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+.. include:: ../replaces.rst
+
+.. _utilities:
+
+---------------------
+ Utilities
+---------------------
+
+The distribution provides utilities to simplify some tedious works
+beside proof development, tactics writing or documentation.
+
+
+Using Coq as a library
+----------------------
+
+In previous versions, ``coqmktop`` was used to build custom
+toplevels - for example for better debugging or custom static
+linking. Nowadays, the preferred method is to use ``ocamlfind``.
+
+The most basic custom toplevel is built using:
+
+::
+
+ % ocamlfind ocamlopt -thread -rectypes -linkall -linkpkg \
+ -package coq.toplevel \
+ toplevel/coqtop\_bin.ml -o my\_toplevel.native
+
+
+For example, to statically link |L_tac|, you can just do:
+
+::
+
+ % ocamlfind ocamlopt -thread -rectypes -linkall -linkpkg \
+ -package coq.toplevel -package coq.ltac \
+ toplevel/coqtop\_bin.ml -o my\_toplevel.native
+
+and similarly for other plugins.
+
+
+Building a |Coq| project with coq_makefile
+------------------------------------------
+
+The majority of |Coq| projects are very similar: a collection of ``.v``
+files and eventually some ``.ml`` ones (a |Coq| plugin). The main piece of
+metadata needed in order to build the project are the command line
+options to ``coqc`` (e.g. ``-R``, ``-I``, see also: Section
+:ref:`command-line-options`). Collecting the list of files and options is the job
+of the ``_CoqProject`` file.
+
+A simple example of a ``_CoqProject`` file follows:
+
+::
+
+ -R theories/ MyCode
+ theories/foo.v
+ theories/bar.v
+ -I src/
+ src/baz.ml4
+ src/bazaux.ml
+ src/qux_plugin.mlpack
+
+
+Currently, both |CoqIDE| and Proof-General (version ≥ ``4.3pre``)
+understand ``_CoqProject`` files and invoke |Coq| with the desired options.
+
+The ``coq_makefile`` utility can be used to set up a build infrastructure
+for the |Coq| project based on makefiles. The recommended way of
+invoking ``coq_makefile`` is the following one:
+
+::
+
+ coq_makefile -f _CoqProject -o CoqMakefile
+
+
+Such command generates the following files:
+
+CoqMakefile
+ is a generic makefile for ``GNU Make`` that provides
+ targets to build the project (both ``.v`` and ``.ml*`` files), to install it
+ system-wide in the ``coq-contrib`` directory (i.e. where |Coq| is installed)
+ as well as to invoke coqdoc to generate HTML documentation.
+
+CoqMakefile.conf
+ contains make variables assignments that reflect
+ the contents of the ``_CoqProject`` file as well as the path relevant to
+ |Coq|.
+
+
+An optional file ``CoqMakefile.local`` can be provided by the user in order to
+extend ``CoqMakefile``. In particular one can declare custom actions to be
+performed before or after the build process. Similarly one can customize the
+install target or even provide new targets. Extension points are documented in
+paragraph :ref:`coqmakefilelocal`.
+
+The extensions of the files listed in ``_CoqProject`` is used in order to
+decide how to build them. In particular:
+
+
++ |Coq| files must use the ``.v`` extension
++ |OCaml| files must use the ``.ml`` or ``.mli`` extension
++ |OCaml| files that require pre processing for syntax
+ extensions (like ``VERNAC EXTEND``) must use the ``.ml4`` extension
++ In order to generate a plugin one has to list all |OCaml|
+ modules (i.e. ``Baz`` for ``baz.ml``) in a ``.mlpack`` file (or ``.mllib``
+ file).
+
+
+The use of ``.mlpack`` files has to be preferred over ``.mllib`` files,
+since it results in a “packed” plugin: All auxiliary modules (as
+``Baz`` and ``Bazaux``) are hidden inside the plugin’s “name space”
+(``Qux_plugin``). This reduces the chances of begin unable to load two
+distinct plugins because of a clash in their auxiliary module names.
+
+.. _coqmakefilelocal:
+
+CoqMakefile.local
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The optional file ``CoqMakefile.local`` is included by the generated
+file ``CoqMakefile``. It can contain two kinds of directives.
+
+**Variable assignment**
+
+The variable must belong to the variables listed in the ``Parameters``
+section of the generated makefile.
