From 846375cf4aa711be438d5da3a0ac00ef6acbf836 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Arnold D. Robbins" Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:28:05 +0300 Subject: Update gettext version in the doc. --- doc/ChangeLog.1 | 2906 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 2906 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/ChangeLog.1 (limited to 'doc/ChangeLog.1') diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog.1 b/doc/ChangeLog.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..759f2051 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/ChangeLog.1 @@ -0,0 +1,2906 @@ +2019-04-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Updated from GNULIB. + +2019-04-05 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Add a missing word. + +2019-03-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawkinet.texi: Small formatting fixes. Update version and dates. + +2019-03-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More minor fixes. + * wordlist: Updated. + +2019-03-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update master menu. + +2019-03-09 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Regexp Operators): Refactor a bit into subsections, + mention that BWK awk now has interval expressions. + +2019-02-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix a spelling error, change update month. + * gawkworkflow.texi: Small fixes. + * wordlist: Updated. + +2019-02-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Updated from GNULIB. + +2019-02-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix order of values for PROCINFO["platform"], + save an email in @ignore for possible eventual inclusion. + * gawk.1: Correct values for PROCINFO["platform"]. + +2019-02-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Viewing And Changing Data): Revise note for eval + to list commands that are not allowed using it. + +2019-02-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix wording for %f. + Thanks to Dan Liddell for the catch. + (Viewing And Changing Data): Note that eval has problems calling + user-defined functions that return a value. Thanks to + Lothar Langer for the report. + +2019-02-11 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Don't use `\global\usebracesinindexestrue' as it's + no longer supported. + (Function Calling): Renamed from `Function Caveats'. + (Function Caveats): New node. + * gawkinet.texi: Don't use `\global\usebracesinindexestrue' as it's + no longer supported. + +2019-02-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix some indexing with too many commas. + * gawk.info: Regenerated, moved to makeinfo 6.5. + * texinfo.tex: Updated. + +2019-02-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Some more minor edits. + +2019-02-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add wordlist3. + (spellmanpage): New target. + (spell): Add spellmanpage to the list. + * wordlist1: Updated. + * wordlist3: New file. + * awkcard.in: Finish cleanups. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * gawktexi.in: Fix small typo. + +2019-02-01 Arnold D. Robbins + + * awkcard.in: Start on cleanup edits. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * gawktexi.in: Credit Nelson Beebe with gawk's current + random number generator. + * gawk.texi, gawk.info: Brought back into sync. + +2019-01-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Update copyright dates and + appropriate version numbers. + +2019-01-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Namespaces): Add a cautionary note that the feature + is new and may still have dark corners and/or bugs. + +2019-01-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Finish up indexing changes. + +2019-01-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More work on the indexing. + Document that `-f -' works to read source code from stdin. + +2019-01-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Work on the indexing. + +2019-01-11 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (I18N Example): $LC_MESSAGES is involved here + also. Document this. + +2019-01-09 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in (Undocumented): Discuss typeof's optional 2nd argument. + +2019-01-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (I18N Example): Add more explanation of how to + make the directory to hold the .mo file. + +2019-01-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Indexing fixes and small corrections. + +2019-01-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Some small indexing fixes. Thanks to Antonio + Giovanni Colombo for pointing them out. + +2019-01-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: A few more fixes w.r.t. namespaces. Thanks to + Antonio Giovanni Colombo for pointing out the problems. + +2018-12-31 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: A few fixes w.r.t. namespaces. Thanks to + Antonio Giovanni Colombo for pointing out the problems. + +2018-12-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Added more indexing to the debugger chapter. + Add more indexing to namespaces chapter, too. + +2018-12-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Clean up some FIXMEs and other improvements. + * gawk.1: Mention that files read with -f and -i and command + line segments all implicitly start with @namespace "awk". + +2018-12-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Added more indexing to the debugger chapter. + +2018-11-29 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Auto-set): Document that you can no longer use + arbitrary indices in SYMTAB. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + +2018-12-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Added more indexing to the debugger chapter. + +2018-11-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Other Versions): Document GoAWK, an awk interpreter + written in Go. + +2018-11-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Auto-set) : Update values of PROCINFO["platform"]. + (PC Using): Add to BINMODE discussion to always set it and + not worry about checking platforms. Per discussion with the dev team. + +2018-11-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document that split() third arg is like FS, if it's + a single character, that character is used, even if it's a + regexp metacharacter. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + Thanks to R <0xef967c36@gmail.com> for the report. + +2018-11-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document PROCINFO["platform"]. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + +2018-11-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Small typo fix. + +2018-11-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Assignment Options): Add description of assigning + strongly typed regexp constants to variables. + +2018-11-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in): Small typo fixes. Thanks to Antonio + Giovanni Colombo for pointing them out. + +2018-11-01 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Profiling): Review and update. + +2018-10-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Arrays of Arrays): Typo fix in code. Thanks to Alto Tom + for the report. + (Usenet): Small edit. + +2018-10-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Usenet): Mention that web forums are also not + the right place for gawk bug reports. + +2018-10-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Bug address): Mention the GNU Kind + Communications Guidelines, with URL. + * texinfo.tex: Updated from GNULIB. + +2018-10-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Profiling): Revise example for pattern without + action and note that the profiler distinguishes `print' and + `print $0'. + +2018-09-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Extracting): Note that patch levels above + 60 are beta software, instead of above 70. + +2018-09-21 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update UPDATE_MONTH. + +2018-09-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * Makefile.in: Regenerated, using Automake 1.16.1. + +2018-08-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Other Versions): Updated info on BWK awk. + * gawktexi.in (Control Letters): Note that BWK awk now also + supports %a/%A. + +2018-08-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: A number of unrelated updates. Most notably, + removed the section on old extensions which has been irrelevant + since 4.2.0. Oops. + +2018-08-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Scalar Constants): Fix typos in example. + +2018-07-31 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Scalar Constants): Document what happens with + physical newlines in strings, escaped and otherwise. + +2018-07-31 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Two-way I/O): Fix some typos. + * gawkworkflow.texi (Configuring git): Correct some + command usages. Thanks to Antonio Colombo for the fix. + +2018-07-31 Ralph Corderoy + + * gawk.1: Avoid hyphenation in gawk email address. + +2018-07-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Two-way I/O): Add a nice example on buffering + and ptys from Andrew Schorr. + +2018-07-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Control Letters): Add a note about output of NaN and + INF values with an xref to POSIX Floating Point Problems. + (POSIX Floating Point Problems): Describe that gawk also outputs the + four special strings for NaN and INF values. + +2018-06-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Updated. + +2018-06-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Records, gawk split records): More explanation + of how RS works when it's longer than one character. Thanks + to Andrew Schorr for most of the wording. + * wordlist: Updated. + +2018-06-11 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (awk split records): Document that even if the + single character in RS is a regexp metacharacter, it's + treated literally. Per suggestion from Ed Morton. + +2018-06-06 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Extract Program): Remove an obsolete sentence. + Thanks to Andrew Giovanni Colombo for pointing it out. + +2018-05-31 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (String Functions): Clean up and clarify the + prose description of gensub(). Thanks to Andrew Schorr + for the encouragement (back in 2016...). + +2018-05-31 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Extract Program): Additional bug fixes. Close + the last file processed, and use the index of the for loop + which is the filename as the argument to close()! + +2018-05-28 Bjarni Ingi Gislason + + * gawk.1: Change two-fonts macros to one-font macros for a + single argument. + +2018-05-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Extract Program): Bug fix. Keep the