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authorBryan Newbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org>2017-02-20 00:05:27 -0800
committerBryan Newbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org>2017-02-20 00:05:27 -0800
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Import Upstream version 5d9upstream/5d9
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index 4cadd59..e672a56 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-This directory contains the distribution of scm5d6. Scm conforms to
+This directory contains the distribution of scm5d9. Scm conforms to
Revised^5 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme and the IEEE P1178
specification. SCM runs under Amiga, Atari-ST, MacOS, MS-DOS, OS/2,
NOS/VE, Unicos, VMS, Unix and similar systems.
- <http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/SCM.html>
+ <http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/SCM>
Manifest
========
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Manifest
`bench.scm' computes and records performance statistics of pi.scm.
`build.bat' invokes build.scm for MS-DOS
`build.scm' database for compiling and linking new SCM programs.
+`byte.c' strings as bytes.
`compile.scm' Hobbit compilation to C.
`continue.c' continuations.
`continue.h' continuations.
@@ -101,22 +102,21 @@ SLIB is not _neccessary_ to run SCM, I strongly suggest you obtain and
install it. Bug reports about running SCM without SLIB have very low
priority. SLIB is available from the same sites as SCM:
- * swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib2d4.tar.gz
+ * swissnet.ai.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib3a1.tar.gz
- * ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/jacal/slib2d4.tar.gz
+ * ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/jacal/slib3a1.tar.gz
- * ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/scheme-repository/imp/slib2d4.tar.gz
+ * ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/scheme-repository/imp/slib3a1.tar.gz
-Unpack SLIB (`tar xzf slib2d4.tar.gz' or `unzip -ao slib2d4.zip') in an
+Unpack SLIB (`tar xzf slib3a1.tar.gz' or `unzip -ao slib3a1.zip') in an
appropriate directory for your system; both `tar' and `unzip' will
create the directory `slib'.
Then create a file `require.scm' in the SCM "implementation-vicinity"
-(this is the same directory as where the file `Init5d6.scm' is
+(this is the same directory as where the file `Init5d9.scm' is
installed). `require.scm' should have the contents:
(define (library-vicinity) "/usr/local/lib/slib/")
- (load (in-vicinity (library-vicinity) "require"))
where the pathname string `/usr/local/lib/slib/' is to be replaced by
the pathname into which you installed SLIB. Absolute pathnames are
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ implementation-vicinity, which is absolute:
(define library-vicinity
(let ((lv (string-append (implementation-vicinity) "../slib/")))
(lambda () lv)))
- (load (in-vicinity (library-vicinity) "require"))
Alternatively, you can set the (shell) environment variable
`SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH' to the pathname of the SLIB directory (*note
@@ -180,9 +179,6 @@ Editing Scheme Code
Gnu Emacs:
Editing of Scheme code is supported by emacs. Buffers holding
files ending in .scm are automatically put into scheme-mode.
- EMACS for MS-DOS and MS-Windows systems is available (free) from:
-
- <http://simtel.coast.net/SimTel/gnu/demacs.html>
If your Emacs can run a process in a buffer you can use the Emacs
command `M-x run-scheme' with SCM. Otherwise, use the emacs
@@ -282,17 +278,17 @@ remove <FLAG> in scmfig.h and Do so and recompile files.
recompile scm.
add <FLAG> in scmfig.h and
recompile scm.
-ERROR: Init5d6.scm not found. Assign correct IMPLINIT in makefile
+ERROR: Init5d9.scm not found. Assign correct IMPLINIT in makefile
or scmfig.h.
Define environment variable
SCM_INIT_PATH to be the full
- pathname of Init5d6.scm.
+ pathname of Init5d9.scm.
WARNING: require.scm not found. Define environment variable
SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH to be the full
pathname of the scheme library
[SLIB].
Change library-vicinity in
- Init5d6.scm to point to library or
+ Init5d9.scm to point to library or
remove.
Make sure the value of
(library-vicinity) has a trailing
@@ -353,7 +349,7 @@ Some symbol names print incorrectly. Change memory model option to C
than HEAP_SEG_SIZE).
ERROR: Rogue pointer in Heap. See above under machine crashes.
Newlines don't appear correctly in Check file mode (define OPEN_... in
-output files. `Init5d6.scm').
+output files. `Init5d9.scm').
Spaces or control characters appear Check character defines in
in symbol names. `scmfig.h'.
Negative numbers turn positive. Check SRS in `scmfig.h'.