+Here we describe only few of them.
+
+:CAMLPKGS:
+ can be used to specify third party findlib packages, and is
+ passed to the OCaml compiler on building or linking of modules. Eg:
+ ``-package yojson``.
+:CAMLFLAGS:
+ can be used to specify additional flags to the |OCaml|
+ compiler, like ``-bin-annot`` or ``-w``....
+:COQC, COQDEP, COQDOC:
+ can be set in order to use alternative binaries
+ (e.g. wrappers)
+:COQ_SRC_SUBDIRS:
+ can be extended by including other paths in which ``*.cm*`` files
+ are searched. For example ``COQ_SRC_SUBDIRS+=user-contrib/Unicoq``
+ lets you build a plugin containing OCaml code that depends on the
+ OCaml code of ``Unicoq``
+:COQFLAGS:
+ override the flags passed to ``coqc``. By default ``-q``.
+:COQEXTRAFLAGS:
+ extend the flags passed to ``coqc``
+:COQCHKFLAGS:
+ override the flags passed to ``coqchk``. By default ``-silent -o``.
+:COQCHKEXTRAFLAGS:
+ extend the flags passed to ``coqchk``
+:COQDOCFLAGS:
+ override the flags passed to ``coqdoc``. By default ``-interpolate -utf8``.
+:COQDOCEXTRAFLAGS:
+ extend the flags passed to ``coqdoc``
+
+**Rule extension**
+
+The following makefile rules can be extended.
+
+.. example::
+
+ ::
+
+ pre-all::
+ echo "This line is print before making the all target"
+ install-extra::
+ cp ThisExtraFile /there/it/goes
+
+``pre-all::``
+ run before the ``all`` target. One can use this to configure
+ the project, or initialize sub modules or check dependencies are met.
+
+``post-all::``
+ run after the ``all`` target. One can use this to run a test
+ suite, or compile extracted code.
+
+``install-extra::``
+ run after ``install``. One can use this to install extra files.
+
+``install-doc::``
+ One can use this to install extra doc.
+
+``uninstall::``
+ \
+
+``uninstall-doc::``
+ \
+
+``clean::``
+ \
+
+``cleanall::``
+ \
+
+``archclean::``
+ \
+
+``merlin-hook::``
+ One can append lines to the generated ``.merlin`` file extending this
+ target.
+
+Timing targets and performance testing
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The generated ``Makefile`` supports the generation of two kinds of timing
+data: per-file build-times, and per-line times for an individual file.
+
+The following targets and Makefile variables allow collection of per-
+file timing data:
+
+
++ ``TIMED=1``
+ passing this variable will cause ``make`` to emit a line
+ describing the user-space build-time and peak memory usage for each
+ file built.
+
+ .. note::
+ On ``Mac OS``, this works best if you’ve installed ``gnu-time``.
+
+ .. example::
+ For example, the output of ``make TIMED=1`` may look like
+ this:
+
+ ::
+
+ COQDEP Fast.v
+ COQDEP Slow.v
+ COQC Slow.v
+ Slow (user: 0.34 mem: 395448 ko)
+ COQC Fast.v
+ Fast (user: 0.01 mem: 45184 ko)
+
++ ``pretty-timed``
+ this target stores the output of ``make TIMED=1`` into
+ ``time-of-build.log``, and displays a table of the times, sorted from
+ slowest to fastest, which is also stored in ``time-of-build-pretty.log``.
+ If you want to construct the ``log`` for targets other than the default
+ one, you can pass them via the variable ``TGTS``, e.g., ``make pretty-timed
+ TGTS="a.vo b.vo"``.
+
+ .. ::
+ This target requires ``python`` to build the table.
+
+ .. note::
+ This target will *append* to the timing log; if you want a
+ fresh start, you must remove the ``filetime-of-build.log`` or
+ ``run make cleanall``.