files open + in case one program's bits are intermixed with another's. + Then close them all at the end. Bug report was about + indirectcall.awk but affected another file as well. Thanks + to Ramasahayam Reddy for the report. + +2018-05-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Auto-Set): For PROCINFO["sorted_in"], make the xref + point to the right place. Reported by David Kaspar + from downstream bugzilla: + https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1581434 + +2018-05-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Bitwise Functions): Use @asis in the table to + get brackets for optional stuff to come out in Roman. + +2018-05-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Bracket Expressions): Document the full list + of characters in [:space:]. Thanks to Jannick + for the suggestion. Also note that current BWK awk gets [:blank:] + wrong, treating it like [:space:]. + +2018-04-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Minor edit in the man page. Thanks to Howard + Johnson for the report. + +2018-04-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Updated. + +2018-03-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in, gawk.1: Remove mention of tail recursion + optimization from documentation on -O. + +2018-03-22 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document %a and %A. + * wordlist, wordlist2: Updated. + +2018-03-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawkworkflow.texi: Fix update month. + +2018-02-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * 4.2.1: Release tar ball made. + +2018-02-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update UPDATE-MONTH. + * awkcard.in: Update tar ball version and copyright year. + +2018-02-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Updated. + +2018-02-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Further fix to NONFATAL stuff. Thanks to + Antonio Giovanni Colombo for the report. + +2018-02-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix NONFATAL stuff to cover input redirections too. + +2018-02-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Fix NONFATAL stuff to cover input redirections too. + +2018-02-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Clarify binary mode is default on Cygwin, + improve section on using on PCs to refer to MinGW and DJGPP. + Thanks for the report to a contributor who wishes to + remain anonymous. + +2018-01-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * wordlist: Updated. + +2018-01-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (AWKLIBPATH Variable): Add note that changing + ENVIRON["AWKLIBPATH"] won't affect the running program. Thanks to + Neil R. Ormos for the suggestion. + +2018-01-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (gawkextlib): Update discussion of gawkextlib. + Add not about json extension, and just present the list as + describing some of the extensions, since there are now too + many to try to keep up with all of them. + +2018-01-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update gnu.org and fsf.org URLs to https. OK'd + by the FSF. + +2018-01-11 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Remove incorrect '*' on some declarations of + ext_id in sample extension code. Thanks to Panos Papadopoulos + for the report. + * texinfo.tex: Updated from GNULIB. + +2018-01-08 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in (Checking for MPFR): Add warnings about exit's processing + of END rules. + +2018-01-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update copryight year, and some small cleanups. + +2018-01-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Setting the rounding mode): Add a sidebar + with sample code (courtesy of ) to + demonstrate how ROUNDMODE affects number to string conversion. + +2017-12-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Updated. + * gawktexi.in (How To Contribute): Update to point to + awklang.org. + +2017-12-22 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Updated. + +2017-12-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Additional Configuration Options): Add + description of the --enable-versioned-extension-dir option. + +2017-12-01 Sergey Tselikh + + * gawktexi.in: Several small changes to gawktexi.in, + mainly related to fixing typos, small text polishing + and adding @group/@end group in @example and @example-like + constructs to clean PDF version (formatted for Letter paper, + which is the default) of orphaned single lines of source code + or example output in higher and lower parts of pages (such + lines were with just a "}", or with a single line of code or + a comment). Hyphenated words "single-precision", + "double-precision" and alike left untouched. + +2017-12-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add a note to add a section on recursion. + Thanks to Bill Duncan for the + suggestion. + * gawktexi.in: Add a missing DARKCORNER indicator and + a few missing dark corner index entries. Remove the note + at the end to check that all dark corners are indexed and + instead make it part of the list of consistency checks. + +2017-11-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawkworkflow.texi (General practices): Use correct option + --delete for deleting a branch upstream, instead of -d. + +2017-11-21 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in (Setting the Rounding Mode): Fix the description + of ROUNDMODE "A": it uses MPFR_RNDA mode, which rounds away from zero, + not "Round to nearest, ties away from zero". + * gawk.1 (ROUNDMODE): Fix description of "A". + +2017-11-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Changes from API V1): Give a list of things + that changed, with xrefs. Thanks to Andrew Schorr for the push. + +2017-11-09 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (For Statement): Small clarification in the text. + +2017-11-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (General Data Types): Move AWK_NUMBER_TYPE + enum out to top level, corresponding to code change. + +2017-10-19 Arnold D. Robbins + + * 4.2.0: Release tar ball made. + +2017-10-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (EDITION): Update to 4.2. Also, remove all visible + references to http://awk.info; that site no longer exists. + +2017-10-17 Andrew J. Schorr + + Update docs to indicate that isarray is not deprected in this release. + + * awkcard.in: Remove "Deprecated" notice under isarray. + * gawk.1: Remove deprecated warning under isarray documentation. + * gawkexti.in: Remove sentence indicating that isarray is deprecated + and recommending typeof instead. + +2017-10-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * awkcard.in: Add @namespaces to Execution section. + +2017-10-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Documents namespaces. + * awkcard.in: Ditto. + +2017-10-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Readfile Function): Fix the code for the naive + function to be syntactically and semantically correct. Thanks to + Jaromir Obr for the report. + (POSIX String Comparison): Add some URL references in @ignore. + + Unrelated: + + * gawktexi.in: Remove description of --with-whiny-user-strftime + configuration option. + +2017-10-08 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Fix discussion of AWKPATH in section on @include. + +2017-10-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update the update month to October. + +2017-10-02 Antonio Giovanni Colombo + + * gawktexi.in: Two typo fixes. + +2017-10-01 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add pointer to mawk 2.0 GitHub page. + +2017-10-01 Antonio Giovanni Colombo + + * gawktexi.in: Update many URLs to https. Some other small fixes. + +2017-10-01 Arnold D. Robbins + + * awkcard.in: One more small change. + * gawk.1: Brought up to date and polished a bit. + * gawktexi.in: Some small additional fixes. + +2017-09-29 Arnold D. Robbins + + * awkcard.in: Finish changes (we hope) for next release. + +2017-09-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * ad.block: Change FSF URL to https. + * awkcard.in: First round of changes for next release. + +2017-09-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Change GNU URLs to use `https://...'. + Revise UPDATE_MONTH. + * texinfo.tex: Updated. + +2017-09-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Change 'namespace' to 'name_space' where it matters + for C++ compatibility. + +2017-09-13 David Kaspar + + * gawktexi.in: Fix the dir entry. + * gawkinet.texi: Allow calling as `info awktexi'. + +2017-09-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Installation summary): Note OS/2 exists for PCs + in a comment. + +2017-08-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Contributors): Update entry for Steven Davies. + +2017-08-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Updated. Fixes table of contents issue + with very long title. + * gawktexi.in: Slight rearranging of order of things that + happened in 4.2. Minor cleanups related to Scott Deifik. + +2017-08-21 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Updated. Fixes table of contents issue + with Part header. + +2017-08-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document Marco Curreli's contribution of + the Italian translation, along with Antonio Colombo. + +2017-08-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update history of features appendix section. + * wordlist, worldlist2: Add more words. + +2017-08-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Update versions and + copyright years, prepatory to starting a release spiral. + +2017-08-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update API chapter with info about additions + for accessing and/or creating MPZ and MPFR values. + +2017-08-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Updated. + +2017-08-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Namespace Summary): Add summary to namespace + chapter. + +2017-08-01 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update with info about DJGPP port now + being supported. + +2017-07-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Type Functions): Improve the example + for untyped variables. + (Extension Exercises): Remove the exercise that talks + about namespaces, since it's no longer relevant. + +2017-07-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Extension Sample Inplace): Apply GPL to + inplace.awk; should have done that when it was first + added. Oops. + +2017-07-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Namespaces): More edits. + +2017-07-21 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix a spelling error. + * wordlist: Update with more words. + + Done also for namespace material. + +2017-07-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Extension Sample Inplace): Rework