From 2414d39e1e3d0824894bd129116755a6d71dedf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francois-Rene Rideau
Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 23:16:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Trivial documentation update
---
doc/index.html | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
uiop/README.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++---------
2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index a430cc9b..f09c3e17 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@
call other programs and parse their output,
compile Lisp code, muffle conditions, or configure Lisp software.
See its
- README.md.
+ README.md for an overview,
+ and the documentation as extracted from its docstrings by
+ HEΛP.
uiop is distributed as part of the ASDF,
its source code is transcluded in the single-file asdf.lisp being distributed
@@ -120,14 +122,15 @@
quick-build
(also reimplemented as the ASDF extension
asdf-package-system; similar to faslpath below).
+ >asdf-package-system, now part of ASDF 3;
+ similar to faslpath below).
François-René Rideau's
XCVB
(building object and image files deterministically and in parallel,
but not actively maintained since 2012;
- thanks to its new build model, ASDF 3 could conceivably be modified
- to support these features).
+ a hypothetical ASDF 4 could conceivably be evolved to support these features
+ thanks to the groundwork laid by ASDF 3).
Drew McDermott's
YTools
@@ -187,16 +190,16 @@
mcl xcl |
Proprietary |
allegro |
- lispworks mocl |
- cormanlisp genera scl |
+ lispworks |
+ cormanlisp genera mocl scl |
To deal with an implementation that doesn't yet provide ASDF 3,
- we provide a script that can install ASDF 3
- where your implementation goes looking for it
+ we provide a script
+ that can install ASDF 3 where your implementation goes looking for it
when you (require "asdf") .
- Alternatively, if the implementation provides ASDF 2
+ Alternatively, though we don't recommend it, if the implementation provides ASDF 2
(as do lispworks mocl xcl or older versions of some implementations)
or an overly old version of ASDF 3,
you can download, install and configure a more recent ASDF 3,
@@ -329,7 +332,7 @@ XCL (Peter Graves)
to compute the actual dependencies in a big ASDF system.
poiu,
- to compile a system in parallel.
+ to compile a system in parallel on a multiprocessor machine.
asdf-system-connections,
lets you specify systems that are automatically loaded when
@@ -337,19 +340,10 @@ XCL (Peter Graves)
asdf-flv,
to bind file-local variables around the compilation of some files.
- asdf-package-system,
- to compile Lisp source files with one package per file
- that also determines dependencies, in the style of
- quick-build or
- faslpath
- (this functionality is built into recent versions of ASDF 3.1 and later,
- but this package exists for backward compatibility with earlier versions of ASDF 3;
- search the manual for package-inferred-system).
Former extensions, now superseded, include:
- - asdf-binary-locations allowed one to redirect where ASDF creates its output files,
+
- asdf-binary-locations used to allow one to redirect where ASDF 1 created its output files,
so they don't clash between implementations and don't pollute source directories.
It is superseded by asdf/defsystem's builtin
asdf-output-translations mechanism;
@@ -366,16 +360,26 @@ XCL (Peter Graves)
a standalone executable program (on supported implementations),
or an image containing your system precompiled.
+ - asdf-condition-control, initially part of XCVB's xcvb-driver,
+ allowed you to muffle uninteresting conditions during compilation.
+ Is now superseded by equivalent functionality in uiop.
+
+ - asdf-package-system,
+ to compile Lisp source files with one package per file
+ that also determines dependencies, in the style of
+ quick-build or
+ faslpath
+ (this functionality is built into recent versions of ASDF 3.1 and later,
+ but this package exists for backward compatibility with earlier versions of ASDF 3;
+ search the manual for package-inferred-system).
+
- asdf-utils was a collection of utilities that originated with ASDF.
It is now superseded by uiop, aka asdf/driver,
which is part of ASDF,
and exports its functionality
in its own package uiop.
- - asdf-condition-control, initially part of XCVB's xcvb-driver,
- allowed you to muffle uninteresting conditions during compilation.
- Is now superseded by equivalent functionality in uiop.
-
Contributing
@@ -497,9 +501,9 @@ XCL (Peter Graves)
-
+
ASDF has an MIT style license
- Last updated 2015-03-28
+ Last updated 2015-05-05