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@settitle MIT Scheme User's Manual
@titlepage
@title{MIT Scheme User's Manual}
-@subtitle Edition 1.67
+@subtitle Edition 1.68
@subtitle for Scheme Release 7.5
@subtitle 17 March 2000
@author by Stephen Adams
@node Release Notes, Index, Edwin, Top
@appendix Release Notes
-The last full release of MIT Scheme was version 7.4.7 in 1998. This
+The previous full release of MIT Scheme was version 7.4.7 in 1998. This
section describes major changes that have occurred since that time. For
more detailed information, see the @file{RCS.log} files in the source
code.
the Algorithmic Language Scheme}.
@menu
+* Recent Changes::
* Overall Changes::
* Base System Changes::
* Edwin Changes::
* Changes to the Windows Port::
@end menu
-@node Overall Changes, Base System Changes, Release Notes, Release Notes
+@node Recent Changes, Overall Changes, Release Notes, Release Notes
+@section Recent Changes
+
+These are the changes since release 7.5.0:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+Release 7.5.5 changes the implementation of @code{sort} (and
+@code{merge-sort}) when applied to lists: previously this procedure was
+recursive to a depth of half the length of the list being sorted; the
+new implementation recurses only to a depth of lg(N). Additionally,
+this release provides new procedures @code{flo:<=}, @code{flo:>=},
+@code{flo:max} and @code{flo:min}.
+
+@item
+Release 7.5.4 fixes some bugs in the @sc{sos} object instantiation code
+(reported by Joe Marshall). It also includes several improvements to
+Edwin: implementation of abbrevs; implementation of adaptive fill;
+change incremental search to terminate on @key{RET} rather than
+@key{ESC}; show mode-specific key bindings in @kbd{C-h m}.
+
+@item
+Release 7.5.3 fixes problems in the Windows port that caused errors when
+trying to read gzipped Info files. This release also fixes a bug that
+prevented the code from compiling properly when using egcs or GCC 2.95.x
+under GNU/Linux.
+
+@item
+Release 7.5.2 adds support for FreeBSD; no other system is affected.
+The code for GNU/Linux has been re-compiled but should otherwise be
+unchanged.
+
+@item
+Release 7.5.1 fixes some bugs in Edwin RMAIL and in how Edwin displays
+characters with codes between @code{#x80} and @code{#xA0}.
+@end itemize
+
+@node Overall Changes, Base System Changes, Recent Changes, Release Notes
@section Overall Changes
The following changes affect the entire system: