The Isabelle System Distribution

Version information

   This is the internal repository version of Isabelle. See the NEWS file

   in the distribution for details on user-relevant changes.

System requirements

   Isabelle requires a regular Unix platform (e.g. GNU Linux) with the

   following additional software:

     * A full Standard ML Compiler (e.g. Poly/ML 5.x, 4.x).

     * The GNU bash shell (version 3.x, 2.x).

     * Perl (version 5.x).

     * XEmacs (version 21.4.x) or GNU Emacs (version 21, 22)

       -- for the Proof General interface.

     * A complete LaTeX installation -- for document preparation.

Installation

   Binary packages are available for Isabelle/HOL and ZF for several

   platforms from the Isabelle web page. The system may be easily

   built from scratch as well, taking the traditional tar.gz source

   distribution. See file INSTALL as distributed with Isabelle for

   more information.

   Further background information may be found in the Isabelle System

   Manual, distributed with the sources (directory doc).

User interface

   The canonical Isabelle user interface is Proof General by David

   Aspinall and others. It is a generic (X)Emacs interface for proof

   assistants, including Isabelle. Proof General is suitable for use

   by pacifists and Emacs militants alike. Its most prominent feature

   is script management, providing a metaphor of live proof script

   editing.

   Proof General is distributed together with the XEmacs X-Symbol

   package, which provides a reasonable way to get proper mathematical

   symbols displayed on screen.

Other sources of information

  The Isabelle Page

   The Isabelle home page may be accessed both from Cambridge and Munich:

     * http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/HVG/Isabelle/

     * http://isabelle.in.tum.de

  Mailing list

   The electronic mailing list isabelle-users@cl.cam.ac.uk provides a

   forum for Isabelle users to discuss problems and exchange

   information.  To join, send a message to

   isabelle-users-request@cl.cam.ac.uk.

  Personal mail

   Lawrence C Paulson

   Computer Laboratory

   University of Cambridge

   JJ Thomson Avenue

   Cambridge CB3 0FD

   England

   E-mail: lcp@cl.cam.ac.uk

   Phone: +44-223-763500

   Fax: +44-223-334748

   or

   Tobias Nipkow

   Institut fuer Informatik

   Technische Universitaet Muenchen

   Boltzmannstr. 3

   D-85748 Garching

   Germany

   E-mail: nipkow@in.tum.de

   Phone: +49-89-289-17302

   Fax: +49-89-289-17307

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   Please report any problems you encounter. While we shall try to be

   helpful, we can accept no responsibility for the deficiencies of

   Isabelle and their consequences.

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