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-This message announces the availability of Scheme release scm5e4.
+This message announces the availability of Scheme release scm-5e5.
SCM conforms to Revised^5 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme
and the IEEE P1178 specification. SCM is written in C and runs under
Amiga, Atari-ST, MacOS, MS-DOS, OS/2, NOS/VE, Unicos, VMS, Windows,
Unix, and similar systems.
-SCM is free software. It is released under the GNU Public License
-(GPL) with an exception allowing it to be linked with non-GPL
-programs (see http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/SCM_LICENSE).
+SCM is free software and part of the GNU project. It is released
+under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
Documentation and distributions in several formats are linked from
SCM's home page:
@@ -18,92 +17,158 @@ Links to distributions of SCM and related softwares are at the end of
this message.
-=-=-
-scm5e4 news:
+scm-5e5 news:
-* Jerry van Dijk wrote NSIS script to create MS-Windows installers.
+* SCM is now a GNU package.
+* SCM license is now LGPLv3.
+* Documentation changed to GNU Free Documentation License.
+* scm-discuss email group
+ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/scm-discuss
-* Added (compiled) byte-number module.
+ From Radey Shouman
-* scm-file-position replaces file-position and file-set-position!;
- moved from i/o-extensions module to SCM core functionality.
+ * repl.c (isymnames): Add name for IM_EVAL_VALUES.
+ Fix igc prototype, avert warning.
-* Added --no-symbol-case-fold command-line option to make symbol
- reading case-sensitive.
+ * eval.c (scm_eval_values, ceval_1): Catch VALUES arity errors
+ in top-level repl evaluations. Eg (list (values 1 2)) now
+ throws an error even when typed to repl.
-* Added (R6RS) bitwise-bit-count.
+ * scm.h (IM_EVAL_VALUES): Add isym for use by scm_eval_values.
-* Makefile (install*): Added $(DESTDIR) prefix.
+ From Bob Schumaker
+
+ * macos-config.h, unexmacosx.c, lastfile.c:
+ Added from Emacs for MacOS (darwin).
+
+ * build.scm (C-libraries): Added dump and dlll darwin entries.
+ (make-dll-archive, compile-dll-c-files): Added Darwin tagets.
+ (manifest): Added entries for "macos-config.h" and "lastfile.c".
+
+ * Makefile (all): Make x.so only if /usr/X11R6/lib exists.
+ (install, installlib): test -d is not needed with mkdir -p.
+
+ From Aubrey Jaffer
+
+ * build, Makefile, scm.spec: Put "-" between "scm" and version.
+
+ * unexelf.c, unexmacosx.c, unexsgi.c, unexsunos4.c, gmalloc.c,
+ lastfile.c, macos-config.h, r4rstest.scm, syntest2.scm,
+ unexalpha.c, unexec.c, !#.c, build, build.scm, ecrt0.c,
+ findexec.c, bench.scm:
+ Changed license to GPL version 3.
+
+ * Transcen.scm, Tscript.scm, unif.c, unix.c, x.c, xgen.scm,
+ subr.c, sys.c, time.c, scm.texi, script.c, setjump.h, socket.c,
+ split.scm, scm.c, scm.h, scmfig.h, scmhob.h, scmhob.scm,
+ scmmain.c, repl.c, rgx.c, rope.c, sc2.c, scl.c, Macro.scm,
+ Makefile, mkimpcat.scm, pi.c, pi.scm, posix.c, ramap.c,
+ record.c, Iedline.scm, Init5e4.scm, Link.scm, Macexp.scm,
+ inc2scm, ioext.c, Idiffer.scm, gsubr.c, hobbit.scm, .gdbinit,
+ differ.c, disarm.scm, dynl.c, edline.c, eval.c,
+ get-contoffset-ia64.c, byte.c, bytenumb.c, compile.scm,
+ continue-ia64.S, continue.c, continue.h, crs.c, debug.c:
+ Changed license to LGPL version 3.
+
+ * Tscript.scm: Handle EOF.
+
+ * byte.c (bytes-append, bytes->string, string->bytes): Added.
+
+ * scm.nsi: Create shortcuts at installation; removed SCM.lnk.
+ (MUI_ICON): Set to "SCM.ico".
+
+ * scm.nsi (Uninstall): Delete tmp1, tmp2, and tmp3,
+ scmlit.exe, implcat, and slibcat when uninstalling.
+
+ * Makefile ($(htmldir)Xlibscm_toc.html)
+ ($(htmldir)hobbit_toc.html): Add SCM.ico.
+ (all): Make differ.so.
+ (libscm.a, db.so, bytenumb.so, differ.so, myturtle, x.so): Depend
+ on scm.h and scmfig.h.
+
+ * scm.h, repl.c: Made ints_disabled VOLATILE.
+
+ * ANNOUNCE: Culled and reorganized URLs.
+
+ * ioext.c (directory-for-each): Require 'filename, not 'glob.
+
+ * Init5e4.scm (slib:features): Added srfi-96.
+
+ * scm.c (init_scm): The streams when the program was dumped need
+ to be reset at initialization.
+
+ * Makefile (Checklit, Check): Added case-sensitive checks.
+
+ * repl.c (scm_lreadr): Made case-insensitive for character names.
