X-Git-Url: http://repo.macrolet.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fmanual%2Fintro.texinfo;h=4f3182ba4cc69aa6415eba55085417d05b0c8fea;hb=d84e1dbbbf11e76663cfaa0b1a5b7591f39f01b6;hp=60b76a528720865e2b8c3265187580ee8bfa3042;hpb=8852534331f5505348d1217a3080ee25e09ec47e;p=sbcl.git diff --git a/doc/manual/intro.texinfo b/doc/manual/intro.texinfo index 60b76a5..4f3182b 100644 --- a/doc/manual/intro.texinfo +++ b/doc/manual/intro.texinfo @@ -24,16 +24,8 @@ Lisp. @section ANSI Conformance Essentially every type of non-conformance is considered a bug. (The -exceptions involve internal inconsistencies in the standard.) In SBCL -the master record of known bugs is in the @file{BUGS} file in the -distribution. - -The recommended way to report bugs is through the @cite{sbcl-help} or -@cite{sbcl-devel} mailing lists. For mailing list addresses, -see @ref{SBCL Homepage}; note that as a spam-reduction measure you -must subscribe before you can post. - - +exceptions involve internal inconsistencies in the standard.) +@xref{Reporting Bugs}. @node Extensions @comment node-name, next, previous, up @@ -217,7 +209,7 @@ leads to some oddities, e.g. collapsing @code{functionp} and @node Defining Constants @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Defining Constants -@findex defconstant +@findex @cl{defconstant} SBCL is quite strict about ANSI's definition of @code{defconstant}. ANSI says that doing @code{defconstant} of the same symbol more than @@ -348,8 +340,8 @@ sb-ext:save-lisp-and-die}. @menu * SBCL Homepage:: -* Additional Distributed Documentation:: * Online Documentation:: +* Additional Documentation Files:: * Internals Documentation:: @end menu @@ -363,9 +355,23 @@ archives of these mailing lists. Subscribing to the mailing lists @cite{sbcl-help} and @cite{sbcl-announce} is recommended: both are fairly low-volume, and help you keep abrest with SBCL development. -@node Additional Distributed Documentation +@node Online Documentation +@comment node-name, next, previous, up +@subsection Online Documentation + +Documentation for non-ANSI extensions for various commands is +available online from the SBCL executable itself. The extensions +for functions which have their own command prompts (e.g. the debugger, +and @code{inspect}) are documented in text available by typing +@command{help} at their command prompts. The extensions for functions +which don't have their own command prompt (such as @code{trace}) are +described in their documentation strings, unless your SBCL was +compiled with an option not to include documentation strings, in which +case the documentation strings are only readable in the source code. + +@node Additional Documentation Files @comment node-name, next, previous, up -@subsection Additional Distributed Documentation +@subsection Additional Documentation Files Besides this user manual both SBCL source and binary distributions include some other SBCL-specific documentation files, which should be @@ -374,9 +380,6 @@ installed along with this manual in on your system, eg. in @table @file -@item BUGS -Lists known bugs in the distribution. - @item COPYING Licence and copyright summary. @@ -391,25 +394,8 @@ information. @item NEWS Summarizes changes between various SBCL versions. -@item SUPPORT -Lists SBCL developers available for-pay development of SBCL. - @end table -@node Online Documentation -@comment node-name, next, previous, up -@subsection Online Documentation - -Documentation for non-ANSI extensions for various commands is -available online from the SBCL executable itself. The extensions -for functions which have their own command prompts (e.g. the debugger, -and @code{inspect}) are documented in text available by typing -@command{help} at their command prompts. The extensions for functions -which don't have their own command prompt (such as @code{trace}) are -described in their documentation strings, unless your SBCL was -compiled with an option not to include documentation strings, in which -case the documentation strings are only readable in the source code. - @node Internals Documentation @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Internals Documentation