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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/ref')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/ref/api-options.texi | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/ref/guile-invoke.texi | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/ref/posix.texi | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/ref/srfi-modules.texi | 8 |
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ref/api-options.texi b/doc/ref/api-options.texi index a1575c5af..8fa4f98a5 100644 --- a/doc/ref/api-options.texi +++ b/doc/ref/api-options.texi @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ @c -*-texinfo-*- @c This is part of the GNU Guile Reference Manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 +@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, +@c 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See the file guile.texi for copying conditions. @@ -281,6 +282,11 @@ Databases}). Indicates support for POSIX functions: @code{pipe}, @code{getgroups}, @code{kill}, @code{execl} and so on (@pxref{POSIX}). +@item fork +Indicates support for the POSIX @code{fork} function (@pxref{Processes, +@code{primitive-fork}}). This is a prerequisite for the @code{(ice-9 +popen)} module (@pxref{Pipes}). + @item random Indicates availability of random number generation functions: @code{random}, @code{copy-random-state}, @code{random-uniform} and so on diff --git a/doc/ref/guile-invoke.texi b/doc/ref/guile-invoke.texi index 15ca625ec..90922f27d 100644 --- a/doc/ref/guile-invoke.texi +++ b/doc/ref/guile-invoke.texi @@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ before any directories in the @env{GUILE_LOAD_PATH} environment variable. Paths added here are @emph{not} in effect during execution of the user's @file{.guile} file. +@item -C @var{directory} +Like @option{-L}, but adjusts the load path for @emph{compiled} files. + @item -x @var{extension} Add @var{extension} to the front of Guile's load extension list (@pxref{Load Paths, @code{%load-extensions}}). The specified extensions diff --git a/doc/ref/posix.texi b/doc/ref/posix.texi index 950c3519d..e20309000 100644 --- a/doc/ref/posix.texi +++ b/doc/ref/posix.texi @@ -2189,7 +2189,8 @@ controlling terminal. The return value is unspecified. The following procedures are similar to the @code{popen} and @code{pclose} system routines. The code is in a separate ``popen'' -module: +module@footnote{This module is only available on systems where the +@code{fork} feature is provided (@pxref{Common Feature Symbols}).}: @lisp (use-modules (ice-9 popen)) diff --git a/doc/ref/srfi-modules.texi b/doc/ref/srfi-modules.texi index 365341dde..f0158d5e8 100644 --- a/doc/ref/srfi-modules.texi +++ b/doc/ref/srfi-modules.texi @@ -3844,7 +3844,7 @@ again. SRFI-41 can be made available with: SRFI-41 Streams are based on two mutually-recursive abstract data types: An object of the @code{stream} abstract data type is a promise that, -when forced, is either @var{stream-null} or is an object of type +when forced, is either @code{stream-null} or is an object of type @code{stream-pair}. An object of the @code{stream-pair} abstract data type contains a @code{stream-car} and a @code{stream-cdr}, which must be a @code{stream}. The essential feature of streams is the systematic @@ -3862,14 +3862,14 @@ stream, and is only forced on demand. @subsubsection SRFI-41 Stream Primitives This library provides eight operators: constructors for -@var{stream-null} and @code{stream-pair}s, type predicates for streams +@code{stream-null} and @code{stream-pair}s, type predicates for streams and the two kinds of streams, accessors for both fields of a @code{stream-pair}, and a lambda that creates procedures that return streams. @defvr {Scheme Variable} stream-null A promise that, when forced, is a single object, distinguishable from -all other objects, that represents the null stream. @var{stream-null} +all other objects, that represents the null stream. @code{stream-null} is immutable and unique. @end defvr @@ -4003,7 +4003,7 @@ Returns a newly-allocated stream containing the elements from Returns a newly-allocated stream containing in its elements the characters on the port. If @var{port} is not given it defaults to the current input port. The returned stream has finite length and is -terminated by @var{stream-null}. +terminated by @code{stream-null}. It looks like one use of @code{port->stream} would be this: |