+
+ .. example::
+
+ For example, the output of ``make pretty-timed`` may look like this:
+
+ ::
+
+ COQDEP Fast.v
+ COQDEP Slow.v
+ COQC Slow.v
+ Slow (user: 0.36 mem: 393912 ko)
+ COQC Fast.v
+ Fast (user: 0.05 mem: 45992 ko)
+ Time | File Name
+ --------------------
+ 0m00.41s | Total
+ --------------------
+ 0m00.36s | Slow
+ 0m00.05s | Fast
+
+
++ ``print-pretty-timed-diff``
+ this target builds a table of timing
+ changes between two compilations; run ``make make-pretty-timed-before`` to
+ build the log of the “before” times, and run ``make make-pretty-timed-
+ after`` to build the log of the “after” times. The table is printed on
+ the command line, and stored in ``time-of-build-both.log``. This target is
+ most useful for profiling the difference between two commits to a
+ repo.
+
+ .. note::
+ This target requires ``python`` to build the table.
+
+ .. note::
+ The ``make-pretty-timed-before`` and ``make-pretty-timed-after`` targets will
+ *append* to the timing log; if you want a fresh start, you must remove
+ the files ``time-of-build-before.log`` and ``time-of-build-after.log`` or run
+ ``make cleanall`` *before* building either the “before” or “after”
+ targets.
+
+ .. note::
+ The table will be sorted first by absolute time
+ differences rounded towards zero to a whole-number of seconds, then by
+ times in the “after” column, and finally lexicographically by file
+ name. This will put the biggest changes in either direction first, and
+ will prefer sorting by build-time over subsecond changes in build time
+ (which are frequently noise); lexicographic sorting forces an order on
+ files which take effectively no time to compile.
+
+ .. example::
+ For example, the output table from
+ ``make print-pretty-timed-diff`` may look like this:
+
+ ::
+
+ After | File Name | Before || Change | % Change
+ --------------------------------------------------------
+ 0m00.39s | Total | 0m00.35s || +0m00.03s | +11.42%
+ --------------------------------------------------------
+ 0m00.37s | Slow | 0m00.01s || +0m00.36s | +3600.00%
+ 0m00.02s | Fast | 0m00.34s || -0m00.32s | -94.11%
+
+
+The following targets and ``Makefile`` variables allow collection of per-
+line timing data:
+
+
++ ``TIMING=1``
+ passing this variable will cause ``make`` to use ``coqc -time`` to
+ write to a ``.v.timing`` file for each ``.v`` file compiled, which contains
+ line-by-line timing information.
+
+ .. example::
+ For example, running ``make all TIMING=1`` may result in a file like this:
+
+ ::
+
+ Chars 0 - 26 [Require~Coq.ZArith.BinInt.] 0.157 secs (0.128u,0.028s)
+ Chars 27 - 68 [Declare~Reduction~comp~:=~vm_c...] 0. secs (0.u,0.s)
+ Chars 69 - 162 [Definition~foo0~:=~Eval~comp~i...] 0.153 secs (0.136u,0.019s)
+ Chars 163 - 208 [Definition~foo1~:=~Eval~comp~i...] 0.239 secs (0.236u,0.s)
+
++ ``print-pretty-single-time-diff``
+ ::
+ print-pretty-single-time-diff BEFORE=path/to/file.v.before-timing AFTER=path/to/file.v.after-timing
+
+ this target will make a sorted table of the per-line timing differences
+ between the timing logs in the ``BEFORE`` and ``AFTER`` files, display it, and
+ save it to the file specified by the ``TIME_OF_PRETTY_BUILD_FILE`` variable,
+ which defaults to ``time-of-build-pretty.log``.
+ To generate the ``.v.before-timing`` or ``.v.after-timing`` files, you should
+ pass ``TIMING=before`` or ``TIMING=after`` rather than ``TIMING=1``.
+
+ .. note::
+ The sorting used here is the same as in the ``print-pretty-timed -diff`` target.
+
+ .. note::
+ This target requires python to build the table.