to use the + "inplace" namespace. + + * gawktexi.in (Namespace And Features): Renamed from + `Namespace Misc' and reworked. + (Symbol table by name): Add note about namespace and + component name rules with xref to section in Namespaces chapter. + +2017-07-19 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Namespaces): Cleanup, new section on naming rules + added. + +2017-07-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Namespaces): Revised password suite example. + (Symbol table by name): Add entries for namespace versions + of lookup and update routines. + +2017-07-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Namespaces): More updates. Especially that + reserved words are not allowed in either half of a fully + qualified name or as a namespace. + +2017-07-05 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Namespaces): More updates. + +2017-07-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Pull in latest from Texinfo SVN. + +2017-06-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Namespaces): Move to later in the book. + +2017-06-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Namespaces): More minor doc edits. + +2017-06-19 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in (Memory Allocation Functions and Convenience Macros): + Document new ezalloc API macro. + +2017-06-18 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawkworkflow.texi: Fix typo. + +2017-06-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Expand tab characters. + * gawktexi.in (Namespaces): Further minor doc edits, including + hyphenation hint. + +2017-06-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Namespaces): Document that reserved words and + predefined functions can be namespace names but can be in + the second part of a fully qualified name. (Design decision + change.) + +2017-06-11 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Namespaces): Document that reserved words and + predefined functions can't be namespace names. Reformat the + input a little bit. + +2017-06-06 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Namespaces): Further clarifications. Move to + `::' as the namespace separator. + +2017-06-05 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in (Checking for MPFR): Fix typo. + +2017-06-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Namespaces): Fixes in passwd.awk example. Document + that indirect calls with an unadorned name assume "awk" namespace. + +2017-05-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Initial doc on namespaces. Serves as a design + right now. + * gawktexi.in: More doc added. + +2017-05-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document PROCINFO["argv"]. + +2017-05-29 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Checking for MPFR): New node on checking if + gawk was invoked with -M. + +2017-05-22 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document FIELDWIDTHS much better, including how + it works in corner cases. Some general organizational improvements + in this chunk of text. + +2017-04-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Improve documentation of --source option. + +2017-04-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document --disable-mpfr configure option. + +2017-04-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * awkcard.in: Comment out description of intdiv(). + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * gawktexi.in: References to intdiv changed to intdiv0 and + bracketed inside @ifset INTDIV. Not set by default. + +2017-04-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Improve documentation of the intdiv() function. + +2017-04-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * it: New directory with Italian translation of the manual. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add `it' and wordlist2. + +2017-04-12 Manuel Collado + + * gawktexi.in, gawk.1: Small clarification of the patsplit behavior. + +2017-04-11 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Minor style edits. + +2017-04-10 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Document FIELDWIDTHS enhancement to support an optional + field skip prefix. Document new PROCINFO["FS"] value "API". + Document new get_record field_width argument that enables the API + parser to override the default field parsing mechanism. + +2017-04-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * using-git.texi: Removed. + * gawkworkflow.texi: Added. New file. + * wordlist2: New file. + * Makefile.am: Revised for new document. Copyright years updated. + + * gawkworkflow.texi: Fix some spelling errors. :-( + * wordlist2: Updated. + * Makefile.am: Fix spell checking. :-( + +2017-03-22 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawk.1: Document new PROCINFO["FS"] value "API". + +2017-03-22 Andrew J. Schorr + + * awkcard.in: Document FIELDWIDTHS enhancement to support an optional + field skip prefix. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + +2017-03-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Improve the discussion of quoting on + MS-Windows. Original text contributed by + Vincent Belaiche . + +2017-03-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Additional small writing tip in the notes + after the @bye. + +2017-03-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Edits preparatory to release. + +2017-02-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: "timezone" --> "time zone". + * awkcard.in: Update copyright year. + +2017-02-21 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawk.1: Document new mktime optional 2nd utc-flag argument. + * gawktexi.in: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Ditto. + +2017-02-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix two typos. + * wordlist.txt: Update. + + Related: + + * gawktexi.in: Fix more typos. + * wordlist.txt: Update again. + +2017-01-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update UPDATE-MONTH and copyright years. + +2017-01-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Comment out stuff about awk.info, since that + domain is now gone. + +2016-12-05 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Explain why an API extension function might want + to use the AWK_STRNUM type to return data. + +2016-12-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update API table of type requested / type returned. + +2016-12-22 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Minor edits after merging branches and some + additional work in the code. + +2016-12-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Further API clarifications and edits, add a + section on backwards compatibility. + +2016-12-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update description of awk_ext_func_t structure, + again. + +2016-12-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update description of awk_ext_func_t structure. + +2016-12-05 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Document strnum changes as relates to API. + Still stuff left to do -- tables for type conversions need + to be updated to show new strnum and regex rows and columns. + +2016-12-04 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Remove make_regex and replace it with make_const_regex + and make_malloced_regex. + +2016-12-04 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Document new flatten_array_typed API function, and + indicate that the old flatten_array function has been superseded. + +2016-11-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document typed regex changes as relates to API. + Still stuff left to do. + +2016-11-21 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Finish off discussion of strongly typed regexp + constants and put it in the right place in the manual. A few other + minor fixes. + * wordlist: Updated. + +2016-11-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Variable Typing): Rework and improve discussion + of strings, numbers, and strnums. Update description of strnum + in other places. + +2016-11-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix example use of dcngettext. + Thanks to Sergey Tselikh + for the report. + +2016-11-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in, wordlist: Typo fix. ECBDIC --> EBCDIC. + Thanks to Sergey Tselikh for the report. + (bitwise-ops): Put table in @verbatim instead of @display. + Works better for Info, text, and HTML. Thanks to + Marco Curreli for the report. + +2016-11-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix a spelling error. + * wordlist: Update. + +2016-10-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document that negative arguments are not allowed + for bitwise functions. Add a sidebar explaining it a bit and + also showing the difference with and without -M. + * gawk.1: Document that negative arguments are not allowed. + +2016-10-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Remove references to MS-DOS and OS/2, + simplify the whole section on PC operating systems. + +2016-10-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Bugs): Rework this section and break into + subsections, mainly to emphasize that I no longer + read comp.lang.awk. + +2016-09-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Group Functions): Typo fix. Reported + by Jaromir Obr . + (Time Functions): Slightly enhance description of ISO 8601 + definition of first and last weeks. Thanks to + Michel de Ruiter for the note. + +2016-08-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (POSIX String Comparison): Update for new + spec where == and != use strcmp, rest use strcoll. Thanks to + Chet Ramey for pointing me at the new rules. + +2016-08-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * 4.1.4: Release tar ball made. + +2016-08-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * wordlist: Add more words. + * gawktexi.in: Fix more typos. + +2016-08-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add new file, wordlist. + (spell): New target. + * wordlist: New file. + * gawktexi.in: Fix typos, adjust update date. + * awkcard.in: Update copyright years. + +2016-08-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + Restored doc on typed regexes. + + * gawk.1, gawktexi.in: Updated. + +2016-08-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + Remove typed regexes until they can be done properly. + + * gawk.1, gawktexi.in: Updated. + +2016-08-01 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Mark DJGPP port as unsupported. + +2016-07-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix a typo. Thanks to Marco Curreli for reporting. + +2016-07-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document return value of close on a pipe now like + that of system: exit status, status + 256 for signal, or + status + 512 for signal with core