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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@c %**start of header
@setfilename slib.info
-@settitle SLIB
+@settitle slib
@include version.txi
@setchapternewpage on
@c Choices for setchapternewpage are {on,off,odd}.
@@ -11,6 +11,31 @@
@syncodeindex tp cp
@c %**end of header
+@copying
+@noindent
+This manual is for SLIB (version @value{SLIBVERSION}, @value{SLIBDATE}),
+the portable Scheme library.
+
+@noindent
+@c Copyright (C) 1993 Todd R. Eigenschink@*
+Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
+2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+@quotation
+Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
+under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
+Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being ``A GNU Manual,''
+and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
+license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
+License.''
+
+(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
+this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
+Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
+@end quotation
+@end copying
+
@dircategory The Algorithmic Language Scheme
@direntry
* SLIB: (slib). Scheme Library
@@ -23,95 +48,23 @@
@parskip 4pt plus 1pt
@end iftex
-@ifinfo
-This file documents SLIB, the portable Scheme library.
-
-Copyright (C) 1993 Todd R. Eigenschink@*
-Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Aubrey Jaffer
-
-Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
-this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
-are preserved on all copies.
-
-@ignore
-Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the
-results, provided the printed document carries copying permission
-notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
-(this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual).
-
-@end ignore
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
-manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
-resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
-notice identical to this one.
-
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
-into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
-except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved
-by the author.
-@end ifinfo
-
-@node Top, The Library System, (dir), (dir)
-
@titlepage
@title SLIB
@subtitle The Portable Scheme Library
-@subtitle Version @value{SLIBVERSION}
-@author by Aubrey Jaffer
+@subtitle Version @value{SLIBVERSION}, @value{SLIBDATE}
+@author Aubrey Jaffer
@page
-
-@noindent
-@dfn{SLIB} is a portable library for the programming language
-@dfn{Scheme}. It provides a platform independent framework for using
-@dfn{packages} of Scheme procedures and syntax. As distributed, SLIB
-contains useful packages for all Scheme implementations. Its catalog
-can be transparently extended to accomodate packages specific to a site,
-implementation, user, or directory.
-
-@noindent
-More people than I can name have contributed to SLIB. Thanks to all of
-you!
-@sp 1
-@quotation
-SLIB @value{SLIBVERSION}, released @value{SLIBDATE}.@*
-Aubrey Jaffer <agj @@ alum.mit.edu>@*
-@ifset html
-<A HREF="http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/SLIB.html">
-@end ifset
-@url{http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/SLIB.html}
-@ifset html
-</A>
-@end ifset
-@end quotation
-
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 1993 Todd R. Eigenschink@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Aubrey Jaffer
-
-Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
-this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
-are preserved on all copies.
-
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
-manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire
-resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission
-notice identical to this one.
-
-Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual
-into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions,
-except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved
-by the author.
+@insertcopying
@end titlepage
+@contents
+
@ifnottex
-@noindent
-@dfn{SLIB} is a portable library for the programming language
-@dfn{Scheme}. It provides a platform independent framework for using
-@dfn{packages} of Scheme procedures and syntax. As distributed, SLIB
-contains useful packages for all Scheme implementations. Its catalog
-can be transparently extended to accomodate packages specific to a site,
-implementation, user, or directory.
-@end ifnottex
+@node Top, The Library System, (dir), (dir)
+@top SLIB
+
+@insertcopying
@menu
* The Library System:: How to use and customize.
@@ -124,10 +77,19 @@ implementation, user, or directory.
* About SLIB:: Install, etc.
* Index::
@end menu
+@end ifnottex
@node The Library System, Universal SLIB Procedures, Top, Top
@chapter The Library System
+@noindent
+@dfn{SLIB} is a portable library for the programming language
+@dfn{Scheme}. It provides a platform independent framework for using
+@dfn{packages} of Scheme procedures and syntax. As distributed, SLIB
+contains useful packages for all Scheme implementations. Its catalog
+can be transparently extended to accomodate packages specific to a site,
+implementation, user, or directory.
