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RE: [Gcl-devel] Questions concerning Documentation, Sockets, FFI
From: |
Eric Merritt |
Subject: |
RE: [Gcl-devel] Questions concerning Documentation, Sockets, FFI |
Date: |
Mon, 30 Dec 2002 06:29:27 -0800 (PST) |
--- Mike Thomas <address@hidden>
wrote:
> Hi Eric.
>
> Thanks for the details.
>
> > On linux info is pretty much natural so there
> > were no issues with it.
>
> The info files should be accessible from the Lisp
> command prompt (Windows,
> Linux or any other) using the "describe" function.
> The following example
> worked for me after clicking on a shortcut to
> "gclm.bat" and also after
> running "saved-gcl.exe" from a DOS box.
>
> If this example - (describe '+) - doesn't work for
> you let me know:
>
>
============================================================================
> =
> >(describe '+)
>
> + - external symbol in LISP package
> value:
> (DESCRIBE 'DEFUN)
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
> +
> [Function]
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
> +
> [Special
> variable]
>
> From (+ gcl.info):
>
> +
> [Function]
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> `+' &rest numbers => sum
>
> Arguments and Values::
> ......................
>
> number--a number.
>
> sum--a number.
>
> Description::
> .............
>
> Returns the sum of numbers, performing any
> necessary type
> conversions in the process. If no numbers are
> supplied, 0 is returned.
>
> Examples::
> ..........
>
> (+) => 0
> (+ 1) => 1
> (+ 31/100 69/100) => 1
> (+ 1/5 0.8) => 1.0
>
> Exceptional Situations::
> ........................
>
> Might signal type-error if some argument is not a
> number. Might
> signal arithmetic-error.
>
> See Also::
> ..........
>
> *Note Numeric Operations::, *Note Rational
> Computations::, *Note
> Floating-point Computations::, *Note Complex
> Computations::
>
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
>
>
> >
>
============================================================================
> =
>
> > On a second note a little readme in the binary
> > (windows at least) describing the docs, what they
> are,
> > where they are, and how to convert them would
> probably
> > solve any problem that arises.
>
> Yes. This sounds like a cross-platform
> documentation problem. Perhaps we
> could also add a note to the REPL start-up message
> describing "describe".
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike Thomas.
That would probably solve the problem pretty nicly.
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