dump. + +2016-07-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix a typo. Thanks to Antonio Colombo for reporting. + +2016-07-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document GAWK_LOCALE_DIR env var and also to not + use LANGUAGE env var. + +2016-07-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Auto-set): Add example use of multiply function. + +2016-06-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Typo fix. Thanks to Antonio Giovanni Colombo + for noticing. + +2016-06-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Document typeof(), update modified date. + * awkcard.in: Document typeof(). + +2016-06-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix a typo, and replace hard-coded "section" with + @value{SECTION} where appropriate. Thanks to Antonio + Giovanni Colombo for the reports. + (UPDATE-MONTH, PATCHLEVEL): Update to current before release. + * awkcard.in: Update version. + +2016-05-30 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Replace num_expected_args with max_expected_args. + Explain what it's used for. + +2016-05-25 Manuel Collado . + + * gawktexi.in: Document new 'nonfatal' API function. + +2016-05-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Typo fix in extension section, thanks to + Manuel Collado . + +2016-05-02 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Document new CPP defines gawk_api_major_version and + gawk_api_minor_version. + +2016-04-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawkinet.texi: Some general cleanups. Remove stuff commented + out since 2001, index RFCs, change function name convention to + match main gawktexi.in. Update the update month. + +2016-04-06 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Two-way I/O): Document that writing to the closed + write end of a two way pipe or reading from the closed read end + can be made nonfatal. + +2016-04-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in, gawkinet.texi: Enable use of braces in + indexes. Requires Texinfo 6.0 or later. + +2016-04-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Two-way I/O): Document that closing the "from" + end waits for the process to exit, so it's not such a great idea. + +2016-03-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawkinet.texi: Small update about end of line vs full + comments when pretty printing. + +2016-03-21 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawkinet.texi: Update UDP client and discussion, update + modification dates and gawk versions. + +2016-03-11 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Improve system() return values documentation. + +2016-03-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document system() return values. + * gawk.1: Add a pointer to the manual about same. + +2016-02-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * sidebar.awk: Globally replace [[:space:]] with [ \t] so that + it will work with old versions of mawk (as found, boo!, on many + Debian-based distributions). Thanks to Yehezkel Bernat for + discovering and reporting the issue. + +2016-02-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Bracket Expressions): Add a small note about + Unicode in bracket expressions. + +2016-02-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fixes in wc.awk and in cut.awk. Thanks to David Ward, + dlward134@gmail.com. Added an example of use of rewind(), also + per suggestion from David Ward. + * gawktexi.in: Update info about Texinfo versions. + * gawktexi.in (Limitations): Fix Heisenberg Physics example and + spelling of Heisenberg's name. Thanks to Hermann Peifer. + +2016-02-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Revise for use with Texinfo 6.1. + Remove ` @c' at the end of inline docbook constructs. + Remove special @DB*REF macros, not needed anymore. + Use @sup for superscripts where possible. + * texinfo.tex: Updated. + +2016-02-05 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Document that optimization in now the default, + there are new -s/--no-optimize options and that + pretty-printing and profiling disable optimization. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Ditto. + +2016-02-03 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in (Command-Line Options): Change wording of -M description + to say "Select" instead of "Force". + (Arbitrary-Precision Arithmetic Features): Tweak the wording to make + it clear that MPFR is not used unless the -M option is supplied. + +2016-02-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (VMS Running): Improve the Texinfo usage. + +2016-01-31 John E. Malmberg + + * gawktexi.in (VMS Running): Add instructions on how to redirect + gawk data to a VMS command. + +2016-01-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Bracket Expressions): Document that '[', '.' and + '*' are literal inside bracket expressions. + (Two-way I/O): Add stuff about stdbuf and deadlocks. + +2016-01-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Array Sorting Functions): Clean up the code some, + per suggestion from Michal Jaegermann. Tighten up the prose + a bit too. + +2016-01-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * ChangeLog: Remove spurious whitespace. + + Unrelated: + + * gawk.1: Restore text on PROCINFO["RETRY"] and fix up the + formatting while we're at it. Thanks to Andrew Schorr for + pointing out the problem. + +2016-01-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Array Sorting Functions): Add an example of + using a function name with asort(). Response to bug report + Stephane Goujet . + +2016-01-06 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Finish documenting that --pretty-print + doesn't run the program. Thanks to Antonio + Giovanni Colombo for the report and patch. + +2016-01-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document that GNU/Linux on Alpha is no + longer supported. + +2015-12-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix some @c endfile. Thanks to Antonio + Giovanni Colombo for the report and patch. + +2015-12-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add PROCINFO["NONFATAL"] to the list for PROCINFO. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + +2015-12-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Update description of PROCINFO, and sort it properly. + * gawktexi.in: Ditto. + +2015-11-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add "exit" as synonym for "quit" in the + debugger. Suggested by Joep van Delft . + +2015-11-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Minor edits. + * gawk.1: Revise \x to maximum of two digits. + +2015-11-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * Makefile.am (pdf-local): Remove igawk.1.pdf. Ooops. + +2015-10-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * Makefile.am (awkcard.ps): Add options to force paper size + to letter. This makes the cut marks come out correctly even + if groff's default paper size is a4. + +2015-10-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Put commas outside quoting in regexps to avoid + confusion. Thanks to Mike Frysinger . + +2015-10-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * awkcard.in: Fix tbl complaint. + +2015-10-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to a working version. + +2015-10-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Revert update. It stopped working. I should learn + to test these things. Thanks to Antonio Giovanni Colombo for + the report. + +2015-10-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Note that there is no support for SSL. + +2015-09-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Update to latest. + +2015-08-28 Daniel Richard G. + + * doc/gawktexi.in: Check for the "struct passwd.pw_passwd" and + "struct group.gr_passwd" fields and conditionalize their use, as + they don't exist on z/OS. + * Makefile.am (pdf-local): Renamed from "pdf", as Automake already + defines "pdf" and warns us as much. + +2015-08-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Typo fixes in Appendix A. + Thanks to Antonio Colombo. + +2015-07-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Small typo fix; thanks to Antonio Colombo + for noticing. + +2015-07-01 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update info on Quiktrim awk; thanks to + Antonio Colombo for the pointer. + +2015-06-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Limitations): Document that sometimes the + debugger can affect the program being run. + Thanks to Hermann Peifer for the test case. + +2015-06-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update description of values returned by typeof. + +2015-06-19 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawkinet.info: Fix an old arnold@gnu.org. + +2015-06-17 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Document inplace shortcomings -- it does not preserve + ACLs, and it may leave temporary files behind if killed by a signal. + +2015-06-17 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Document new inplace variable to control whether + inplace editing is active. + +2015-06-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Comment out exercise 10.3, since the answer + is included in the text. Thanks to Antonio Colombo + for pointing this out. + +2015-06-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add another pithy quote from Chet Ramey. Currently + commented out. + +2015-05-31 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Revised description of default field parsing + for POSIX. Newline is now a separator also. Thanks to + Michael Klement for pointing this out. + * gawk.1: Updated too. + +2015-05-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Bitwise Functions): Update results of testbits.awk. + +2015-05-19 Arnold D. Robbins + + * 4.1.3: Release tar ball made. + +2015-05-19 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Bump patch level and modified date. + Move to modern version of @image. + * texinfo.tex: Update to latest. + * array-elements.txt: Remove texinfo commands. + +2015-05-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add a pithy quote from Chet Ramey. Currently + commented out. + +2015-05-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix description of nextfile within a function. Sigh. + +2015-05-15 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in (Undocumented): Describe the new PROCINFO["argv"] array. + +2015-05-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Bugs): Add that email should be in plain + text and not in HTML. Sigh. + +2015-05-11 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add doc on conversions for strongly typed + regexp variables. + +2015-05-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add initial documentation for strongly typed + regexps and for `typeof'. + +2015-04-29 Arnold D. Robbins + + * 4.1.2: Release tar ball