+
+ .. example::
+ For example, running ``print-pretty-single-time-diff`` might give a table like this:
+
+ ::
+
+ After | Code | Before || Change | % Change
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 0m00.50s | Total | 0m04.17s || -0m03.66s | -87.96%
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 0m00.145s | Chars 069 - 162 [Definition~foo0~:=~Eval~comp~i...] | 0m00.192s || -0m00.04s | -24.47%
+ 0m00.126s | Chars 000 - 026 [Require~Coq.ZArith.BinInt.] | 0m00.143s || -0m00.01s | -11.88%
+ N/A | Chars 027 - 068 [Declare~Reduction~comp~:=~nati...] | 0m00.s || +0m00.00s | N/A
+ 0m00.s | Chars 027 - 068 [Declare~Reduction~comp~:=~vm_c...] | N/A || +0m00.00s | N/A
+ 0m00.231s | Chars 163 - 208 [Definition~foo1~:=~Eval~comp~i...] | 0m03.836s || -0m03.60s | -93.97%
+
+
++ ``all.timing.diff``, ``path/to/file.v.timing.diff``
+ The ``path/to/file.v.timing.diff`` target will make a ``.v.timing.diff`` file for
+ the corresponding ``.v`` file, with a table as would be generated by
+ the ``print-pretty-single-time-diff`` target; it depends on having already
+ made the corresponding ``.v.before-timing`` and ``.v.after-timing`` files,
+ which can be made by passing ``TIMING=before`` and ``TIMING=after``.
+ The ``all.timing.diff`` target will make such timing difference files for
+ all of the ``.v`` files that the ``Makefile`` knows about. It will fail if
+ some ``.v.before-timing`` or ``.v.after-timing`` files don’t exist.
+
+ .. note::
+ This target requires python to build the table.
+
+
+Reusing/extending the generated Makefile
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Including the generated makefile with an include directive is
+discouraged. The contents of this file, including variable names and
+status of rules shall change in the future. Users are advised to
+include ``Makefile.conf`` or call a target of the generated Makefile as in
+``make -f Makefile target`` from another Makefile.
+
+One way to get access to all targets of the generated ``CoqMakefile`` is to
+have a generic target for invoking unknown targets.
+
+.. example::
+
+ ::
+
+ # KNOWNTARGETS will not be passed along to CoqMakefile
+ KNOWNTARGETS := CoqMakefile extra-stuff extra-stuff2
+ # KNOWNFILES will not get implicit targets from the final rule, and so
+ # depending on them won't invoke the submake
+ # Warning: These files get declared as PHONY, so any targets depending
+ # on them always get rebuilt
+ KNOWNFILES := Makefile _CoqProject
+
+ .DEFAULT_GOAL := invoke-coqmakefile
+
+ CoqMakefile: Makefile _CoqProject
+ $(COQBIN)coq_makefile -f _CoqProject -o CoqMakefile
+
+ invoke-coqmakefile: CoqMakefile
+ $(MAKE) --no-print-directory -f CoqMakefile $(filter-out $(KNOWNTARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS))
+
+ .PHONY: invoke-coqmakefile $(KNOWNFILES)
+
+ ####################################################################
+ ## Your targets here ##
+ ####################################################################
+
+ # This should be the last rule, to handle any targets not declared above
+ %: invoke-coqmakefile
+ @true
+
+
+
+Building a subset of the targets with ``-j``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To build, say, two targets foo.vo and bar.vo in parallel one can use
+``make only TGTS="foo.vo bar.vo" -j``.
+
+.. note::
+
+ ``make foo.vo bar.vo -j`` has a different meaning for the make
+ utility, in particular it may build a shared prerequisite twice.
+
+
+.. note::
+
+ For users of coq_makefile with version < 8.7
+
+ + Support for “sub-directory” is deprecated. To perform actions before
+ or after the build (like invoking ``make`` on a subdirectory) one can hook
+ in pre-all and post-all extension points.
+ + ``-extra-phony`` and ``-extra`` are deprecated. To provide additional target
+ (``.PHONY`` or not) please use ``CoqMakefile.local``.
+
+
+
+Modules dependencies
+--------------------
+
+In order to compute modules dependencies (so to use ``make``), |Coq| comes
+with an appropriate tool, ``coqdep``.
+
+``coqdep`` computes inter-module dependencies for |Coq| and |OCaml|
+programs, and prints the dependencies on the standard output in a
+format readable by make. When a directory is given as argument, it is
+recursively looked at.
+
+Dependencies of |Coq| modules are computed by looking at ``Require``
+commands (``Require``, ``Require Export``, ``Require Import``), but also at the
+command ``Declare ML Module``.
+
+Dependencies of |OCaml| modules are computed by looking at
+`open` commands and the dot notation *module.value*. However, this is
+done approximately and you are advised to use ``ocamldep`` instead for the
+|OCaml| modules dependencies.
