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diff --git a/doc/ref/scm.texi b/doc/ref/scm.texi index 06a3b19a3..d4a634eb9 100644 --- a/doc/ref/scm.texi +++ b/doc/ref/scm.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @page -@node Guile API +@node API Overview @chapter Overview of the Guile API Guile's application programming interface (@dfn{API}) makes @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ primitives on which it is based. * Primitives:: Identical function for Scheme and C. * C Only:: Elements only available in C. * Scheme Only:: Elements only available in Scheme. +* Reference Layout:: The layout of this part of the manual. @end menu @@ -164,3 +165,17 @@ generic @code{SCM}. @node Scheme Only @section Elements Available Only in Scheme + + +@node Reference Layout +@section Reference Material Layout + +This part of the reference manual documents all of Guile's core +Scheme-level language and features in functionally-related groups. +Where a particular section of the manual includes both R5RS-compliant +parts and Guile-specific extensions, the text indicates which parts of +the documentation describe R5RS behaviour and which parts describe Guile +extensions. + +For a quick way of identifying the parts of Guile that implement +R5RS-compliant features, see the R5RS index: @ref{R5RS Index}. |