+
@menu
* Feature:: SLIB names.
* Require::
@@ -152,6 +114,12 @@ are properties of the Scheme implementation being used. The following
@dfn{intrinsic feature}s detail what sort of numbers are available
from an implementation:
+@ftindex inexact
+@ftindex rational
+@ftindex real
+@ftindex complex
+@ftindex bignum
+
@itemize @bullet
@item
'inexact
@@ -220,14 +188,14 @@ Informs SLIB that @var{feature} is supported in this session.
(provided? 'foo) @result{} #t
@end example
-@c @defvar *features*
+@c @defvar slib:features
@c Is a list of symbols denoting features present in this implementation.
-@c @var{*features*} can grow as modules are @code{require}d.
-@c @footnote{The variables @var{*modules*} and @var{*features*} were
+@c @var{slib:features} can grow as modules are @code{require}d.
+@c @footnote{The variables @var{*modules*} and @var{slib:features} were
@c originally modeled on variables of the same names in common-lisp. But
@c the distinction between features native to an implementation versus
@c those provided by loading files was not useful. The symbols in
-@c @var{*features*} now indicate the presence of a capability regardless
+@c @var{slib:features} now indicate the presence of a capability regardless
@c of how it was provided.}
@c @end defvar
@@ -865,11 +833,11 @@ slib "@value{SLIBVERSION}" on scm "5b1" on unix
(implementation-vicinity) is "/usr/local/lib/scm/"
(library-vicinity) is "/usr/local/lib/slib/"
(scheme-file-suffix) is ".scm"
-loaded *features* :
+loaded slib:features :
trace alist qp sort
common-list-functions macro values getopt
compiled
-implementation *features* :
+implementation slib:features :
bignum complex real rational
inexact vicinity ed getenv
tmpnam abort transcript with-file
@@ -1149,7 +1117,7 @@ The following procedures were present in Scheme until R4RS
They are provided by all SLIB implementations.
@defvr Constant t
-Derfined as @code{#t}.
+Defined as @code{#t}.
@end defvr
@defvr Constant nil
@@ -2740,7 +2708,7 @@ call graph of grammar rules effectively instantiate the sytnax tree.
@noindent
The JACAL symbolic math system
-(@url{http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/JACAL.html}) uses
+(@url{http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/JACAL}) uses
@t{precedence-parse}. Its grammar definitions in the file
@file{jacal/English.scm} can serve as examples of use.
@@ -2867,10 +2835,10 @@ The @var{ruleset} argument must be a list of rules as constructed by
@code{prec:define-grammar} and extracted from @var{*syn-defs*}.
The token @var{delim} may be a character, symbol, or string. A
-character @var{delim} argument will match only a character token; i.e. a
-character for which no token-group is assigned. A symbols or string
-will match only a token string; i.e. a token resulting from a token
-group.
+character @var{delim} argument will match only a character token;
+i.e. a character for which no token-group is assigned. A symbol or
+string will match only a token string; i.e. a token resulting from a
+token group.
@code{prec:parse} reads a @var{ruleset} grammar expression delimited
by @var{delim} from the given input @var{port}. @code{prec:parse}
@@ -4817,9 +4785,11 @@ match the arguments to @code{encode-universal-time}.
@menu
* Bit-Twiddling:: 'logical
* Modular Arithmetic:: 'modular
+* Irrational Integer Functions::
+* Irrational Real Functions::
* Prime Numbers:: 'factor
* Random Numbers:: 'random
-* Fast Fourier Transform:: 'fft
+* Discrete Fourier Transform:: 'dft
* Cyclic Checksum:: 'crc
* Graphing::
* Solid Modeling:: VRML97
@@ -4835,8 +4805,9 @@ match the arguments to @code{encode-universal-time}.
@node Bit-Twiddling, Modular Arithmetic, Mathematical Packages, Mathematical Packages
@section Bit-Twiddling
-@code{(require 'logical)}
+@code{(require 'logical)} or @code{(require 'srfi-60)}
@ftindex logical
+@ftindex srfi-60
@noindent
The bit-twiddling functions are made available through the use of the
@@ -5114,13 +5085,168 @@ Returns the integer coded by the @var{bool1} @dots{} arguments.