made. + +2015-04-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Undocumented): More info added. + +2015-04-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update feature history section. + +2015-04-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add a minor note to revisit FPAT pattern for CSV + files at some point. + +2015-04-05 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Replace http://gawkextlib.sourceforge.net with + http://sourceforge.net/projects/gawkextlib, since the former link + contains obsolete info. Update the gawkextlib build instructions + to point to http://sourceforge.net/projects/gawkextlib/files for the + current info. + +2015-04-05 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix a figure caption. Thanks to Antonio Colombo + for pointing this out. + * gawktexi.in: Additional typo fix, also thanks to Antonio. + +2015-04-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Name change: div() --> intdiv(). + +2015-03-31 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update discussion of calling built-in functions + indirectly. Small additional fix relating to rand(). Thanks + to Antonio Colombo. + +2015-03-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Minor edits. + +2015-03-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Minor fixes from Antonio Colombo and new exercise + in chapter 16. + * gawk.1: Minor edits. + * gawktexi.in: Edits in material on errno and retryable and get_file + API. + +2015-03-17 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Modify inplace.awk to call inplace_end in BEGINFILE + and END instead of in ENDFILE. This way, actions in ENDFILE rules + will be redirected as expected. + +2015-03-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Turn "positive" into non-negative as appropriate. + Thanks to Nicholas Mills for pointing out + the issue. + +2015-03-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Briefly describe that nonfatal I/O overrides + GAWK_SOCK_RETRIES, in the env var part and in the nonfatal I/O + part. + +2015-03-01 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Change quotes to @dfn for pseudorandom. + A last-minute O'Reilly fix. + +2015-02-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update UPDATE-MONTH and copyright year. + Note that "the guide is definitive" quote is really + from "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe". Thanks + to Antonio Colombo for pointing this out. + +2015-02-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Update to most current version. + * gawktexi.in: Minor edit to match an O'Reilly fix. + Add some FIXMEs to one day use @sup. + +2015-02-22 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Change 'div' to 'divisor' in some examples. + This future-proofs against a new function in master. + Thanks to Antonio Giovanni Colombo for the report. + +2015-02-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More O'Reilly fixes. I think it's done! + +2015-02-19 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More O'Reilly fixes. + +2015-02-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: A few minor formatting fixes to sync with O'Reilly + version. + +2015-02-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: O'Reilly fixes. Through QC1 review. + +2015-02-11 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: O'Reilly fixes. + +2015-02-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Minor fixes, O'Reilly fixes. + +2015-02-09 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Restore a lost sentence. O'Reilly fixes. + +2015-02-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: O'Reilly fixes. + Make non-fatal i/o use "NONFATAL". + +2015-02-06 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: O'Reilly fixes. + +2015-02-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: O'Reilly fixes. + * gawktexi.in: Update various version-related bits of info. + +2015-02-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: O'Reilly fixes. + +2015-02-01 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: POSIX requirement that function parameters cannot + have the same name as a function is now --posix. + Restore indirectcall example. + + More O'Reilly fixes. + +2015-01-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document POSIX requirement that function parameters + cannot have the same name as a function. Fix indirectcall example. + +2015-01-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: O'Reilly fixes. + And still more. Also, fix @code --> @command in a number of places. + +2015-01-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: O'Reilly fixes. + +2015-01-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix a bad URL. And another one. + More O'Reilly fixes. + +2015-01-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: O'Reilly fixes. + (Glossary): Many new entries from Antonio Giovanni Colombo. + +2015-01-21 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: O'Reilly fixes. + Remove obsolete start/end of range indexing comments. + +2015-01-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: O'Reilly fixes. + +2015-01-19 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawkinet.texi: Fix capitalization in document title. + * gawktexi.in: Here we go again: Starting on more O'Reilly fixes. + +2014-12-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add info that nonfatal I/O works with stdout and + stderr. Revise version info and what was added when. + +2015-01-05 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Improve get_file documentation. + +2015-01-05 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Replace "Retrying I/O" with "Retrying Input", since this + feature pertains to input, not output. + +2015-01-04 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Document the get_file API function. + +2015-01-04 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawk.1: Document new features PROCINFO["errno"] and + PROCINFO["input", "RETRY"], and new getline return value of -2. + * gawktexi.in: Ditto. + +2014-12-26 Antonio Giovanni Colombo + + * gawktexi.in (Glossary): Really sort the items. + +2014-12-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Start documenting nonfatal output. + +2014-12-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add one more paragraph to new foreword. + * gawktexi.in: Fix exponentiation in TeX mode. Thanks to + Marco Curreli by way of Antonio Giovanni Colombo. + + * texinfo.tex: Updated. + +2014-12-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Minor fix. + Thanks to Teri Price . + +2014-12-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More minor fixes. + +2014-12-09 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More minor fixes. + +2014-12-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Minor fixes. + +2014-12-06 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: A minor fix. + +2014-12-05 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Various minor fixes and updates. + +2014-11-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update that TZ env. var can influence mktime + in running program. Thanks to Hermann Peifer. + +2014-11-19 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update that RFC 4180 documents CSV data. + +2014-11-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Copyedits applied. + +2014-11-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Comment out that I need an owner for awk.info. + I may have found one or two people. + +2014-10-29 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Document new extras directory containing shell startup + files to manipulate AWKPATH and AWKLIBPATH environment variables. + +2014-10-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Clarification that debugger reads stdin. + * gawktexi.in: Ditto, and correctly place the "Braces" entry in + the Glossary. Thanks to Antonio Colombo for that. + + Unrelated: + + * gawktexi.in: Restore use of @sc. Karl fixed makeinfo. :-) + +2014-10-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Minor typo fixes. + Fix discussion of \x, per note from Antonio Colombo. + +2014-10-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix date in docbook attribution for new Foreword; + thanks to Antonio Colombo for the catch. Update latest version + of gettext. + +2014-10-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Fix default value for AWKLIBPATH. + * gawktexi.in: Revised text for AWKPATH and AWKLIBPATH. + +2014-10-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add new Foreword from Mike Brennan. + +2014-10-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix example outputs in chapter 2. + Improve description of SYMTAB. + +2014-10-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Revise doc for {INT,STR}_CHAIN_MAX. Remove Pat + Rankin from VMS duties (per his request). Add a small TeX fix + for the table in ch 16 for requesting values. + +2014-10-05 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Finished changes! + +2014-10-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (EMRED): Renamed from EMISTERED to match original. + Thanks to Warren Toomey at TUHS for access to archives recording + the text. + +2014-10-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Pretty much done! + + Unrelated: + + * gawktexi.in: Fix braino in awk version of div function. + Thanks to Katie Wasserman for the catch. + +2014-10-01 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More fixes after reading through the MS. + + Unrelated: + + * gawktexi.in: Add Katie Wasserman's program to compute + the digits of PI. + + Unrelated: + + * gawktexi.in: Document the differences between profiling + and pretty printing. + +2014-09-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More fixes after reading through the MS. + +2014-09-29 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More fixes after reading through the MS. + And still more fixes. + +2014-09-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More fixes after reading through the MS. + Document the debugger's "where" command. + +2014-09-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Lots more fixes after reading through the MS. + +2014-09-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Rework the documentation of special files in + Chapter 5; some reordering as well as rewriting. + +2014-09-22 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktex.in: Continue fixes after reading through the MS. + +2014-09-21 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktex.in: Start on fixes after reading through the MS. + +2014-09-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix italics in quotations. Some docbook special + cases. + +2014-09-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document that identifiers must use the English + letters. + +2014-09-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More edits during review, minor addition. + +2014-09-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Remove text that won't get used. + +2014-09-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Minor cleanups. + +2014-09-05 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document builtin functions in FUNCTAB and in + PROCINFO["identifiers"]. