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author | Jose Antonio Ortega Ruiz <jao@gnu.org> | 2010-06-26 16:45:32 +0200 |
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committer | Jose Antonio Ortega Ruiz <jao@gnu.org> | 2010-06-26 16:45:32 +0200 |
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diff --git a/doc/top.texi b/doc/top.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..43168c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/top.texi @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +@ifnottex +@node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir) +@top Geiser +@ifnothtml +@insertcopying +@end ifnothtml + +Geiser is a collection of Emacs major and minor modes that conspire with +one or more Scheme interpreters to keep the Lisp Machine Spirit alive. +It draws inspiration (and a bit more) from environments such as Common +Lisp's Slime, Factor's FUEL, Squeak or Emacs itself, and does its best +to make Scheme hacking inside Emacs (even more) fun. + +@cindex derailment +@cindex corpses +Or, to be precise, what @uref{http://hacks-galore.org/jao, i} consider +fun. Geiser is thus my humble contribution to the dynamic school of +expression, and a reaction against what i perceive as a derailment, in +modern times, of standard Scheme towards the static camp. Because i +prefer growing and healing to poking at corpses, the continuously +running Scheme interpreter takes the center of the stage in Geiser. A +bundle of Elisp shims orchestrates the dialog between the Scheme +interpreter, Emacs and, ultimately, the schemer, giving her access to +live metadata. Here's how. + +@end ifnottex + +@c Local Variables: +@c mode: texinfo +@c TeX-master: geiser +@c End: |