-@node Modular Arithmetic, Prime Numbers, Bit-Twiddling, Mathematical Packages
+@node Modular Arithmetic, Irrational Integer Functions, Bit-Twiddling, Mathematical Packages
@section Modular Arithmetic
@include modular.txi
-@node Prime Numbers, Random Numbers, Modular Arithmetic, Mathematical Packages
+@node Irrational Integer Functions, Irrational Real Functions, Modular Arithmetic, Mathematical Packages
+@section Irrational Integer Functions
+
+@include math-integer.txi
+
+
+@node Irrational Real Functions, Prime Numbers, Irrational Integer Functions, Mathematical Packages
+@section Irrational Real Functions
+
+@code{(require 'math-real)}
+@ftindex math-real
+
+Although this package defines real and complex functions, it is safe
+to load into an integer-only implementation; those functions will be
+defined to #f.
+
+@defun real-exp @var{x}
+@defunx real-ln @var{x}
+@defunx real-log @var{y} @var{x}
+@defunx real-sin @var{x}
+@defunx real-cos @var{x}
+@defunx real-tan @var{x}
+@defunx real-asin @var{x}
+@defunx real-acos @var{x}
+@defunx real-atan @var{x}
+@defunx atan @var{y} @var{x}
+
+These procedures are part of every implementation that supports
+general real numbers; they compute the usual transcendental functions.
+@samp{real-ln} computes the natural logarithm of @var{x};
+@samp{real-log} computes the logarithm of @var{x} base @var{y}, which
+is @code{(/ (real-ln x) (real-ln y))}. If arguments @var{x} and
+@var{y} are not both real; or if the correct result would not be real,
+then these procedures signal an error.
+
+@end defun
+
+
+@defun real-sqrt @var{x}
+
+For non-negative real @var{x} the result will be its positive square
+root; otherwise an error will be signaled.
+
+@end defun
+
+
+@defun real-expt x1 x2
+
+Returns @var{x1} raised to the power @var{x2} if that result is a real
+number; otherwise signals an error.
+
+@code{(real-expt 0.0 @var{x2})}
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+returns 1.0 for @var{x2} equal to 0.0;
+@item
+returns 0.0 for positive real @var{x2};
+@item
+signals an error otherwise.
+@end itemize
+
+@end defun
+
+
+@defun quo x1 x2
+@defunx rem x1 x2
+@defunx mod x1 x2
+
+@var{x2} should be non-zero.
+
+@example
+ (quo @var{x1} @var{x2}) ==> @var{n_q}
+ (rem @var{x1} @var{x2}) ==> @var{x_r}
+ (mod @var{x1} @var{x2}) ==> @var{x_m}
+@end example
+
+where @var{n_q} is @var{x1}/@var{x2} rounded towards zero,
+0 < |@var{x_r}| < |@var{x2}|, 0 < |@var{x_m}| < |@var{x2}|, @var{x_r}
+and @var{x_m} differ from @var{x1} by a multiple of @var{x2},
+@var{x_r} has the same sign as @var{x1}, and @var{x_m} has the same
+sign as @var{x2}.
+
+From this we can conclude that for @var{x2} not equal to 0,
+
+@example
+ (= @var{x1} (+ (* @var{x2} (quo @var{x1} @var{x2}))
+ (rem @var{x1} @var{x2})))
+ ==> #t
+@end example
+
+provided all numbers involved in that computation are exact.
+
+@example
+ (quo 2/3 1/5) ==> 3
+ (mod 2/3 1/5) ==> 1/15
+
+ (quo .666 1/5) ==> 3.0
+ (mod .666 1/5) ==> 65.99999999999995e-3
+@end example
+@end defun
+
+
+@defun ln @var{z}
+
+These procedures are part of every implementation that supports
+general real numbers.
+@samp{Ln} computes the natural logarithm of @var{z}
+
+In general, the mathematical function ln is multiply defined. The
+value of ln @var{z} is defined to be the one whose imaginary part lies
+in the range from -pi (exclusive) to pi (inclusive).
