1 This directory contains documentation on the Guile core. -*-text-*-
3 The documentation consists of the following manuals.
5 - The Guile Tutorial (guile-tut.texi) contains a tutorial introduction
8 - The Guile Reference Manual (guile.texi) contains (or is intended to
9 contain) reference documentation on all aspects of Guile.
11 - The GOOPS Manual (goops.texi) contains both tutorial-style and
12 reference documentation for using GOOPS, Guile's Object Oriented
15 - The Revised^5 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme (r5rs.texi).
17 Please be aware that this is all very much work in progress (apart
18 from the Revised^5 Report). Bug reports and contributions are
21 The file `oldfmt.c' contains a function which can be used by
22 application writers to support both old-style and new-style error
25 The `sources' directory includes some stuff relevant to the Guile
26 reference manual, and which may eventually be folded in to it. It's
27 not immediately relevant, however, which is why it's not in this
30 The Revised^4 Report (r4rs.texi) is no longer in this distribution, as
31 it is completely superseded by the Revised^5 Report. If you need to
32 consult R4RS, it is still widely available, for example at
33 http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/info/SchemeDocs/r4rs/.