+
+See the man page of ``coqdep`` for more details and options.
+
+The build infrastructure generated by ``coq_makefile`` uses ``coqdep`` to
+automatically compute the dependencies among the files part of the
+project.
+
+
+.. _coqdoc:
+
+Documenting |Coq| files with coqdoc
+-----------------------------------
+
+coqdoc is a documentation tool for the proof assistant |Coq|, similar to
+``javadoc`` or ``ocamldoc``. The task of coqdoc is
+
+
+#. to produce a nice |Latex| and/or HTML document from the |Coq|
+ sources, readable for a human and not only for the proof assistant;
+#. to help the user navigating in his own (or third-party) sources.
+
+
+
+Principles
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Documentation is inserted into |Coq| files as *special comments*. Thus
+your files will compile as usual, whether you use coqdoc or not. coqdoc
+presupposes that the given |Coq| files are well-formed (at least
+lexically). Documentation starts with ``(**``, followed by a space, and
+ends with the pending ``*)``. The documentation format is inspired by Todd
+A. Coram’s *Almost Free Text (AFT)* tool: it is mainly ``ASCII`` text with
+some syntax-light controls, described below. coqdoc is robust: it
+shouldn’t fail, whatever the input is. But remember: “garbage in,
+garbage out”.
+
+
+|Coq| material inside documentation.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+|Coq| material is quoted between the delimiters ``[`` and ``]``. Square brackets
+may be nested, the inner ones being understood as being part of the
+quoted code (thus you can quote a term like ``fun x => u`` by writing ``[fun
+x => u]``). Inside quotations, the code is pretty-printed in the same
+way as it is in code parts.
+
+Pre-formatted vernacular is enclosed by ``[[`` and ``]]``. The former must be
+followed by a newline and the latter must follow a newline.
+
+
+Pretty-printing.
+++++++++++++++++
+
+coqdoc uses different faces for identifiers and keywords. The pretty-
+printing of |Coq| tokens (identifiers or symbols) can be controlled
+using one of the following commands:
+
+::
+
+
+ (** printing *token* %...LATEX...% #...html...# *)
+
+
+or
+
+::
+
+
+ (** printing *token* $...LATEX math...$ #...html...# *)
+
+
+It gives the |Latex| and HTML texts to be produced for the given |Coq|
+token. One of the |Latex| or HTML text may be omitted, causing the
+default pretty-printing to be used for this token.
+
+The printing for one token can be removed with
+
+::
+
+
+ (** remove printing *token* *)
+
+
+Initially, the pretty-printing table contains the following mapping:
+
+==== === ==== ===== === ==== ==== ===
+`->` → `<-` ← `*` ×
+`<=` ≤ `>=` ≥ `=>` ⇒
+`<>` ≠ `<->` ↔ `|-` ⊢
+`\/` ∨ `/\\` ∧ `~` ¬
+==== === ==== ===== === ==== ==== ===
+
+Any of these can be overwritten or suppressed using the printing
+commands.
+
+.. note::
+
+ The recognition of tokens is done by a (``ocaml``) lex
+ automaton and thus applies the longest-match rule. For instance, `->~`
+ is recognized as a single token, where |Coq| sees two tokens. It is the
+ responsibility of the user to insert space between tokens *or* to give
+ pretty-printing rules for the possible combinations, e.g.
+
+ ::
+
+ (** printing ->~ %\ensuremath{\rightarrow\lnot}% *)
+
+
+
+Sections
+++++++++
+
+Sections are introduced by 1 to 4 leading stars (i.e. at the beginning
+of the line) followed by a space. One star is a section, two stars a
+sub-section, etc. The section title is given on the remaining of the
+line.
+
+.. example::
+
+ ::
+
+ (** * Well-founded relations
+
+ In this section, we introduce... *)
+
+
+Lists.
+++++++
+
+List items are introduced by a leading dash. coqdoc uses whitespace to
+determine the depth of a new list item and which text belongs in which
+list items. A list ends when a line of text starts at or before the
+level of indenting of the list’s dash. A list item’s dash must always
+be the first non-space character on its line (so, in particular, a
+list can not begin on the first line of a comment - start it on the
+second line instead).
+
+.. example::
+
+ ::
+
+ We go by induction on [n]:
+ - If [n] is 0...
+ - If [n] is [S n'] we require...
