From 6f67549b3b2a1f95b0f774e98ad2ea641d50959a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Hanson Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 18:08:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add "Recent Changes" section to release notes. --- v7/doc/user-manual/user.texinfo | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/v7/doc/user-manual/user.texinfo b/v7/doc/user-manual/user.texinfo index 61b588594..e101fb0b4 100644 --- a/v7/doc/user-manual/user.texinfo +++ b/v7/doc/user-manual/user.texinfo @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ @iftex @finalout @end iftex -@comment $Id: user.texinfo,v 1.67 2000/03/17 17:57:34 cph Exp $ +@comment $Id: user.texinfo,v 1.68 2000/03/17 18:08:35 cph Exp $ @comment %**start of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.) @setfilename user.info @settitle MIT Scheme User's Manual @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Free Documentation License". @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 @@ -4678,7 +4678,7 @@ state that prevents Edwin from running. @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. @@ -4688,13 +4688,51 @@ Algorithmic Language Scheme}, but not to the @cite{Revised^5 Report on 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: -- 2.25.1