Commit b20833a6 authored by rtoy's avatar rtoy
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o Document that .cmucl-init.lisp is also an init file.

o Add documentation for the -fpu and -- options.
o Update list of maintainers and contributors.
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@@ -129,8 +129,11 @@ switches:
\item[\code{-init}] accepts an argument that should be the name of an
  init file to load during the normal start up sequence.  The default
  is to load \file{init.\var{object-type}} or, if that does not exist,
  \file{init.lisp} from the user's home directory.  If the file is not
  in the user's home directory, the full path must be specified.
  \file{init.lisp} from the user's home directory.  If neither exists,
  \cmucl tries \file{.cmucl-init.\var{object-type}} and then
  \file{.cmucl-init.lisp}.  If the file is not
  in the user's home directory, the full path must be specified.  If
  the file does not exist, \cmucl silently ignores it.
  
\item[\code{-noinit}] accepts no arguments and specifies that an init
  file should not be loaded during the normal start up sequence.
@@ -155,6 +158,20 @@ switches:
  \end{example}
  where \var{machine-name} is the internet host name for the machine
  and \var{socket} is the decimal number of the socket to connect to.

\item[\code{-fpu}] specifies what fpu should be used for x87 machines.
  The possible values are ``\code{x87}'', ``\code{sse2}'', or
  ``\code{auto}'', which is the default.  By default, \cmucl will
  detect if the chip supports the SSE2 instruction set or not.  If so
  or if \code{-fpu sse2} is specified, the SSE2 core will be loaded
  that uses SSE2 for floating-point arithmetic.  If SSE2 is not
  available or if \code{-fpu x87} is given, the legacy x87 core is
  loaded.

\item[\code{--}] indicates that everything after ``\code{--}'' is not
  subject to \cmucl's command line parsing.  Everything after
  ``\code{--}'' is placed in the variable
  \code{ext:*command-line-application-arguments*}.
\end{Lentry}

For more details on the use of the \code{-edit} and \code{-slave}
@@ -273,16 +290,18 @@ The project funding stopped in 1994, so support at Carnegie Mellon
University has been discontinued. All code and documentation developed
at CMU was released into the public domain. The project continues as a
group of users and developers collaborating over the Internet. The
currently active maintainers are:
current and previous maintainers include:

\begin{itemize}
\item Marco Antoniotti
\item Martin Cracauer
\item Alex Goncharov
\item Rob MacLachlan
\item Pierre Mai
\item Eric Marsden
\item Gerd Moellman
\item Tim Moore
\item Carl Shapiro  
\item Raymond Toy
\item Peter Van Eynde
\item Paul Werkowski
@@ -316,6 +335,7 @@ the development of \cmucl{} since 1981 are
\item Dave McDonald
\item Tim Moore
\item Skef Wholey
\item Paul Foley
\end{itemize}

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