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diff --git a/doc/ref/slib.texi b/doc/ref/slib.texi deleted file mode 100644 index 4d9e8c14c..000000000 --- a/doc/ref/slib.texi +++ /dev/null @@ -1,105 +0,0 @@ -@page -@node SLIB -@chapter SLIB - -Before the the SLIB facilities can be used, the following Scheme -expression must be executed: - -@smalllisp -(use-modules (ice-9 slib)) -@end smalllisp - -@code{require} can then be used as described in -@ref{Top, , SLIB, slib, The SLIB Manual}. - -For example: - -@smalllisp -guile> (use-modules (ice-9 slib)) -guile> (require 'primes) -guile> (probably-prime? 13) -@end smalllisp - -@menu -* SLIB installation:: -* JACAL:: -@end menu - -@node SLIB installation -@section SLIB installation - -The following seems to work (e.g., with slib versions 2c7 and 2d2): - -@enumerate -@item -Unpack slib somewhere, e.g., /usr/local/share/slib. - -@item -Create a symlink in the Guile site directory to slib, e.g.,: - -@example -ln -s /usr/local/share/slib /usr/local/share/guile/site/slib -@end example - -@item -Use Guile to create the catalog file, e.g.,: - -@example -# guile -guile> (use-modules (ice-9 slib)) -guile> (load "/usr/local/share/slib/mklibcat.scm") -guile> (quit) -@end example - -The catalog data should now be in -@code{/usr/local/share/guile/site/slibcat}. - -If instead you get an error such as: - -@example -Unbound variable: scheme-implementation-type -@end example - -then a solution is to get a newer version of Guile, -or to modify ice-9/slib.scm to use define-public for the -offending variables. - -@item -Install the documentation: - -@example -cd /usr/local/share/slib -rm /usr/local/info/slib.info* -cp slib.info /usr/local/info -install-info slib.info /usr/local/info/dir -@end example -@end enumerate - -@node JACAL -@section JACAL - -@cindex Jaffer, Aubrey -@cindex symbolic math -@cindex math -- symbolic -Jacal is a symbolic math package written in Scheme by Aubrey Jaffer. It -is usually installed as an extra package in SLIB (@pxref{Packages not -shipped with Guile}). - -You can use Guile's interface to SLIB to invoke Jacal: - -@smalllisp -(use-modules (ice-9 slib)) -(slib:load "math") -(math) -@end smalllisp - -@noindent -For complete documentation on Jacal, please read the Jacal manual. If -it has been installed on line, you can look at @ref{Top, , Jacal, jacal, -The SLIB Manual}. Otherwise you can find it on the web at -@url{http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/JACAL.html} - - -@c Local Variables: -@c TeX-master: "guile.texi" -@c End: |