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + + Unrelated: + + * gawktexi.in: More stuff from reviewer comments. + +2014-09-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document that indirect calls now work on built-in + and extension functions. + * gawk.1: Same. + +2014-09-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Further fixes from reviews and bug reports. + +2014-09-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Corrections to walkthrough in debugger chapter. + Thanks to David Ward for the problem report. + +2014-09-01 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add index entry for @ - @load, @include, + and indirect function calls. Thanks to "Kenny McKormack" in + comp.lang.awk. + +2014-08-29 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Continuing on reviewer comments, and other + bug fixes, miscellaneous improvements. + +2014-08-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Use a different mechanism to exclude + exercises. Remove use of LC_ALL in an example; doesn't seem + to be needed anymore. + + Unrelated: + + * gawktexi.in: Document that MirBSD is no longer supported. + +2014-08-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Exercises are excluded from print edition. + +2014-08-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Continuing on reviewer comments. + +2014-08-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Continuing on reviewer comments. + +2014-08-22 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Continuing on reviewer comments. + +2014-08-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Continuing on reviewer comments. + +2014-08-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Continuing on reviewer comments. + +2014-08-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Continuing on reviewer comments. + +2014-08-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Starting on reviewer comments. + Update acknowledgements. + +2014-08-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Cause div.awk to get into the example files. + +2014-08-06 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Misc minor additions. + +2014-08-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: For sprintf %c document that if value is a valid + wide character, gawk uses the low 8 bits of the value. + + Unrelated: + + * gawktexi.in: Fix doc for API get_record - errcode needs to + be greater than zero. + +2014-07-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Numeric Functions): For `div()', clarify + truncation is towards zero. Thanks to Michal Jaegermann + for pointing out the need to clarify this. + +2014-07-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Numeric Functions): Document new `div()' function. + (Arbitrary Precision Integers): Document raison d'etre for div(). + * gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document `div()'. + +2014-07-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Bracket Expressions): Add a note about how to + match ASCII characters. Thanks to Hermann Peifer. + +2014-06-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update permissions on copyright page per + latest maintain.texi. Add GPL to print version of book. + +2014-06-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Document that --pretty-print no longer runs the + program. Remove mention of GAWK_NO_PP_RUN env var. + +2014-06-22 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Typo fixes and minor corrections. + +2014-06-19 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add thanks to Patrice Dumas and to Karl Berry. + Per request from Hermann Peifer, try to clarify how local variables + in functions are initialized. + +2014-06-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Split 6.1.4 into subsections. Other minor fixes. + +2014-06-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Finish adding exercises. + Rework chapter 15 on floating point and MPFR. + Spell check. Fix menues. + +2014-06-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Start adding exercises. + +2014-06-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Finish up summaries. Improvements in mystrtonum(). + +2014-06-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix typos from changes of 3 June when macros were + added for filename, data file, etc. Ooops. + +2014-06-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More "Summary" sections. Through chapter 14. + +2014-06-11 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More "Summary" sections. Through chapter 10. + +2014-06-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update docbook figure markup. + +2014-06-09 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More "Summary" sections. + Judiciously arrange for full xrefs in docbook in a few spots. + +2014-06-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Start adding "Summary" sections. + +2014-06-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Restore macros for file name vs. filename etc. + Go through @if... and @ifnot... and fix them up too. Other misc. + cleanup. + +2014-05-29 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Remove some obsolete bits, fix up some other + minor stuff. + +2014-05-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Edits through the end! + +2014-05-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Edits through Appendix A. + * gawktexi.in: Tweak nested lists for docbook. + +2014-05-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Staying current): New section. + +2014-05-22 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in (BEGINFILE/ENDFILE): Update doc for getline - any + redirected form is allowed inside BEGINFILE/ENDFILE. + +2014-05-21 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add comments for where we need full xrefs in + docbook. + +2014-05-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Misc improvements for docbook, consistency + in table and figure captions. + +2014-05-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Edits through Chapter 16. + +2014-05-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Edits through Chapter 14. + +2014-05-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix displays for docbook, edits through Chapter 11. + +2014-05-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix real preface for docbook. + +2014-05-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Complete formatting for FOR_PRINT and not FOR_PRINT. + +2014-05-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Docbook edits for preface and parts. + Document AWKBUFSIZE. + +2014-05-05 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Editing progress. Through Chapter 9. + +2014-05-05 Michal Jaegermann + + * array-elements.fig: Fix subscripts to be aligned + horizontally. Regenerate the other files. + +2014-05-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Editing progress. Through Chapter 8. + * array-elements.eps, array-elements.fig, array-elements.pdf, + array-elements.png array-elements.txt: New files. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add them. + +2014-04-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Editing progress. Through Chapter 5. + * gawktexi.in: Editing progress. Through Chapter 6 and into + Chapter 7. + +2014-04-29 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Editing progress. Through Chapter 3. + +2014-04-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Start on revisions. + +2014-04-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Remove the bit about single character programs overflowing + the parse stack. It doesn't seem to be true anymore. + +2014-04-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * 4.1.1: Release tar ball made. + +2014-04-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Update to latest. + * awkcard.in: Update copyright, patchlevel in download. + * gawktexi.in: Update patchlevel, update month, spell check. + +2014-03-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Cleanups to docbook, finish math stuff. + +2014-03-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Minor cleanups to the indexing. + + Unrelated: + + * gawktexi.in: Merge in changes needed for creating valid + DocBook XML. Works with post-5.2 Texinfo and dblatex! + +2014-03-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Finish the massive indexing improvements such that + functions are indexed the way I want in TeX and the way Eli + wants in Info. + + Unrelated: + + * gawktexi.in: Add a note in extension chapter that lookup of + PROCINFO can fail. + +2014-03-27 Eli Zaretskii + + * gawktexi.in: First round of massive indexing improvements. + +2014-03-27 Antonio Giovanni Colombo + + * gawktexi.in: Redo all the examples using BBS-list to a different + file that doesn't use out-of-date concepts. + +2014-03-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Finish indexing improvements. (For now, anyway.) + + Unrelated: + + * gawk.1: Document the quote flag! (Better late than never.) + * awkcard.in: Update documentation of quote flag. + +2014-03-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Minor edits to the discussion of the memory allocation + functions. + +2014-03-08 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawktexi.in: Document new extension API functions api_malloc, + api_calloc, api_realloc, and api_free. + +2014-03-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Indexing improvements. + +2014-03-02 John E. Malmberg + + * gawktexi.in: Remove paragraph about obsolete VMS + compilers. Update reference about building PCSI kit. + +2014-02-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Lots of small fixes throughout, update of + profiling output. Finished fixes needed before a release. + +2014-02-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add a quote to the alarm clock program. + +2014-02-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Update to latest. + +2014-02-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Lots of small edits. + +2014-02-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More minor fixes, update UPDATE_MONTH. + +2014-02-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More minor fixes, in indexing. + +2014-02-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in, gawkinet.texi: Minor fixes, mostly in indexing. + * texinfo.tex: Update to latest. + +2014-01-31 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add `()' to names of extension