From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Brian S McQueen Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Missing Pieces Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:52:18 -0800 (PST) Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1074217186 13739 80.91.224.253 (16 Jan 2004 01:39:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 01:39:46 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 16 02:39:41 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 1AhIxY-0003nI-00 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 02:39:41 +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 1AhIo5-0001tk-Dx for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:29:53 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AhIk5-0001Jj-KD for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:25:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AhIO7-0005BM-SS for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:03:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AhIE0-00038S-Ad for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:52:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [129.99.113.17] (helo=marcy.nas.nasa.gov) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AhIDk-0007aN-AS for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:52:20 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (bqueen@localhost) by marcy.nas.nasa.gov (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7/NAS-6n) with ESMTP id i0G0qIg02930 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:52:18 -0800 (PST) Original-To: guile-user@gnu.org 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:2600 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:2600 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