPYING: Removed.
* oldfmt.c: Update copyright statement to LGPL.
2002-09-14 Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
* .cvsignore: add stamp-vti.1
2002-08-24 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Do not distribute guile-api.alist, it
can't be built currently.
2002-05-13 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): New var.
2002-05-11 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
* Makefile.am: Include ../am/maintainer-dirs (in MAINTAINER_MODE).
(guile-api.alist, guile-api.alist-FORCE):
New rules (in MAINTAINER_MODE).
2002-05-09 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
* groupings.alist: Add copyright and commentary.
(favorite): Delete this example composite.
(embedded-libltdl, gdb, coop, gh, g-fdes, r-fdes, scm, k, POSIX,
guile-C-API): New groups.
2002-05-08 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
* groupings.alist: New file.
2002-04-23 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@giblet.glug.org>
* guile-api.alist: Update.
2002-04-16 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
* Makefile.am (dist-hook): Simplified to not use "cd"; now it
works for relative pathnames in $(distdir).
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
Dale P. Smith for the patch!
* api.txt (Accessing Cell Entries): Fix typo.
2001-04-09 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
* deprecated.texi (Shared And Read Only Strings): New section for
deprecated string stuff. I've also updated the text a bit to
reflect current usage of "read only" strings.
* scheme-data.texi (Shared Substrings, Read Only Strings): Moved
to deprecated.texi.
* deprecated.texi, posix.texi, scheme-binding.texi,
scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-debug.texi,
scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi,
scheme-modules.texi, scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi,
scheme-utility.texi: Remove `@c docstring' comments, since they
aren't used any more by the docstring tracking utilities.
2001-04-09 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
* scheme-data.texi (Pairs): New data type and procedure
description.
(Lists): Added new subsections for grouping the list procedures.
(Hooks): Added new nodes for hook subsections.
(String Syntax): New node, factoring out read syntax.
(Strings): Some blurb about allowed characters, zero-termination
etc.
(Keywords): Added menu descriptions.
2001-04-08 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
* scheme-indices.texi (R5RS Index): Print index `rn', not `r5'.
* guile.texi: The index formerly known as `r5' is now called `rn'.
* scheme-utility.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-io.texi,
scheme-evaluation.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-data.texi:
Changed all @r5index entries to @rnindex.
2001-04-06 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
* scheme-data.texi (Hooks): Added hook description and
constraints.
2001-04-06 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@revel.glug.org>
* scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
procedures): Replace some instances of `@var' with `@code'.
* scheme-scheduling.texi (Higher level thread
procedures): Rewrite.
2001-04-04 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
* scheme-data.texi (Alphabetic Case Mapping),
(String Comparison): Rearranged function order.
(Vectors): Reorganized, new introductory text, docs about read
syntax.
2001-04-03 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
* scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
scheme-modules.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-control.texi,
scheme-utility.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
scheme-data.texi: Removed a lot of ARGFIXME's after tweaking
docstrings and C source.
* new-docstrings.texi, scheme-io.texi, scheme-data.texi,
posix.texi, scheme-control.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
scheme-memory.texi, scheme-procedures.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
scheme-scheduling.texi: Automated docstring merging.
2001-04-02 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
* data-rep.texi (Immediates vs. Non-immediates): Update
out-of-date documentation. (Thanks to Dirk Herrmann for the
report!)
(Immediates vs Non-immediates): Renamed without the dot, since the
dot causes `info' not to be able to display this node!
* Makefile.am (guile_TEXINFOS): Add in a few more source files
that had got left out.
2001-03-30 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
* scheme-reading.texi (Further Reading): Add bullets to further
reading list.
* gh.texi: Insert page break before chapter. Remove page breaks
within the chapter.
* Makefile.am: Add script-getopt.texi.
* guile.texi (Top): Include and link to new script-getopt.texi
chapter.
* script-getopt.texi: New chapter on command line handling.
(Written and contributed by Martin Grabmueller, revised by me.)
* intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Fix typo.
2001-03-27 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
* scheme-data.texi (Strings): Reorganized the whole `Strings'
section and wrote introductory material for each new subsection.
2001-03-25 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
* intro.texi (Modules and Extensions): Some short text about
dynamic libraries and modules.
2001-03-23 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
* intro.texi (Writing Extensions for Guile), scheme-data.texi
(Lists): Fix typos.
* guile-tut.texi, ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial: Added to CVS. It
seems that I somehow missed these out when I moved everything from
guile-doc to guile-core.
* posix.texi, scheme-data.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi: Automatic docstring updates.
* new-docstrings.texi: New file. Holds snarfed docstrings that
have not yet been incorporated into the reference manual.
2001-03-20 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
* scheme-options.texi (Evaluator options): Added evaluator
options, corrected docs for evaluator trap options.
* scheme-evaluation.texi (Scheme Read): New docs for read-options,
read-enable, read-disable and read-set! and cross references to
option nodes.
(Evaluator Options): New docs for eval-options, eval-enable,
eval-disable and eval-set!, traps, trap-enable, trap-disable and
trap-set! and cross references to option nodes.
(Evaluator Behaviour): Renamed node from `Evaluator options' to
avoid name clash.
* scheme-io.texi (String Ports): Added docs for SRFI-6 procedures.
(Void Ports): Corrected introductory comment.
2001-03-16 Martin Grabmueller <mgrabmue@cs.tu-berlin.de>
* scheme-data.texi (Arithmetic): Documented the arithmetic
procedures.
(Integer Operations): Added documentation.
(Comparison): Added documentation.
(Complex): Added documentation.
(Symbols and Variables): Comment out `builtin-bindings', which is
removed according to NEWS.
(Pairs): Added documentation.
* scheme-io.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
procedures.
(File Ports): New docs for `call-with-input-file',
`call-with-output-file', `with-input-from-file',
`with-output-to-file', `with-error-to-file'.
* scheme-control.texi, scheme-utility.texi,
* scheme-procedures.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
procedures.
* scheme-evaluation.texi (Fly Evaluation): Added documentation for
`apply'. Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS procedures.
* scheme-data.texi: Added R5RS index entries for all R5RS
procedures. Removed R5RS index entries for `ass{q,v,occ}-set!'.
Removed explicit entries into the function entries. They are
automagic.
(Vectors): Added documentation for `make-vector', `vector-ref' and
`vector-set!'.
2001-03-12 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
* intro.texi: Changed to reflect current practice better. Added
stuff about writing Guile Extensions (aka dynamically loaded
shared libraries).
2001-03-09 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
* goops.texi (VERSION): Bumped to version 0.3.
* goops-tutorial.texi, goops.texi: Updated to reflect new
define-method syntax.
2001-03-09 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
* Makefile.am: Change HTML to HTMLDOC, now that we're part of a
wider distribution.
Moving documentation files from guile-doc and guile-doc into
guile-core/doc:
* env.texi, indices.texi, mbapi.texi, mltext.texi, scripts.texi,
scsh.texi, tcltk.texi, hierarchy.txt, scheme-indices.texi,
slib.texi, deprecated.texi, scheme-binding.texi, appendices.texi,
scheme-intro.texi, goops.texi, extend.texi, gh.texi, intro.texi,
preface.texi, scm.texi, goops-tutorial.texi, hierarchy.eps,
r4rs.texi, r5rs.texi, texinfo.tex, scheme-reading.texi,
data-rep.texi, scheme-utility.texi, posix.texi,
scheme-control.texi, scheme-debug.texi, scheme-evaluation.texi,
scheme-io.texi, scheme-memory.texi, scheme-modules.texi,
scheme-options.texi, scheme-procedures.texi,
scheme-scheduling.texi, scheme-translation.texi, guile.texi,
scheme-data.texi, scheme-ideas.texi, expect.texi,
ChangeLog-guile-doc-ref, guile-tut.texi,
ChangeLog-guile-doc-tutorial, AUTHORS, BUGS, NEWS, THANKS: New
files.