functions in indexing + commands and in one place in the text. Consistency, don'tcha know. + +2014-01-30 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add a few missing STARTOFRANGE comments. + * gawk.1: Note that `(i, j) in array' doesn't work in for loops. + Update the copyright year. + +2014-01-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update info for Anders Wallin. + +2014-01-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to current version. + * gawktexi.in: Add magic stuff so that PDFs have "dark red" + links like before. + +2014-01-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Feature History): New node. + (Common Extensions): Update features now in mawk, too. + +2014-12-14 John E. Malmberg + + * gawktexi.in: Add information on building VMS PCSI kit. + +2014-01-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Full Line Fields): New node. + Update copyright year. + +2013-12-29 John E. Malmberg + + * gawktexi.in: VMS dynamic extensions. + +2013-12-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: More minor additions / fixes. + (Bugs): Add John Malmberg for VMS. Other minor edits. + +2013-12-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Minor additions / fixes. + +2013-12-23 John E. Malmberg + + * gawktexi.in: Document the VMS exit status encoding. + +2013-12-21 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Additional Configuration Options): Document + the --disable-extensions option. + +2013-12-16 John E. Malmberg + + * gawktexi.in: Updates to VMS sections. + +2013-12-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix the presentation of asort() and asorti(). + Thanks to Andy Schorr for pointing out the problems. + +2013-11-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update quotations to use @author, fix a few + placements of footnotes. + +2013-11-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Update the list of files included in the gawk + distribution and fix a few typos. + +2013-11-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Fix the section and subsection headings in + the Preface. Also change the short title page to just + "GNU Awk". + +2013-10-31 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Add @shorttitlepage command. + +2013-10-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Contributors): Update with more info. + (Distribution contents): Ditto. + General: Remove all hyphens when used with "multi" prefix. + +2013-10-22 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Other Environment Variables): Document GAWK_MSG_SRC + variable and fix documentation of *_CHAIN_MAX variables. + +2013-10-11 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Conversion, Printf Ordering): Better wording for + descriptions of CONVFMT. Thanks to Hermann Peifer. + +2013-09-29 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Other Versions): Updated info on MKS awk and + some other links. + +2013-09-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Readfile function): New node. + +2013-09-22 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (FN, FFN, DF,DDF, PVERSION, CTL): Remove macros. + They have no alternate versions and are just in the way. + +2013-08-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Document that ENVIRON updates affect the environment. + * gawktexi.in: Ditto. + +2013-06-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Update from Karl, fixes a formatting problem. + * gawktexi.in (Conversions): Undo @w{} around @option{--posix}. + +2013-06-22 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Type Functions): Add more explanation to isarray(), + including that it makes no sense to call it at the global level. + +2013-06-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Make it crystal clear not to use delete with FUNCTAB, + or attempt to assign to it. + +2013-05-29 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Internal File Description): Add "devbsize" element + to stat data array. + +2013-05-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Sample filefuncs.c extension code: Change test from + ifdef HAVE_ST_BLKSIZE to HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_BLKSIZE. + +2013-05-21 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (Quick Installation): Add a paragraph advising to + run `make install'. Thanks to Hermann Peifer. + +2013-05-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in (gawkextlib): Add a note to use make install on + gawkextlib itself. Thanks to Hermann Peifer. + (Cut program): Fix test for skipping lines if -s was supplied. + Thanks to David Ward for the bug report. + +2013-05-09 Arnold D. Robbins + + * 4.1.0: Release tar ball made. + +2013-05-09 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in, gawk.1: Document that a regexp constant as the second + argument to index() produces a fatal error. + * gawktexi.in: More cleanups. Particularly, cleanup the index. + +2013-04-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawktexi.in: Renamed from gawkman.texi. + Add a reference to Overton's IEEE Math book in MPFR chapter. + Thanks to Nelson Beebe for the recommendation. + * Makefile.am, sidebar.awk: Adjusted. + +2013-04-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawkman.texi: Cleanup in MPFR and API chapters. + Also minor cleanup in design decisions. Add vim modeline. + * api-figure2.fig: Minor fix. + * api-figure2.eps, api-figure2.pdf, api-figure2.png: Regenerated. + +2013-04-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Finish cleanup pass. + * awkcard.in: Document that getline sets RT. + * gawkman.texi: Ditto. + +2013-04-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Start cleanup pass. + * awkcard.in: Minor addition. + * gawkman.texi: Minor fixes. + + * gawk.1, gawkman.texi: Document PROCINFO entries for API + major and minor versions. + +2013-04-21 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawkman.texi: Update all the menus. Fix spelling errors. Remove + some unneeded fakenodes. + +2013-04-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * awkcard.in: Clean up and bring up to date. + +2013-04-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * Makefile.am (gawk.ps, gawkinet.ps): Set TEXINPUTS to point + at $(srcdir) to be able to include various figures if doing a + build not in the source directory. + +2013-04-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawkman.texi: New file. This is now the real source for the + manual and gawk.texi is generated from it. + * sidebar.awk: New file to DTRT for sidebars in the manual. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Update. + (gawk.texi): Add new rule to create / update it if necessary. + +2013-04-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Pretty much finish cleanup. Move i18n chapter to + after advanced features chapter. + * texinfo.tex: Updated to current in texinfo SVN. + +2013-04-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Continue cleanup. + +2013-04-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Add link to 'pawk' - awk for python. + Further cleanups. + +2013-04-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Continue cleanup. + +2013-04-11 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Continue cleanup. + +2013-04-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Continue cleanup. + +2013-04-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Continue cleanup. + +2013-04-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Start a simple cleanup pass before the release. + +2013-03-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Update URL for texinfo, fix a typo. + +2013-03-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (Getline/Pipe): Add a nice quote from BWK. + +2013-02-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Restore centering of text images. + +2013-02-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (Other Versions): Remove the description of xmlgawk. + +2013-02-06 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: For Info output, don't use @center on text images + since the new makeinfo doesn't yet center the file as a block. + Thanks to Karl Berry for the diagnostic. + * gawk.1: Remove commented out doc for -m option which was for + compatibility with BWK awk. His awk dropped it back in 2007. + +2013-01-31 Arnold D. Robbins + + * api-figure2.txt, api-figure3.txt: Convert tabs to spaces. + * gawk.texi (Gory Details): Fix a command that new makeinfo doesn't + recognize. + (Conversion): Update example to be in POSIX mode. Thanks to + Hermann Peifer. + +2013-01-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (Dynamic Typing): Clarify that gawk dies after the + first fatal error on the test program. Thanks to Hermann Peifer. + +2013-01-21 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (Setting Precision): Fix a typo. 3.322 instead + of 3.332. Thanks to Hermann Peifer. + +2013-01-09 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Minor edits to documentation for new inplace extension. + +2013-01-08 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawk.texi: Add documentation for new inplace extension. + +2013-01-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi, awkcard.in: Sync what mawk has. Main point of + interest is that mawk supports the three time functions. + +2013-01-06 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi, awkcard.in: Add Git Hub info for BWK awk. + Update copyrights. + * gawk.texi: Add Software Tools quote in chapter on library functions. + +2012-12-25 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Remove doc sym_constant() API function. + +2012-12-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * 4.0.2: Release tar ball made. + +2012-12-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Remove an incorrect comment. + * awkcard.in: Bump patch level. + +2012-12-18 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (Input Parsers): Add info on read_func. + +2012-12-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Move design decisions on new API to appendix C. + Move section on old extensions to last in the same appendix. + +2012-12-15 Arnold D. Robbins + + * macros: Update to GPL Version 3 and add copyright year. + * texinfo.tex: Updated, from automake 1.12.6. + * gawk.texi (Derived Files): A few minor fixes. + +2012-12-09 Arnold D. Robbins + + * awkforai.txt: Changed content to be pointers to the article + to avoid copyright issues. + * gawk.texi: Updated description of awkforai.txt. + +2012-12-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (I/O Functions): Document that fflush() is now part + of POSIX. Fix in a few other places as well. + * awkcard.in: Update for fflush(). + +2012-12-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Fix all @tex ... @end tex tables to use a different + control character than @ so that the new makeinfo