+
+ two paragraphs of reasoning, and two subcases:
+
+ - In the first case...
+ - In the second case...
+
+ So the theorem holds.
+
+
+
+Rules.
+++++++
+
+More than 4 leading dashes produce a horizontal rule.
+
+
+Emphasis.
++++++++++
+
+Text can be italicized by placing it in underscores. A non-identifier
+character must precede the leading underscore and follow the trailing
+underscore, so that uses of underscores in names aren’t mistaken for
+emphasis. Usually, these are spaces or punctuation.
+
+::
+
+ This sentence contains some _emphasized text_.
+
+
+
+Escaping to |Latex| and HTML.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+Pure |Latex| or HTML material can be inserted using the following
+escape sequences:
+
+
++ ``$...LATEX stuff...$`` inserts some |Latex| material in math mode.
+ Simply discarded in HTML output.
++ ``%...LATEX stuff...%`` inserts some |Latex| material. Simply
+ discarded in HTML output.
++ ``#...HTML stuff...#`` inserts some HTML material. Simply discarded in
+ |Latex| output.
+
+.. note::
+ to simply output the characters ``$``, ``%`` and ``#`` and escaping
+ their escaping role, these characters must be doubled.
+
+
+Verbatim
+++++++++
+
+Verbatim material is introduced by a leading ``<<`` and closed by ``>>``
+at the beginning of a line.
+
+.. example::
+
+ ::
+
+ Here is the corresponding caml code:
+ <<
+ let rec fact n =
+ if n <= 1 then 1 else n * fact (n-1)
+ >>
+
+
+
+Hyperlinks
+++++++++++
+
+Hyperlinks can be inserted into the HTML output, so that any
+identifier is linked to the place of its definition.
+
+``coqc file.v`` automatically dumps localization information in
+``file.glob`` or appends it to a file specified using option ``--dump-glob
+file``. Take care of erasing this global file, if any, when starting
+the whole compilation process.
+
+Then invoke coqdoc or ``coqdoc --glob-from file`` to tell coqdoc to look
+for name resolutions into the file ``file`` (it will look in ``file.glob``
+by default).
+
+Identifiers from the |Coq| standard library are linked to the Coq web
+site at `<http://coq.inria.fr/library/>`_. This behavior can be changed
+using command line options ``--no-externals`` and ``--coqlib``; see below.
+
+
+Hiding / Showing parts of the source.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+Some parts of the source can be hidden using command line options ``-g``
+and ``-l`` (see below), or using such comments:
+
+::
+
+
+ (* begin hide *)
+ *some Coq material*
+ (* end hide *)
+
+
+Conversely, some parts of the source which would be hidden can be
+shown using such comments:
+
+::
+
+
+ (* begin show *)
+ *some Coq material*
+ (* end show *)
+
+
+The latter cannot be used around some inner parts of a proof, but can
+be used around a whole proof.
+
+
+Usage
+~~~~~
+
+coqdoc is invoked on a shell command line as follows:
+``coqdoc <options and files>``.
+Any command line argument which is not an option is considered to be a
+file (even if it starts with a ``-``). |Coq| files are identified by the
+suffixes ``.v`` and ``.g`` and |Latex| files by the suffix ``.tex``.
+
+
+:HTML output: This is the default output. One HTML file is created for
+ each |Coq| file given on the command line, together with a file
+ ``index.html`` (unless ``option-no-index is passed``). The HTML pages use a
+ style sheet named ``style.css``. Such a file is distributed with coqdoc.
+:|Latex| output: A single |Latex| file is created, on standard
+ output. It can be redirected to a file with option ``-o``. The order of
+ files on the command line is kept in the final document. |Latex|
+ files given on the command line are copied ‘as is’ in the final
+ document . DVI and PostScript can be produced directly with the
+ options ``-dvi`` and ``-ps`` respectively.
+:TEXmacs output: To translate the input files to TEXmacs format,
+ to be used by the TEXmacs |Coq| interface.
+
+
+
+Command line options
+++++++++++++++++++++
+
+
+**Overall options**
+
+
+ :--HTML: Select a HTML output.
+ :--|Latex|: Select a |Latex| output.
+ :--dvi: Select a DVI output.
+ :--ps: Select a PostScript output.
