From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Issac Trotts" Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Missing Pieces Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:02:46 -0800 Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <003701c3dbd4$d9130d40$8d8d7880@UCDAVIS.EDU> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074219046 16792 80.91.224.253 (16 Jan 2004 02:10:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 02:10:46 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 16 03:10:36 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AhJRT-00055K-01 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 03:10:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AhJHN-0007Z8-O7 for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:00:09 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AhJGB-0007YY-51 for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:58:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AhJFe-0007Tf-Gw for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:58:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [169.237.105.29] (helo=pop19.ucdavis.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AhJFd-0007TO-SB for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:58:21 -0500 Original-Received: from MALLORN (mallorn.ucdavis.edu [128.120.141.141]) by pop19.ucdavis.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9/it-std-5.2.0) with SMTP id i0G1wJBE011912 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 17:58:20 -0800 (PST) Original-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:2601 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:2601 I've been getting some pretty good mileage out of the r5rs document. You can find a pdf version with a google search. It's about 50 pages of helpful stuff, though none of it is specific to guile. Issac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian S McQueen" To: Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:52 PM Subject: Missing Pieces > Somehow I am missing out on a lot of information about guile. For > instance, as I browsed some old email list today I see there is a function > c-string, mentioned as though it were common knowledge and part of some > familiar library. How are new-comers to guile going to learn about all > the great things you all have produced. Just yesterday I found out about > this: (help cons*). A built-in help feature and I didn't even know about > it. I have been reading the headers for libguile, poking around in the > srfi and ice-9 scheme directories, but that is not enough. I have read > the guile web pages many times by now. Does anyone have any suggestions > to helping out new-comers to guile? I guess what is needed is a book like > the old Perl 4 book where all the nooks and crannys of Perl were laid > bare - one of those O'Reilly type books. > > Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > Guile-user mailing list > Guile-user@gnu.org > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user > _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user