+
+@end defun
+
+
+@defun abs x
+
+For real argument @var{x}, @samp{Abs} returns the absolute value of
+@var{x}' otherwise it signals an error.
+
+@format
+@t{(abs -7) ==> 7
+}
+@end format
+
+@end defun
+
+@defun make-rectangular x1 x2
+@defunx make-polar x3 x4
+
+These procedures are part of every implementation that supports
+general complex numbers. Suppose @var{x1}, @var{x2}, @var{x3}, and
+@var{x4} are real numbers and @var{z} is a complex number such that
+
+
+@center @var{z} = @var{x1} + @var{x2}@w{i} = @var{x3} . e^@w{i} @var{x4}
+
+Then
+
+@format
+@t{(make-rectangular @var{x1} @var{x2}) ==> @var{z}
+(make-polar @var{x3} @var{x4}) ==> @var{z}
+}
+@end format
+
+where -pi < x_angle <= pi with x_angle = @var{x4} + 2pi n
+for some integer n.
+
+If an argument is not real, then these procedures signal an error.
+
+@end defun
+
+
+
+@node Prime Numbers, Random Numbers, Irrational Real Functions, Mathematical Packages
@section Prime Numbers
@code{(require 'factor)}
@@ -5130,7 +5256,7 @@ Returns the integer coded by the @var{bool1} @dots{} arguments.
@include factor.txi
-@node Random Numbers, Fast Fourier Transform, Prime Numbers, Mathematical Packages
+@node Random Numbers, Discrete Fourier Transform, Prime Numbers, Mathematical Packages
@section Random Numbers
@cindex RNG
@@ -5164,13 +5290,13 @@ tests pass.
@include randinex.txi
-@node Fast Fourier Transform, Cyclic Checksum, Random Numbers, Mathematical Packages
-@section Fast Fourier Transform
+@node Discrete Fourier Transform, Cyclic Checksum, Random Numbers, Mathematical Packages
+@section Discrete Fourier Transform
-@include fft.txi
+@include dft.txi
-@node Cyclic Checksum, Graphing, Fast Fourier Transform, Mathematical Packages
+@node Cyclic Checksum, Graphing, Discrete Fourier Transform, Mathematical Packages
@section Cyclic Checksum
@code{(require 'crc)}
@@ -6852,7 +6978,7 @@ signaled. The value returned is unspecified.
(every
(lambda (c)
(memv c '(#\0 #\1 #\2 #\3 #\4 #\5 #\6 #\7 #\8 #\9
- #\+ #\( #\ #\) #\-)))
+ #\+ #\( #\space #\) #\-)))
(string->list d))))
string))
@end group
@@ -10195,6 +10321,8 @@ pair. (Called @code{atom} in Common LISP.)
@code{(require 'sort)}
@ftindex sort
+[by Richard A. O'Keefe, 1991]
+
Many Scheme systems provide some kind of sorting functions. They do
not, however, always provide the @emph{same} sorting functions, and
those that I have had the opportunity to test provided inefficient ones
@@ -10275,6 +10403,18 @@ converge on a single interface, and this may serve as a hint. The
argument order for all functions has been chosen to be as close to
Common LISP as made sense, in order to avoid NIH-itis.
+The code of @code{merge} and @code{merge!} could have been quite a bit
+simpler, but they have been coded to reduce the amount of work done per
+iteration. (For example, we only have one @code{null?} test per
+iteration.)
+
+I gave serious consideration to producing Common-LISP-compatible
+functions. However, Common LISP's @code{sort} is our @code{sort!}
+(well, in fact Common LISP's @code{stable-sort} is our @code{sort!};
+merge sort is @emph{fast} as well as stable!) so adapting CL code to
+Scheme takes a bit of work anyway. I did, however, appeal to CL to
+determine the @emph{order} of the arguments.