+
+ * keysymdef.scm, x11.scm: X Window System Version 7.1.1
+ Release Date: 12 May 2006
+ X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
-=-=-
SCM source is available from:
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm5e4.zip
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm5e4.zip
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e4-1.src.rpm
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5e4-1.src.rpm
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e5.zip
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5e5.zip
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e5-1.src.rpm
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5e5-1.src.rpm
Also available as i386 binary RPM:
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e4-1.i386.rpm
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5e4-1.i386.rpm
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e5-1.i386.rpm
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm-5e5-1.i386.rpm
+Also available as i386 MS-Windows installer:
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b1-1.exe
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-3b1-1.exe
SLIB is a portable Scheme library which SCM uses:
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib3a5.zip
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib3a5.zip
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b1.zip
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-3b1.zip
Also available as RPM:
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-3a5-1.noarch.rpm
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-3a5-1.noarch.rpm
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b1-1.noarch.rpm
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-3b1-1.noarch.rpm
+Also available as MS-Windows installer:
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b1-1.exe
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-3b1-1.exe
JACAL is a symbolic math system written in Scheme:
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/jacal1b8.zip
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/jacal1b8.zip
-
-SLIB-PSD is a portable debugger for Scheme (requires emacs editor):
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-psd1-3.tar.gz
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-psd1-3.tar.gz
-
-SMG-SCM is an SMG interface package which works with SCM on VMS.
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/smg-scm2a1.zip
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/smg-scm2a1.zip
-A VMS version of Unzip is available by anonymous FTP from
- ftp.spc.edu:[ANONYMOUS.MACRO32]UNZIP.EXE.
-
-TURTLSCM is a turtle graphics package which works with SCM on MS-DOS
-or X11 machines:
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/turtlegr.tar.gz
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/turtlegr.tar.gz
-
-XSCM is a X windows interface package which works with SCM:
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/xscm-2.01.tar.gz
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/xscm-2.01.tar.gz
-
-MacSCM is a Macintosh applications building package which works with
-SCM (similar to XSCM).
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/macscm.tar.Z
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/macscm.tar.Z
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/jacal-1b9.zip
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/jacal-1b9.zip
+Also available as RPM:
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/jacal-1b9-1.noarch.rpm
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/jacal-1b9-1.noarch.rpm
+Also available as MS-Windows installer:
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/jacal-1b9-1.exe
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/jacal-1b9-1.exe
WB is a disk based, sorted associative array (B-tree) library for SCM.
Using WB, large databases can be created and managed from SCM.
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb2a1.zip
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb2a1.zip
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-2a1-1.src.rpm
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-2a1-1.src.rpm
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-2a2.zip
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-2a2.zip
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-2a2-1.src.rpm
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-2a2-1.src.rpm
Also available as i386 binary RPM:
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-2a1-1.i386.rpm
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-2a1-1.i386.rpm
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/wb-2a2-1.i386.rpm
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/wb-2a2-1.i386.rpm
+
+FreeSnell is a program to compute optical properties of multilayer
+thin-film coatings:
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/FreeSnell-1b7.zip
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/FreeSnell-1b7.zip
+Also available as MS-Windows installer:
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/FreeSnell-1b7-1.exe
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/FreeSnell-1b7-1.exe
SIMSYNCH is a digital logic simulation system written in SCM.
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/synch1b0.zip
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/synch1b0.zip
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/synch-1c3.zip
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/synch-1c3.zip
-DLD is a C library package allowing SCM to dynamically load object
-files on VAX (Ultrix), Sun 3 (SunOS 3.4 and 4.0), SPARCstation
-(SunOS 4.0), Sequent Symmetry (Dynix), Atari ST, and a.out Linux
-systems.
- ftp.gnu.org:pub/gnu/dld/dld-3.3.tar.gz
+XSCM is a X windows interface package which works with SCM:
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/xscm-2.01.tar.gz
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/xscm-2.01.tar.gz
-SCM.EXE (314k) is a SCM executable for DOS and MS-Windows.
-Note: SCM.EXE still requires slib3a5 and scm5e4 above.
- http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/scm.exe
- swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/scm.exe
+TURTLSCM is a turtle graphics package which works with SCM on MS-DOS
+or X11 machines:
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/turtlegr.tar.gz
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/turtlegr.tar.gz
#! implements "#!" (POSIX) shell-scripts for MS-DOS batch files.
http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/sharpbang.zip
@@ -111,6 +176,19 @@ Note: SCM.EXE still requires slib3a5 and scm5e4 above.
http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/#!.zip
swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/#!.zip
+SLIB-PSD is a portable debugger for Scheme (requires emacs editor):
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/slib-psd1-3.tar.gz
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib-psd1-3.tar.gz
+
+SMG-SCM is an SMG interface package which works with SCM on VMS.
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/smg-scm2a1.zip
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/smg-scm2a1.zip
+
+MacSCM is a Macintosh applications building package which works with
+SCM (similar to XSCM).
+ http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/macscm.tar.Z
+ swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/macscm.tar.Z
+
Programs for printing and viewing TexInfo documentation (which SCM
has) come with GNU Emacs or can be obtained via ftp from:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.8.tar.gz