Doc file overhaul. See TODO for what is still missing.

INSTALL

@@ -210,6 +210,17 @@ or if you're using CSH or one of its variants:
 
   setenv GUILE_LOAD_PATH /home/jimb/guile-snap
 
+You will additionally need to set your `LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH' environment
+variable to the directory in which the compiled SRFI support modules
+are created if you want to use the modules for SRFI-4, SRFI-13 or
+SRFI-14 support.  Similar to the example above, this will be,
+
+  export LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/jimb/guile-snap/srfi/.libs
+
+or if you're using CSH or one of its variants:
+
+  setenv LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH /home/jimb/guile-snap/srfi/.libs
+
 
 Installing SLIB ===========================================================
 

README

@@ -1,40 +1,40 @@
-!!! This is not a Guile release; it is a source tree retrieved via
-anonymous CVS or as a nightly snapshot at some random time after the
-Guile 1.4 release.  If this were a Guile release, you would not see
-this message. !!!  [fixme: zonk on release]
+This is Guile, Project GNU's extension language library.  Guile is an
+interpreter for Scheme, packaged as a library that you can link into
+your applications to give them their own scripting language.  Guile
+will eventually support other languages as well, giving users of
+Guile-based applications a choice of languages.
 
-This is a 1.5 development version of Guile, Project GNU's extension
-language library.  Guile is an interpreter for Scheme, packaged as a
-library that you can link into your applications to give them their
-own scripting language.  Guile will eventually support other languages
-as well, giving users of Guile-based applications a choice of
-languages.
+This release is version 1.6.0.  Any bugs found will be addressed by
+further bugfix releases numbered 1.6.1, 1.6.2, and so on.  The next
+stable Guile release with significant functional improvements will be
+version 1.8.0.
+
+In between 1.6.x and 1.8.x, you can follow Guile development in CVS
+and in the Guile mailing lists (see ANON-CVS and HACKING).  Guile
+builds from the development branch of CVS will have version number
+1.7.0.
 
 Guile versions with an odd middle number, i.e. 1.5.* are unstable
 development versions.  Even middle numbers indicate stable versions.
 This has been the case since the 1.3.* series.
 
-The next stable release will be version 1.6.0.
-
 Please send bug reports to bug-guile@gnu.org.
 
 Guile Documentation ==================================================
 
-The doc directory contains a few articles on specific topics and some
-examples, including data-rep.texi which describes the internal
-representation of data types in Guile.  The example-smob directory
-contains example source code for the "Defining New Types (Smobs)" chapter.
+The doc directory contains the Guile Reference Manual, the Guile
+Tutorial, the GOOPS Manual and the Revised^5 Report on Scheme.  The
+example-smob directory contains example source code for the "Defining
+New Types (Smobs)" chapter.
 
-The incomplete Guile reference manual is available at
+Additionally, help on specific procedures can be obtained directly
+from the Guile prompt.  Type `(help)' to see usage information for the
+online documentation system.
 
-  ftp://ftp.red-bean.com/pub/guile/snapshots/guile-doc-snap.tar.gz
+The examples directory contains some example scripts, programs and
+modules which demonstrate various ways in which Guile can be used.
 
-Neil Jerram is working on the new reference manual, which will be
-distributed with guile-core.  The new manual will be synchronized with
-the docstrings in the sources.  Until then, please be aware that the
-docstrings are likely to be more up-to-date than the old reference
-manual (use `(help)' or see libguile/guile-procedures.txt which is
-generated by the build process).
+See the file NEWS to see what is new in this release of Guile.
 
 The Guile WWW page is at
 
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ Executables, in ${prefix}/bin:
 
  guile --- a stand-alone interpreter for Guile.  With no arguments, this
  	is a simple interactive Scheme interpreter.  It can also be used
- 	as an interpreter for script files; see the NEWS file for details.
+ 	as an interpreter for script files; see the Guile Reference
+	Manual for details.
  guile-config --- a Guile script which provides the information necessary
  	to link your programs against the Guile library.
  guile-snarf --- a script to parse declarations in your C code for
@@ -181,13 +182,15 @@ Header files, in ${prefix}/include:
 
 Support files, in ${prefix}/share/guile/<version>:
 
