guile/guile-core/doc/ref scheme-io.texi

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

CVSROOT:        /cvs
Module name:    guile
Branch:         branch_release-1-6
Changes by:     Thien-Thi Nguyen <address@hidden>       01/10/05 12:01:29

Modified files:
        guile-core/doc/ref: scheme-io.texi 

Log message:
        (Writing): Add entry for `display'.  Include in R5RS Index.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-io.texi.diff?cvsroot=OldCVS&only_with_tag=branch_release-1-6&tr1=1.1.2.1&tr2=1.1.2.2&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-io.texi
diff -u guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-io.texi:1.1 
guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-io.texi:1.2
--- guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-io.texi:1.1 Fri Aug 24 05:40:29 2001
+++ guile/guile-core/doc/ref/scheme-io.texi     Fri Oct  5 11:58:51 2001
@@ -151,9 +151,18 @@
 has no associated print state, @code{#f} is returned.
 @end deffn
 
address@hidden display
address@hidden primitive display obj [port]
+Send a representation of @var{obj} to @var{current-output-port}.
+Optional second arg @var{port} specifies an alternative output port.
+The representation is similar to that produced by @code{write} (REFFIXME),
+the differences being strings are not quoted (and their characters are not
+escaped), and characters are rendered as if with @code{write-char}.
address@hidden deffn
+
 @rnindex newline
 @deffn primitive newline [port]
-Send a newline to @var{port}.
+Send a newline to @var{port} (default @var{current-output-port} if omitted).
 @end deffn
 
 @deffn primitive port-with-print-state port pstate