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Re: CVS script


Greg Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu> writes:

> And, not to beat a dying horse, *documentation*!  I can't begin to
> describe how much better I am at using scwm now that Maciej, Sam, and I
> have worked together to create an interactive documentation system.  Sam 
> wrote a nice Emacs interface to the documentation that is extracted from 
> our source code, and all the functions are as easy to learn about as
> Emacs lisp documentation.  It's a joy to use, and would be even better
> if we linked to the R5RS info pages on scheme, and if Guile procedures
> were documented in the same way.  Scwm and its scwm-mode for Emacs is a
> great way to learn about Guile and could easily evolve into a great
> scheme development environment.
> 
> Greg

Is there any reason not to apply the current scwm doc engine to guile?
(Apart from requiring time and effort)  Is there any likelihood of
having to rewrite the in-code doc strings if guie were to switch over
now?

Andrew