* .cvsignore, Makefile.am, README: Merged.
* sources: New subdirectory.
Both the following files are about to be replaced by files from
guile-doc/ref.
* texinfo.tex: Removed.
* data-rep.texi: Removed.
2001-02-15 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
* README: Explain retirement of `data-rep.texi'.
* Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS, data_rep_TEXINFOS): Removed.
* data-rep.texi: Replace this copy of data-rep.texi with a notice
indicating that it has been retired. The master copy of
data-rep.texi is at guile-doc/ref/data-rep.texi.
2001-02-04 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
* data-rep.texi: Use SCM_SMOB_DATA instead of SCM_CDR. Also
things like SCM_SMOB_PREDICATE and SCM_NEWSMOB. Thanks to Dale
P. Smith!
2000-10-25 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@linnaeus.mit.edu>
* mop.text: Preliminary documentation of the GOOPS meta object
protocol.
2000-07-28 Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
* data-rep.texi (Garbage Collection): Fix "accomodate" spelling
mistake.
2000-06-30 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
* data-rep.tex: Removed documentation for SCM_OUTOFRANGE.
2000-06-20 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@thalamus.nada.kth.se>
* data-rep.texi: Center discussion around the standard interface
for smob type creation (scm_make_smob_type) and warn about the
ongoing discussion which may result in deprecating
scm_make_smob_type_mfpe in next release of Guile.
2000-05-15 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
* data-rep.texi: Updated the macro names for operating on
characters.
2000-03-22 Dirk Herrmann <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
* api.txt: Added a first attempt for a description of the newly
designed low level API.
2000-01-31 Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
* Makefile.am (version.texi): Override automake's rule for
version.texi so that it gets created even in non-maintainer-mode.
Thu Jan 20 13:00:18 2000 Greg J. Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
* version.texi, stamp-vti: Removed -- these are auto-generated.
2000-01-12 Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se>
* Makefile.am (dist-hook): Updated to include oldfmt.c in
distribution archive.
* README: Updated with note about oldfmt.c.
* oldfmt.c: New file: Used by application writers to adapt to
new-style error format strings.
1999-12-06 Gary Houston <ghouston@freewire.co.uk>
* data-rep.texi: change dircategory to match change in guile-doc
and scm.
1999-10-05 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
* Makefile.in: Deleted from CVS repository. Run the autogen.sh
script to create generated files like this one.
1999-09-11 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
Fri Jun 25 22:21:43 1999 Greg Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu>
* data-rep.texi: Updated SMOB docs to talk about
scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, SCM_RETURN_NEWSMOB, SCM_NEWSMOB function
and macros.
1999-04-17 Jim Blandy <jimb@savonarola.red-bean.com>
* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
1998-10-19 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
* COPYING: New file.
* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
* Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES): List example-smob/COPYING.
* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
1998-10-16 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
* Makefile.in: Regenerated, after change to qthreads.m4.
1998-10-15 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
* stamp-vti: Regenerated.
* hacks.el: Some handy helper functions for working on the manual.
* data-rep.texi: Extended to accomodate a full running example,
provided with the manual.
* example-smob: A new subdirectory, containing example files for
the manual chapter on smobs.
* Makefile.am (EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES, dist-hook): New variable and
target, to get the example-smob directory into the distribution.
* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
1998-10-08 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
* .cvsignore: New file, containing data-rep.info. I'm not sure
whether we want to check this file into CVS, because it's
generated; if you find compelling reasons it should be, let me
know.
1998-10-07 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
* New directory for documentation.
* README: New file.
* data-rep.texi: It's not a real manual, but it's better than
nothing.
* Makefile.am, Makefile.in, data-rep.info, data-rep.texi,
mdate-sh, stamp-vti, texinfo.tex, version.texi: The usual support
files.