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author | Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au> | 2003-06-18 23:37:02 +0000 |
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committer | Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au> | 2003-06-18 23:37:02 +0000 |
commit | ea8ac9ace0432cdca33d4d3b980c2a268b776bb1 (patch) | |
tree | ff574728c12478545c41113d8d772a8a3c6984c4 /README | |
parent | fbaca220b5274911a8cd768cb97c51f3614087f6 (diff) |
(Guile Documentation): Update to manuals now available,
remove notes about the reference manual being in progress.
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-rw-r--r-- | README | 29 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 15 deletions
@@ -294,21 +294,20 @@ Example: Guile Documentation ================================================== -The doc directory contains a few articles on specific topics and some -examples, including data-rep.texi which describes the internal -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 - -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). +If you've never used Scheme before, then the Guile Tutorial +(guile-tut.info) is a good starting point. The Guile Reference Manual +(guile.info) is the primary documentation for Guile. The Goops object +system is documented separately (goops.info). A copy of the R5RS +Scheme specification is included too (r5rs.info). + +Info format versions of this documentation are installed as part of +the normal build process. The texinfo sources are under the doc +directory, and other formats like Postscript, PDF, DVI or HTML can be +generated from them with Tex and Texinfo tools. + +The doc directory also includes an example-smob subdirectory which has +the example code from the "Defining New Types (Smobs)" chapter of the +reference manual. The Guile WWW page is at |