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Logtalk - Open source object-oriented logic programming language
Release 2.30.7
Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Paulo Moura. All Rights Reserved.
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This folder contains a Prolog file, "libpaths.pl", which, when loaded,
defines the library paths for the Logtalk standard library and for all
the supplied examples. You may customize this file by adding the paths
to your own "libraries" in order to easily load your own source code.
In order to easily compile and load library and example source files using
the notation <library>(<entity>), you will need to load the "libpaths.pl"
into your Prolog compiler after loading the Logtalk compiler/runtime.
You might need to edit the "libpaths.pl" file in order to adapt it to
reflect your Logtalk installation, Prolog compiler, and operating-system
requirements (for example, some Prolog compilers do not accept or expand
environment variables occurring on paths).
As defined, the provided "libpaths.pl" file is already compatible with
some of the most popular Prolog compilers, running on MacOS X, Linux,
Windows, Unix, and Unix-like operating-systems.
The Prolog integration scripts, found on the "integration" directory,
automatically load the copy of the "libpaths.pl" file from the Logtalk
end-user directory created by the "scripts/cplgtdirs.*" scripts. See the
"INSTALL.txt" and "scripts/NOTES.txt" files for more details. Note that
some Prolog compilers do not support the <library>(<entity>) notation.
See the "configs/NOTES.txt" file for details.
The somehow contrived code found on the "libpaths.pl" file is needed to
ensure compatibility with both the ISO Prolog standard and with most
Prolog compilers. The code could be greatly simplified by using a multifile
predicate directive for the library path dynamic predicate. Unfortunately,
not all Prolog compilers support multifile predicates.
Prolog compilers that are expected to be compatible with the provided
"libpaths.pl" file as is, across operating-systems:
* B-Prolog
* CIAO
* CxProlog
* ECLiPSe
* GNU-Prolog
* K-Prolog
* Qu-Prolog
* SICStus Prolog
* SWI-Prolog
* YAP
* XSB
Prolog compilers that imply editing the provided "libpaths.pl" file due
to the lack of support for expanding environment variables on paths:
* Amzi! Prolog
* IF/Prolog
* JIProlog
Feedback on other Prolog compilers is most appreciated.