won't + complain about them. Thanks to Karl Berry for the guidance. + (Old Extension Mechanism): New node. + +2012-12-01 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: API chapter. Sync with gawkapi.h + +2012-11-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: API chapter. Change command for making shared libs + to use gcc, not ld. Thanks to Nelson Beebe. + (I/O Functions): Document new behavior for fflush(). + * gawk.1: Update for fflush(). + * awkcard.in: Ditto. And some general cleanup. + +2012-11-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (Future Extensions): Point to TODO file in the + gawk dist. + (Implementation Limitations): New node, from old LIMITATIONS file. + +2012-11-22 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: In API chapter, document the full list of include + files that need to be included. + +2012-11-21 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: In API chapter, update behavior of stat function + in the filefuncs extension. Update the code example and prose + to match the current code. + +2012-11-19 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: In API chapter, update behavior of readdir extension. + +2012-11-16 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Minor edits in API chapter. + Thanks to Nelson Beebe. + +2012-11-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Minor edits in API chapter. + Thanks to Andrew Schorr. + +2012-11-06 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Rearrange chapter order and separate into parts + using @part for TeX. Fix capitalization in @caption text. + (Variable Scope): Document that arrays can be local also. + Thanks to Denis Shirokov , for pointing out + the lack. + +2012-11-05 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Semi-rationalize invocations of @image. + +2012-11-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: New chapter on extension API. + * api-figure1.pdf, api-figure2.pdf, api-figure3.pdf, + general-program.pdf, process-flow.pdf: New files. Again. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Update. Again. + +2012-11-03 Arnold D. Robbins + + * api-figure1.pdf, api-figure2.pdf, api-figure3.pdf: Removed. + * api-figure1.txt, api-figure2.txt, api-figure3.txt, + api-figure1.png, api-figure2.png, api-figure3.png: New files. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Update. + + * gawk.texi: Fix up images. + * general-program.pdf, process-flow.pdf: Removed. + * general-program.png, process-flow.png, + general-program.txt, process-flow.txt: New files. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Update. + +2012-10-31 Arnold D. Robbins + + * api-figure1.eps, api-figure1.fig, api-figure1.pdf, + api-figure2.eps, api-figure2.fig, api-figure2.pdf, + api-figure3.eps, api-figure3.fig, api-figure3.pdf: New files. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add the above. + +2012-10-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (Glossary): Document cookie, some cleanup of + notes at the end. + +2012-10-19 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: More doc on SYMTAB. + +2012-10-05 Arnold D. Robbins + + * Makefile.am (LN, install-data-hook, uninstall-hook): Removed. No + longer needed since dgawk and pgawk are gone. + +2012-10-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * Makefile.am: Add dgawk.1 to man page links created / removed + on install / uninstall. (On stable branch.) + +2012-10-02 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (Glossary). Correct the full name for `ISO' per + bug report from William Bresler . Add a link + to the ISO website. + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document FUNCTAB, SYMTAB, and + PROCINFO["identifiers"]. Including that delete does not work + on FUNCTAB and SYMTAB. + +2012-09-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (Nextfile Statement): Document that it's now part of POSIX + and update the title. + (Delete): Document that `delete array' is now part of POSIX. + * awkcard.in: Adjust coloring for nextfile and delete array. + +2012-09-07 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2012-09-05.06. + +2012-08-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Minor edits, fix some spelling mistakes. + +2012-08-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: More edits to chapter on arithmetic. + Primarily English changes. + +2012-08-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Emphasize more that floating point behavior is + not a language issue. Add a pointer to POSIX bc. + Move arithmetic chapter to later in the book, before chapter + on dynamic extensions. + +2012-08-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Update infrastructure to Automake 1.12.3. + +2012-08-14 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Fixed a math bug in the chapter on multiple + precision floating point. Thanks to John Haque. + +2012-08-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Merged discussion of numbers from Appendix C into + the chapter on arbitrary precision arithmetic. Did some surgery + on that chapter to organize it a little better. + +2012-08-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * awkcard.in, gawk.1, gawk.texi: Updated. Mostly for new API stuff + but also some other things. + * gawk.texi (Derived Files): New node. + +2012-08-01 Arnold D. Robbins + + * Makefile.am (install-data-hook): Install a dgawk.1 link to the + man page also. Remove it on uninstall. + +2012-07-29 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawk.texi: Document that RT is set by getline. + +2012-07-04 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document that and(), or(), and + xor() can all take any number of arguments, with a minimum of two. + +2012-06-10 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawk.texi: Rename gettimeofday function to getlocaltime, since + the new time extension will provide gettimeofday. + +2012-05-24 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1: Replace references to dlload with dl_load. + But much more work needs to be done on the docs. + +2012-05-19 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1: Document new -i option, and describe new default + .awk suffix behavior. + +2012-04-01 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawk.texi: Replace documentation of removed functions update_ERRNO and + update_ERRNO_saved with descriptions new functions update_ERRNO_int, + update_ERRNO_string and unset_ERRNO. And fix a couple of examples + to use update_ERRNO_int instead of update_ERRNO. + +2012-03-26 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Minor style edits. + +2012-03-21 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1: Document new @load keyword. + +2012-03-20 Andrew J. Schorr + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1: Add AWKLIBPATH. + +2012-08-12 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (Ranges and Locales): Clarified ranges and + locales. Again. + +2012-08-05 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (PC Binary Installation): Document Eli Zaretskii's + site. + (Records): Update case of RS = "a". It only prints 1 if in + POSIX mode. Thanks to Jeroen Schot who first reported it. + +2012-07-20 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (Ranges and Locales): Clarified ranges and + locales. + +2012-07-13 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (Getline Notes): Discuss side effects in + argument expression. + +2012-06-29 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi, awkcard.in: Latest mawk understands /dev/stdin. + +2012-04-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Add that -b affects output. + +2012-04-27 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Update to latest from automake 1.12. + +2012-04-09 Arnold D. Robbins + + * texinfo.tex: Update to latest from automake 1.11.4. + +2012-04-11 John Haque + + * gawk.texi: Change RNDMODE to ROUNDMODE. + * gawk.1, awkcard.in: Ditto. + +2012-04-11 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Change --arbitrary-precision to --bignum. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Add --bignum, RNDMODE, PREC. + +2012-04-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Editing on new chapter on arbitrary precision numbers. + +2012-03-31 John Haque + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1: Add text on support for arbitrary precision + numbers. + +2012-02-06 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1: And some minor edits thereunto. + +2012-02-03 John Haque + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1: Add text on read timeout. + +2011-12-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * awkcard.in, gawk.1: Minor edits after merge of executables. + +2011-12-21 John Haque + + * gawk.texi: Updated sections on profiling and debugging + after merging the exes. Document new options --debug and + --load, and add a sub-section on loading extension library. + * gawk.1: Same. + * awkcard.in: Same. + +2012-03-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * 4.0.1: Release tar ball made. + +2012-02-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi, awkcard.in: Bump patch level. + * texinfo.tex: Updated from Texinfo CVS. + +2011-12-06 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Various typo fixes from mailing list. + +2011-11-10 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Fix some .BR to be .B. + +2011-11-08 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Further improvement in the discussion of sorted array + traversal. Some sections reordered and text edited to suit. + +2011-11-06 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Try to improve discussion of sorted array + traversal. + +2011-09-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.1: Fix some spelling errors. Thanks to + Jeroen Schot . + * gawk.texi: Some minor fixes. + +2011-08-31 John Haque + + * gawk.texi: Updated gawk dynamic extension doc. + +2011-07-28 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi (Gory Details): Restore text on historical behavior + etc. and add explanation on gawk 4.0.x. + +2011-07-17 Arnold D. Robbins + + * gawk.texi: Add reference in node Expressions to node Precedence, + based on suggestion from Dan Jacobson dated 4 Jun 2001. + +2011-07-17 Paul Eggert + + * gawk.texi: Warn up-front (indirectly) that plain gawk is not + compatible with SVR4 awk and with POSIX awk. Describe how + gawk differs from the GNU standard in its interpretation of + POSIXLY_CORRECT. (From mail dated 15 May 2001). + +2011-06-24 Arnold D. Robbins + + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add ChangeLog.0. + * 4.0.0: Remake the tar ball. + +2011-06-23 Arnold D. Robbins + + * ChangeLog.0: Rotated ChangeLog into this file. + * ChangeLog: Created anew for gawk 4.0.0 and on. + * 4.0.0: Release tar ball made. -- cgit v1.2.3