[gambit-list] man _gambit func_

Marc Feeley feeley at iro.umontreal.ca
Tue Feb 10 10:44:20 EST 2009


On 10-Feb-09, at 9:55 AM, vasil wrote:

> Partially agree, but how many users will use this functionality  
> directly
> from the repl? I think only some of very-beginners. I suppose that  
> most
> of users use some kind of IDEs such as emacs and so on.
> So, I see several most useful ways to bring help documentation to  
> user:
> 1. generation of default .gambcini during installation with default  
> set
> of libraries to load  various extensions. This way is for beginners  
> and
> their convenience. And extension libraries may be as big and as  
> featured
> as needed, without worrying about size of repl and other parts of  
> gambit
> at all.
> 2. extensions to emacs with ability to use on-line help, like use CLHS
> (Common Lisp HyperSpec) with SLIME. This way is for other users.

OK, now I see that what you want is extensionality.  Don't worry there  
will be a hook that can be redefined to redirect the documentation  
request to what the user wishes.

Marc




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