- ice-9/* --- run-time support for Guile: the module system,
- 	read-eval-print loop, some R4RS code and other infrastructure.
- oop/* --- the Guile Object-Oriented Programming System (GOOPS)
- scripts/* --- executable modules, i.e., scheme programs that can be both
- 	called as an executable from the shell, and loaded and used as a
- 	module from scheme code.  See scripts/README for more info.
- srfi/* --- SRFI support modules.  See srfi/README for more info.
+ ice-9/*   --- run-time support for Guile: the module system,
+ 	       read-eval-print loop, some R5RS code and other
+	       infrastructure.
+ oop/*     --- the Guile Object-Oriented Programming System (GOOPS)
+ scripts/* --- executable modules, i.e., scheme programs that can be 
+	       both called as an executable from the shell, and loaded
+               and used as a module from scheme code.  See
+               scripts/README for more info.
+ srfi/*    --- SRFI support modules.  See srfi/README for more info.
 
 Automake macros, in ${prefix}/share/aclocal:
 
@@ -195,8 +198,12 @@ Automake macros, in ${prefix}/share/aclocal:
 
 Documentation in Info format, in ${prefix}/info:
 
- data-rep.info --- an essay on how to write C code that works with
- 	Guile Scheme values.
+ guile.info     --- The Guile Reference Manual
+ guile-tut.info --- The Guile Tutorial
+ goops.info     --- Reference Manual and Tutorial for GOOPS, Guile's 
+		    Object-Oriented Programming System
+ r5rs.info      --- The Revised^5 Report on Scheme, the official Scheme
+		    language definition.
 
 The Guile source tree is laid out as follows:
 
@@ -206,16 +213,29 @@ libguile:
 ice-9:  Guile's module system, initialization code, and other infrastructure.
 guile-config:
 	Source for the guile-config script.
-qt: 	A cooperative threads package from the University of Washington,
-	which Guile can use.  If you configure Guile with the
-        --with-threads flag, you will need to link against the -lqt
-        library, found in this directory.  Qt is under a separate
-        copyright; see `qt/README' for more details.
 guile-readline:
         The glue code for using GNU readline with Guile.  This
         will be build when configure can find a recent enough readline
         library on your system.
 doc:	Documentation (see above).
+examples:
+        A collection of ready-to-build example scripts, programs and
+	modules, which are meant to demonstrate how Guile can be
+	used for different needs.  See examples/README for more info.
+libltdl:
+        A library for generic access to shared libraries from libtool.
+oop:    GOOPS source code.
+qt: 	A cooperative threads package from the University of Washington,
+	which Guile can use.  If you configure Guile with the
+        --with-threads flag, you will need to link against the -lqt
+        library, found in this directory.  Qt is under a separate
+        copyright; see `qt/README' for more details.
+scripts:
+        Some useful scripts, packages as `executable scripts'.  See
+	scripts/README for details.
+srfi:   A lot of SRFI support modules.  See srfi/README for more info.
+test-suite:
+        Guile's regression test suite.
 
 Anonymous CVS Access and FTP snapshots ===============================
 

TODO

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ See also file HACKING.
 
 + write "make check" tests for subdir `examples'
 
-- Make sure that the deprecation mechanism explained in INSTALL and
++ Make sure that the deprecation mechanism explained in INSTALL and
   README is completed and works.
 
 - Decide if setitimer and getitimer should accept bignum arguments
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ See also file HACKING.
   and looking for files you know you've worked on a lot.
   [martin: done]
 
-- Make sure NEWS, INSTALL, AUTHORS and THANKS and the docs are up to date
++ Make sure NEWS, INSTALL, AUTHORS and THANKS and the docs are up to date
 
 + Scan the ChangeLogs for user-visible changes, marked with an asterisk
   at the left margin. [martin: there were none]
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ See also file HACKING.
 
 + Check for any [[incomplete]] sections of NEWS.
 
-- Fact-check INSTALL. (rlb: INSTALL looks pretty good to me, but can
++ Fact-check INSTALL. (rlb: INSTALL looks pretty good to me, but can
   someone make sure that in the "Using Guile without installing it"
   section, we don't need to mention setting LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH or
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH.)
 
-- Make sure the downloading addresses and filenames in README are
++ Make sure the downloading addresses and filenames in README are
   current.  (But don't bump the version number yet.  We do that below.)
 
 - Make sure we have appropriate interface numbers for shared
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ See also file HACKING.
 
 - Update the version numbers in GUILE-VERSION and README. [rlb]
 
-- Reformat the names in THANKS.
++ Reformat the names in THANKS.
 
 - update this TODO file, removing all "+" relevant to 1.6.0 after
   making sure that user-visible changes are reflected in NEWS (and