+
Each of the five functions has a required @emph{last} parameter which is
a comparison function. A comparison function @code{f} is a function of
2 arguments which acts like @code{<}. For example,
@@ -10290,86 +10430,75 @@ The standard functions @code{<}, @code{>}, @code{char<?}, @code{char>?},
comparison functions. Think of @code{(less? x y)} as saying when
@code{x} must @emph{not} precede @code{y}.
+[Addendum by Aubrey Jaffer, 2006]
+
+These procedures are stable when called with predicates which return
+@code{#f} when applied to identical arguments. These procedures have
+asymptotic time and space needs no larger than @i{O(N*log(N))}, where
+@i{N} is the sum of the lengths of the sequence arguments.
+
+All five functions take an optional @var{key} argument corresponding
+to a CL-style @samp{&key} argument. A @var{less?} predicate with a
+@var{key} argument behaves like:
+
+@lisp
+(lambda (x y) (@var{less?} (@var{key} x) (@var{key} y)))
+@end lisp
+
+@c The @var{key} argument should be called at most one time for each
+@c element.
+
+The @samp{!} variants sort in place; @code{sort!} returns its
+@var{sequence} argument.
+
@defun sorted? sequence less?
-Returns @code{#t} when the sequence argument is in non-decreasing order
-according to @var{less?} (that is, there is no adjacent pair @code{@dots{} x
-y @dots{}} for which @code{(less? y x)}).
+@defunx sorted? sequence less? key
+Returns @code{#t} when the sequence argument is in non-decreasing
+order according to @var{less?} (that is, there is no adjacent pair
+@code{@dots{} x y @dots{}} for which @code{(less? y x)}).
Returns @code{#f} when the sequence contains at least one out-of-order
-pair. It is an error if the sequence is not a list, vector, or
-string.
+pair. It is an error if the sequence is not a list or array
+(including vectors and strings).
@end defun
@defun merge list1 list2 less?
-This merges two lists, producing a completely new list as result. I
-gave serious consideration to producing a Common-LISP-compatible
-version. However, Common LISP's @code{sort} is our @code{sort!} (well,
-in fact Common LISP's @code{stable-sort} is our @code{sort!}, merge sort
-is @emph{fast} as well as stable!) so adapting CL code to Scheme takes a
-bit of work anyway. I did, however, appeal to CL to determine the
-@emph{order} of the arguments.
-@end defun
-
-@deffn {Procedure} merge! list1 list2 less?
-Merges two lists, re-using the pairs of @var{list1} and @var{list2} to
-build the result. If the code is compiled, and @var{less?} constructs
-no new pairs, no pairs at all will be allocated. The first pair of the
-result will be either the first pair of @var{list1} or the first pair of
-@var{list2}, but you can't predict which.
-
-The code of @code{merge} and @code{merge!} could have been quite a bit
-simpler, but they have been coded to reduce the amount of work done per
-iteration. (For example, we only have one @code{null?} test per
-iteration.)
-
-@end deffn
+@defunx merge list1 list2 less? key
+Merges two sorted lists, returning a freshly allocated list as its
+result.
+@end defun
-@defun sort sequence less?
-Accepts either a list, vector, or string; and returns a new sequence
-which is sorted. The new sequence is the same type as the input.
-Always @code{(sorted? (sort sequence less?) less?)}. The original
-sequence is not altered in any way. The new sequence shares its
-@emph{elements} with the old one; no elements are copied.
+@defun merge! list1 list2 less?
+@defunx merge! list1 list2 less? key
+Merges two sorted lists, re-using the pairs of @var{list1} and
+@var{list2} to build the result. If @code{merge!} is compiled, then
+no new pairs will be allocated. The first pair of the result will be
+either the first pair of @var{list1} or the first pair of @var{list2}.
@end defun
-@deffn {Procedure} sort! sequence less?
-Returns its sorted result in the original boxes. If the original
-sequence is a list, no new storage is allocated at all. If the
-original sequence is a vector or string, the sorted elements are put
-back in the same vector or string.
+@defun sort sequence less?
