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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This directory contains the distribution of Scheme Library slib2a3. +This directory contains the distribution of Scheme Library slib2c0. Slib conforms to Revised^4 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme and the IEEE P1178 specification. Slib supports Unix and similar systems, VMS, and MS-DOS. @@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ The maintainer can be reached at jaffer@ai.mit.edu. for the MitScheme compiler. `scheme2c.init' is a configuration file for DEC's scheme->c. `scheme48.init' is a configuration file for Scheme48. + `scsh.init' is a configuration file for Scheme-Shell + `scm.init' is a configuration file for SCM. `t3.init' is a configuration file for T3.1 in Scheme mode. `vscm.init' is a configuration file for VSCM. + `mklibcat.scm' builds the *catalog* cache. `require.scm' has code which allows system independent access to the library files. @@ -58,13 +61,18 @@ The maintainer can be reached at jaffer@ai.mit.edu. `primes.scm' has primes and probably-prime?. `factor.scm' has factor. `root.scm' has Newton's and Laguerre's methods for finding roots. + `cring.scm' extend + and * to custom commutative rings. + `selfset.scm' sets single letter identifiers to their symbols. + `determ.scm' compute determinant of list of lists. `charplot.scm' has procedure for plotting on character screens. `plottest.scm' has code to test charplot.scm. `tek40.scm' has routines for Tektronix 4000 series graphics. `tek41.scm' has routines for Tektronix 4100 series graphics. `getopt.scm' has posix-like getopt for parsing command line arguments. - `time.scm' has Posix time conversion routines. + `psxtime.scm' has Posix time conversion routines. `cltime.scm' has Common-Lisp time conversion routines. + `timezone.scm' has the default time-zone, UTC. + `tzfile.scm' reads sysV style (binary) timezone file. `comparse.scm' has shell-like command parsing. `rdms.scm' has code to construct a relational database from a base @@ -100,10 +108,6 @@ The maintainer can be reached at jaffer@ai.mit.edu. `values.scm' is multiple values. `queue.scm' has queues and stacks. - `object.scm' is object oriented programming (using no macros). - `recobj.scm' is records implemented using object.scm. - `yasyn.scm' is a macro package implementing YASOS using object.scm. - `yasos.scm' is object oriented programming (using R4RS macros). `collect.scm' is collection operators (like CL sequences). `priorque.scm' has code and documentation for priority queues. @@ -137,6 +141,7 @@ The maintainer can be reached at jaffer@ai.mit.edu. "Essentials of Programming Languages". `structure.scm' has syntax-case macros for the same. `structst.scm' has test code for struct.scm. + `byte.scm' has arrays of small integers. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS @@ -147,7 +152,9 @@ compliant Scheme Implementations are included with this distribution. If the Scheme implementation supports `getenv', then the value of the shell environment variable SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH will be used for `(library-vicinity)' if it is defined. Currently, Chez, Elk, -MITScheme, scheme->c, VSCM, and SCM support `getenv'. +MITScheme, scheme->c, VSCM, and SCM support `getenv'. Scheme48 +supports `getenv' but does not use it for determining +`library-vicinity'. (That is done from the Makefile.) You should check the definitions of `software-type', `scheme-implementation-version', `implementation-vicinity', and @@ -159,7 +166,7 @@ implementation to `load' this initialization file. SLIB is then installed. Multiple implementations of Scheme can all use the same SLIB -directory. Simply configure each implementation's initialization file +directory. Simply configure each implementation's initialization file as outlined above. The SCM implementation does not require any initialization file as @@ -168,9 +175,11 @@ SCM for installation instructions. SLIB includes methods to create heap images for the VSCM and Scheme48 implementations. The instructions for creating a VSCM image are in -comments in `vscm.init'. To make a Scheme48 image, `cd' to the SLIB -directory and type `make slib48'. This will also create a shell script -with the name `slib48' which will invoke the saved image. +comments in `vscm.init'. To make a Scheme48 image for an installation +under `<prefix>', `cd' to the SLIB directory and type `make +prefix=<prefix> slib48'. To install the image, type `make +prefix=<prefix> install48'. This will also create a shell script with +the name `slib48' which will invoke the saved image. PORTING INSTRUCTIONS @@ -180,7 +189,7 @@ compliant with `IEEE Std 1178-1990' or `Revised^4 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme' to support SLIB. `Template.scm' is an example configuration file. The comments inside -will direct you on how to customize it to reflect your system. Give +will direct you on how to customize it to reflect your system. Give your new initialization file the implementation's name with `.init' appended. For instance, if you were porting `foo-scheme' then the initialization file might be called `foo.init'. |