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| author | David Aspinall | 2003-03-01 12:29:19 +0000 |
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| committer | David Aspinall | 2003-03-01 12:29:19 +0000 |
| commit | c2a7580cf4f48518675cfdb2a676a4d3037f52e9 (patch) | |
| tree | 2b35d6d5eeed5552a33c77eca0800d8c896153df /doc | |
| parent | e09dcb214463a2c6cb9a3609aa55005af32e5061 (diff) | |
Update doc of X-Sym
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diff --git a/doc/ProofGeneral.texi b/doc/ProofGeneral.texi index 29afa179..e0e5f568 100644 --- a/doc/ProofGeneral.texi +++ b/doc/ProofGeneral.texi @@ -2114,18 +2114,20 @@ the proof assistant to use tokens, yet appear to be using special characters. So proof scripts and proofs can be processed with real mathematical symbols, Greek letters, etc. -You will be able to enable X-Symbol support if you have installed the -X-Symbol package and support has been provided in Proof General for a -token language for your proof assistant. -The X-Symbol package is available from -@uref{http://x-symbol.sourceforge.net/}. -To enable X-Symbol, use the menu item: +The X-Symbol package is now bundled with Proof General. You will be +able to enable X-Symbol support if support has been provided in Proof +General for a token language for your proof assistant. To +enable X-Symbol, use the menu item: @example Proof-General -> Options -> X-Symbol @end example To enable it automatically every time you use Proof General, -you need to customize the setting -@code{@emph{PA}-x-symbol-enable}. +just use +@example + Proof-General -> Options -> Save Options +@end example +once it has been selected. (Alternatively, customize the setting +@code{@emph{PA}-x-symbol-enable}). Notice that for proper symbol support, the proof assistant needs to have a special @i{token language}, or a special character set, to use @@ -2133,10 +2135,11 @@ symbols. In this case, the proof assistant will output, and accept as input, tokens like @code{\longrightarrow}, which display as the corresponding symbols. However, for proof assistants which do not have such token support, we can use "fake" symbol support quite effectively, -displaying ordinary character sequences such as @code{-->} with symbols. -The only problem with this hack is that it can cause surprising results, -when you really want character sequences instead of, for example, Greek -letters! +displaying ordinary ASCII character sequences such as @code{-->} with +symbols. + +For more information about the X-Symbol package, please visit +its home page at @uref{http://x-symbol.sourceforge.net/}. @c @xref{Configuring X-Symbol}, for notes about how to configure @c a proof assistant to use X-Symbol in Proof General. |
