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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This directory contains the distribution of scm5e3. Scm conforms to +This directory contains the distribution of scm5e4. 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. @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ NOS/VE, Unicos, VMS, Unix and similar systems. `build.bat' invokes build.scm for MS-DOS `build.scm' database for compiling and linking new SCM programs. `byte.c' strings as bytes. +`bytenumb.c' Byte-number conversions. `compile.scm' Hobbit compilation to C. `continue-ia64.S'replaces make_root_continuation(), make_continuation(), and dynthrow() in continue.c @@ -107,18 +108,16 @@ 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: - * swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib3a4.tar.gz + * swiss.csail.mit.edu:/pub/scm/slib3a5.tar.gz - * ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/jacal/slib3a4.tar.gz + * ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/jacal/slib3a5.tar.gz - * ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/scheme-repository/imp/slib3a4.tar.gz - -Unpack SLIB (`tar xzf slib3a4.tar.gz' or `unzip -ao slib3a4.zip') in an +Unpack SLIB (`tar xzf slib3a5.tar.gz' or `unzip -ao slib3a5.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 `Init5e3.scm' is +(this is the same directory as where the file `Init5e4.scm' is installed). `require.scm' should have the contents: (define (library-vicinity) "/usr/local/lib/slib/") @@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ File: scm.info, Node: Making SCM, Next: SLIB, Prev: Installing SCM, Up: Inst The SCM distribution has "Makefile" which contains rules for making "scmlit", a "bare-bones" version of SCM sufficient for running `build'. `build' is used to compile (or create scripts to compile) full -featured versions. +featured versions (*note Building SCM::). Makefiles are not portable to the majority of platforms. If `Makefile' works for you, good; If not, I don't want to hear about it. If you @@ -283,17 +282,17 @@ remove <FLAG> in scmfig.h and Do so and recompile files. recompile scm. add <FLAG> in scmfig.h and recompile scm. -ERROR: Init5e3.scm not found. Assign correct IMPLINIT in makefile +ERROR: Init5e4.scm not found. Assign correct IMPLINIT in makefile or scmfig.h. Define environment variable SCM_INIT_PATH to be the full - pathname of Init5e3.scm. + pathname of Init5e4.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 - Init5e3.scm to point to library or + Init5e4.scm to point to library or remove. Make sure the value of (library-vicinity) has a trailing @@ -354,7 +353,7 @@ 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. `Init5e3.scm'). +output files. `Init5e4.scm'). Spaces or control characters appear Check character defines in in symbol names. `scmfig.h'. Negative numbers turn positive. Check SRS in `scmfig.h'. |