+ :--texmacs: Select a TEXmacs output.
+ :--stdout: Write output to stdout.
+ :-o file, --output file: Redirect the output into the file ‘file’
+ (meaningless with ``-html``).
+ :-d dir, --directory dir: Output files into directory ‘dir’ instead of
+ current directory (option ``-d`` does not change the filename specified
+ with option ``-o``, if any).
+ :--body-only: Suppress the header and trailer of the final document.
+ Thus, you can insert the resulting document into a larger one.
+ :-p string, --preamble string: Insert some material in the |Latex|
+ preamble, right before ``\begin{document}`` (meaningless with ``-html``).
+ :--vernac-file file,--tex-file file: Considers the file ‘file’
+ respectively as a ``.v`` (or ``.g``) file or a ``.tex`` file.
+ :--files-from file: Read file names to process in file ‘file’ as if
+ they were given on the command line. Useful for program sources split
+ up into several directories.
+ :-q, --quiet: Be quiet. Do not print anything except errors.
+ :-h, --help: Give a short summary of the options and exit.
+ :-v, --version: Print the version and exit.
+
+
+
+**Index options**
+
+ Default behavior is to build an index, for the HTML output only,
+ into ``index.html``.
+
+ :--no-index: Do not output the index.
+ :--multi-index: Generate one page for each category and each letter in
+ the index, together with a top page ``index.html``.
+ :--index string: Make the filename of the index string instead of
+ “index”. Useful since “index.html” is special.
+
+
+
+**Table of contents option**
+
+ :-toc, --table-of-contents: Insert a table of contents. For a |Latex|
+ output, it inserts a ``\tableofcontents`` at the beginning of the
+ document. For a HTML output, it builds a table of contents into
+ ``toc.html``.
+ :--toc-depth int: Only include headers up to depth ``int`` in the table of
+ contents.
+
+
+**Hyperlinks options**
+
+ :--glob-from file: Make references using |Coq| globalizations from file
+ file. (Such globalizations are obtained with Coq option ``-dump-glob``).
+ :--no-externals: Do not insert links to the |Coq| standard library.
+ :--external url coqdir: Use given URL for linking references whose
+ name starts with prefix ``coqdir``.
+ :--coqlib url: Set base URL for the Coq standard library (default is
+ `<http://coq.inria.fr/library/>`_). This is equivalent to ``--external url
+ Coq``.
+ :-R dir coqdir: Map physical directory dir to |Coq| logical
+ directory ``coqdir`` (similarly to |Coq| option ``-R``).
+
+ .. note::
+
+ option ``-R`` only has
+ effect on the files *following* it on the command line, so you will
+ probably need to put this option first.
+
+
+**Title options**
+
+ :-s , --short: Do not insert titles for the files. The default
+ behavior is to insert a title like “Library Foo” for each file.
+ :--lib-name string: Print “string Foo” instead of “Library Foo” in
+ titles. For example “Chapter” and “Module” are reasonable choices.
+ :--no-lib-name: Print just “Foo” instead of “Library Foo” in titles.
+ :--lib-subtitles: Look for library subtitles. When enabled, the
+ beginning of each file is checked for a comment of the form:
+
+ ::
+
+ (** * ModuleName : text *)
+
+ where ``ModuleName`` must be the name of the file. If it is present, the
+ text is used as a subtitle for the module in appropriate places.
+ :-t string, --title string: Set the document title.
+
+
+**Contents options**
+
+ :-g, --gallina: Do not print proofs.
+ :-l, --light: Light mode. Suppress proofs (as with ``-g``) and the following commands:
+
+ + [Recursive] Tactic Definition
+ + Hint / Hints
+ + Require
+ + Transparent / Opaque
+ + Implicit Argument / Implicits
+ + Section / Variable / Hypothesis / End
+
+
+
+ The behavior of options ``-g`` and ``-l`` can be locally overridden using the
+ ``(* begin show *) … (* end show *)`` environment (see above).
+
+ There are a few options to drive the parsing of comments:
+
+ :--parse-comments: Parses regular comments delimited by ``(*`` and ``*)`` as
+ well. They are typeset inline.
+ :--plain-comments: Do not interpret comments, simply copy them as
+ plain-text.
+ :--interpolate: Use the globalization information to typeset
+ identifiers appearing in |Coq| escapings inside comments.
