[armedbear-cvs] r13699 - trunk/abcl/doc/manual

[mevenson at common-lisp.net]

Author: mevenson
Date: Wed Nov 23 23:09:48 2011
New Revision: 13699

Log:
manual: the asdf-install system adds '~/.asdf-install-dir/systems/' to the ASDF registry.

Modified:
   trunk/abcl/doc/manual/abcl.tex

Modified: trunk/abcl/doc/manual/abcl.tex
==============================================================================
--- trunk/abcl/doc/manual/abcl.tex	Wed Nov 23 11:43:18 2011	(r13698)
+++ trunk/abcl/doc/manual/abcl.tex	Wed Nov 23 23:09:48 2011	(r13699)
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 \begin{document}
 \title{A Manual for Armed Bear Common Lisp}
-\date{November 1, 2011}
+\date{November 24, 2011}
 \author{Mark~Evenson, Erik~H\"{u}lsmann, Alessio~Stalla, Ville~Voutilainen}
 
 \maketitle
@@ -1070,6 +1070,13 @@
 The asdf-install contrib provides an implementation of ASDF-INSTALL.
 Superseded by Quicklisp (see Xach2011 \cite{Xach2011}).
 
+The \code{require} of the \code{asdf-install} symbol has the side
+effect of pushing the directory ``~/.asdf-install-dir/systems/'' into
+the value of the \textsc{ASDF} central registry in
+\code{asdf:*central-registry*}, providing a convenient mechanism for
+stashing \textsc{ABCL} specific system definitions for convenient
+access.
+
 \chapter{History}
 
 \textsc{ABCL} was originally the extension language for the J editor, which was