1 The Isabelle System Distribution
5 This is the internal repository version of Isabelle. See the NEWS file
6 in the distribution for details on user-relevant changes.
10 Isabelle requires a regular Unix platform (e.g. GNU Linux) with the
11 following additional software:
12 * A full Standard ML Compiler (e.g. Poly/ML 5.x, 4.x).
13 * The GNU bash shell (version 3.x, 2.x).
15 * XEmacs (version 21.4.x) or GNU Emacs (version 21, 22)
16 -- for the ProofGeneral interface.
17 * A complete LaTeX installation -- for document preparation.
21 Binary packages are available for Isabelle/HOL and ZF for several
22 platforms from the Isabelle web page. The system may be easily built
23 from scratch as well, taking the traditional tar.gz source
24 distribution. See file INSTALL as distributed with Isabelle for more
27 Further background information may be found in the Isabelle System
28 Manual, distributed with the sources (directory doc).
32 The canonical Isabelle user interface is Proof General by David
33 Aspinall and others. It is a generic (X)Emacs interface for proof
34 assistants, including Isabelle (both for the classic and Isar
35 version). Proof General is suitable for use by pacifists and Emacs
36 militants alike. Its most prominent feature is script management,
37 providing a metaphor of live proof script editing. Proof General has
38 recently gained a rather large following of both beginning and expert
41 Proof General is distributed together with the XEmacs X-Symbol
42 package, which provides a nice way to get proper mathematical symbols
45 Other sources of information
49 The Isabelle home page may be accessed both from Cambridge and Munich:
50 * http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/HVG/Isabelle/
51 * http://isabelle.in.tum.de
55 The electronic mailing list isabelle-users@cl.cam.ac.uk provides a
56 forum for Isabelle users to discuss problems and exchange information.
57 To join, send a message to isabelle-users-request@cl.cam.ac.uk.
63 University of Cambridge
67 E-mail: lcp@cl.cam.ac.uk
74 Institut fuer Informatik
75 Technische Universitaet Muenchen
79 E-mail: nipkow@in.tum.de
80 Phone: +49-89-289-17302
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84 Please report any problems you encounter. While we shall try to be
85 helpful, we can accept no responsibility for the deficiencies of
86 Isabelle and their consequences.
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