+@defunx sort sequence less? key
+Accepts a list or array (including vectors and strings) for
+@var{sequence}; and returns a completely new sequence which is sorted
+according to @var{less?}. The returned sequence is the same type as
+the argument @var{sequence}. Given valid arguments, it is always the
+case that:
-Some people have been confused about how to use @code{sort!}, thinking
-that it doesn't return a value. It needs to be pointed out that
-@lisp
-(set! slist (sort! slist <))
-@end lisp
-@noindent
-is the proper usage, not
@lisp
-(sort! slist <)
+(sorted? (sort @var{sequence} @var{less?}) @var{less?}) @result{} #t
@end lisp
-@end deffn
+@end defun
-Note that these functions do @emph{not} accept a CL-style @samp{:key}
-argument. A simple device for obtaining the same expressiveness is to
-define
+@defun sort! sequence less?
+@defunx sort! sequence less? key
+Returns @var{sequence} which has been mutated to order its elements
+according to @var{less?}. If the argument @var{sequence} is a list
+and @code{sort!} is compiled, then no new pairs will be allocated. If
+the argument @var{sequence} is an array (including vectors and
+strings), then the sorted elements are returned in the array
+@var{sequence}.
+@end defun
-@lisp
-(define (keyed less? key)
- (lambda (x y) (less? (key x) (key y))))
-@end lisp
-@noindent
-and then, when you would have written
-@lisp
-(sort a-sequence #'my-less :key #'my-key)
-@end lisp
-@noindent
-in Common LISP, just write
-@lisp
-(sort! a-sequence (keyed my-less? my-key))
-@end lisp
-@noindent
-in Scheme.
@node Topological Sort, Hashing, Sorting, Sorting and Searching
@subsection Topological Sort
@@ -11379,13 +11508,23 @@ unspecified.
@end menu
@itemize @bullet
+@ftindex srfi-2
@item SRFI-2 @ref{Guarded LET* special form}
+@ftindex srfi-8
@item SRFI-8 @ref{Binding to multiple values}
+@ftindex srfi-9
@item SRFI-9 @ref{Define-Record-Type}
+@ftindex srfi-23
+@item SRFI-23 @code{(define error slib:error)}
+@ftindex srfi-47
@item SRFI-47 @ref{Arrays}
-@item SRFI-59 @ref{Vicinity}
+@ftindex srfi-63
@item SRFI-63 @ref{Arrays}
+@ftindex srfi-59
+@item SRFI-59 @ref{Vicinity}
+@ftindex srfi-60
@item SRFI-60 @ref{Bit-Twiddling}
+@ftindex srfi-61
@item SRFI-61 @ref{Guarded COND Clause}
@end itemize
@@ -11882,7 +12021,6 @@ http://www.sci.toyama-u.ac.jp/~iwao/Scheme/Jfilter/index.html
@node About SLIB, Index, Other Packages, Top
@chapter About SLIB
-@ifnottex
@noindent
More people than I can name have contributed to SLIB. Thanks to all of
you!
@@ -11890,10 +12028,13 @@ you!
@quotation
SLIB @value{SLIBVERSION}, released @value{SLIBDATE}.@*
Aubrey Jaffer <agj @@ alum.mit.edu>@*
-@i{Hyperactive Software} -- The Maniac Inside!@*
-@url{http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/SLIB.html}
+@c @i{Hyperactive Software} -- The Maniac Inside!@*
@end quotation
-@end ifnottex
+
+Current information about SLIB can be found on SLIB's @dfn{WWW} home
+page:
+
+@center @url{http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/SLIB}
@menu
* Installation:: How to install SLIB on your system.
@@ -12322,6 +12463,11 @@ nothing to undermine it in the future.
@node About this manual, , Copyrights, About SLIB
@section About this manual
+@menu
+* Copying This Manual::
+* How to use this License for your documents::
+@end menu
+
@itemize @bullet
@item
Entries that are labeled as Functions are called for their return
@@ -12339,6 +12485,8 @@ At the beginning of each section, there is a line that looks like
using the package.
@end itemize
+@include fdl.texi
+
@ifinfo
@node Index, , About SLIB, Top
@unnumbered Index