Some new changes to version 1.8:
:- comment(version(1*8+7,1999/03/30,20:08*29+'MEST'), "Added support
for @em{part} filetype. (Manuel Hermenegildo)").
:- comment(version(1*8+6,1999/03/30,20:06*04+'MEST'), "Added
'cartouche' around usage and interface. (Manuel Hermenegildo)").
:- comment(version(1*8+5,1999/03/30,19:28*51+'CEST'), "Minor
formatting problem when no documentation nor definition found for a
regtype fixed. (Manuel Hermenegildo)").
:- comment(version(1*8+4,1999/03/30,18:09*54+'CEST'), "Added a new
filetype: @tt{part}. This allows splitting large documents into
parts, each of which groups a series of chapters. (Manuel
Hermenegildo)").
:- comment(version(1*8+3,1999/03/26,20:00*47+'MET'), "Changed
@tt{Makefile.skel} so that now typing just @tt{gmake} does
nothing. In order to do something at least one target should be
specified. This was necessary so that recursive invocations with
empty arguments did nothing. (Manuel Hermenegildo)").
:- comment(version(1*8+2,1999/03/26,18:15*16+'MET'), "Now,
declarations are always documented as long as there is a @tt{decl}
assertion. Also, they are now documented in a separate section.
(Manuel Hermenegildo)").
:- comment(version(1*8+1,1999/03/25,10:12*49+'MET'), "New @tt{gmake
distclean}, intended for software distributions. Leaves the
generated documents and eliminates @em{all} intermediate files
(including @tt{.texi} files). (Manuel Hermenegildo)").
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herme(a)fi.upm.es | Manuel Hermenegildo
herme(a)cs.utexas.edu | Facultad de Informatica
+34-91-336-7435 (Work) | Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
+34-91-352-4819 or 336-7412 (FAX) | 28660-Boadilla del Monte, MADRID
http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/~herme | SPAIN
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A new version of pl2texi (the CIAO auto documenter) has been installed
at the clip lab and also on the WWW. This version completes the port
to use the ciao 0.8 modular assertion processing library. In addition,
it includes the following improvements:
- Now, if the name of a file being documented ends in @tt{_doc}, the
@tt{_doc} part is left out when referring to the file in the
documentation (useful if one would like to place the documentation
declarations in different file).
- It is now possible to declare (via a @dec{comment/2} declaration)
the intended use of a file which is not a module (i.e. a package,
user, or include file), which results in correct documentation of
operator definitions, new declarations, etc. The declaration is only
needed for 'user' files (i.e., files to be loaded with
@pred{ensure_loaded/1}).
- Separated generation of the manuals from their installation. I.e.,
@tt{gmake install} now does not force a @tt{gmake all}, which has to
be done by hand. This was necessary to ensure correct installation
of distributed manuals, even if modification dates are changed
during installation. Previously, in some cases generation was
triggered unnecessarily.
- New @tt{-v} option allows using quieter by default operation when
not debugging.
- New option @tt{-propmods} makes the name of the module in which a
property is defined appear in front of the property in the places
where the property is used.
- New option @tt{-noisoline} makes the textual explanation of the
@prop{iso/1} property not appear in the description of the usage
(but the @iso symbol does appear)
- Two new options, '-nosysmods' and '-noengmods', selectively avoid
listing the system or engine libraries used.
- If there is no declaration for a predicate, now a line is output
with the name and arity and a simple comment saying that there is no
further documentation available (this has the great advantage that
then it goes in the index, and, for example in ciao, they get added
to completion commands!).
- Now, if a property or regtype declaration has no textual comment,
the actual definition is given (first level only) in the place where
it is documented, and a simple generic message where it is used.
- Added @@noindent and @@iso commands.
- Nicer spacing now when printing predicate names which are operators,
as well as modes, etc.
- Reporting of versions in libraries has been improved: now both the
global version and the last version in which the library itself was
changed are reported.
- Exported new declarations also documented now for include-type
files.
- A module is now documented even if exports nothing at all.
- Engine modules used now documented even if no other modules used
(was a reported bug).
- Fixed indexing of names containing @@ etc. for newer versions of
texinfo.
- Tabs in verbatim modes now converted to a number of spaces (8). Not
perfect, but produces better output than leaving the tabs in.
- Tex is now run in 'nonstopmode' which means it will typically not
stop if there are minor errors (but some errors may go
unnoticed...).
- The full path of the version maintenance directory is now computed
(correctly) using the directory of the @tt{.pl} file being
documented as base.
- Notices for missing subtitle, copyright, and summary now only given
from main file and not for components.
- Added special handling of regtype and generalized it to handle some
props specially if there is a certain comp property present.
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herme(a)fi.upm.es | Manuel Hermenegildo
herme(a)cs.utexas.edu | Facultad de Informatica
+34-91-336-7435 (Work) | Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
+34-91-352-4819 or 336-7412 (FAX) | 28660-Boadilla del Monte, MADRID
http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/~herme | SPAIN
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