+
+**Language options**
+
+
+ Default behavior is to assume ASCII 7 bits input files.
+
+ :-latin1, --latin1: Select ISO-8859-1 input files. It is equivalent to
+ --inputenc latin1 --charset iso-8859-1.
+ :-utf8, --utf8: Set --inputenc utf8x for |Latex| output and--charset
+ utf-8 for HTML output. Also use Unicode replacements for a couple of
+ standard plain ASCII notations such as → for ``->`` and ∀ for ``forall``. |Latex|
+ UTF-8 support can be found
+ at `<http://www.ctan.org/pkg/unicode>`_. For the interpretation of Unicode
+ characters by |Latex|, extra packages which coqdoc does not provide
+ by default might be required, such as textgreek for some Greek letters
+ or ``stmaryrd`` for some mathematical symbols. If a Unicode character is
+ missing an interpretation in the utf8x input encoding, add
+ ``\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{code}{LATEX-interpretation}``. Packages
+ and declarations can be added with option ``-p``.
+ :--inputenc string: Give a |Latex| input encoding, as an option to |Latex|
+ package ``inputenc``.
+ :--charset string: Specify the HTML character set, to be inserted in
+ the HTML header.
+
+
+
+The coqdoc |Latex| style file
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+In case you choose to produce a document without the default |Latex|
+preamble (by using option ``--no-preamble``), then you must insert into
+your own preamble the command
+
+::
+
+ \usepackage{coqdoc}
+
+The package optionally takes the argument ``[color]`` to typeset
+identifiers with colors (this requires the ``xcolor`` package).
+
+Then you may alter the rendering of the document by redefining some
+macros:
+
+:coqdockw, coqdocid, …: The one-argument macros for typesetting
+ keywords and identifiers. Defaults are sans-serif for keywords and
+ italic for identifiers.For example, if you would like a slanted font
+ for keywords, you may insert
+
+ ::
+
+ \renewcommand{\coqdockw}[1]{\textsl{#1}}
+
+
+ anywhere between ``\usepackage{coqdoc}`` and ``\begin{document}``.
+
+
+:coqdocmodule:
+ One-argument macro for typesetting the title of a ``.v``
+ file. Default is
+
+ ::
+
+ \newcommand{\coqdocmodule}[1]{\section*{Module #1}}
+
+ and you may redefine it using ``\renewcommand``.
+
+Embedded Coq phrases inside |Latex| documents
+---------------------------------------------
+
+When writing a documentation about a proof development, one may want
+to insert |Coq| phrases inside a |Latex| document, possibly together
+with the corresponding answers of the system. We provide a mechanical
+way to process such |Coq| phrases embedded in |Latex| files: the ``coq-tex``
+filter. This filter extracts |Coq| phrases embedded in |Latex| files,
+evaluates them, and insert the outcome of the evaluation after each
+phrase.
+
+Starting with a file ``file.tex`` containing |Coq| phrases, the ``coq-tex``
+filter produces a file named ``file.v.tex`` with the Coq outcome.
+
+There are options to produce the |Coq| parts in smaller font, italic,
+between horizontal rules, etc. See the man page of ``coq-tex`` for more
+details.
+
+|Coq| and GNU Emacs
+-----------------------
+
+
+The |Coq| Emacs mode
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+|Coq| comes with a Major mode for GNU Emacs, ``gallina.el``. This mode
+provides syntax highlighting and also a rudimentary indentation
+facility in the style of the ``Caml`` GNU Emacs mode.
+
+Add the following lines to your ``.emacs`` file:
+
+::
+
+ (setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\\.v$" . coq-mode) auto-mode-alist))
+ (autoload 'coq-mode "gallina" "Major mode for editing Coq vernacular." t)
+
+
+The |Coq| major mode is triggered by visiting a file with extension ``.v``,
+or manually with the command ``M-x coq-mode``. It gives you the correct
+syntax table for the |Coq| language, and also a rudimentary indentation
+facility:
+
+
++ pressing ``Tab`` at the beginning of a line indents the line like the
+ line above;
++ extra tabulations increase the indentation level (by 2 spaces by default);
++ ``M-Tab`` decreases the indentation level.
+
+
+An inferior mode to run |Coq| under Emacs, by Marco Maggesi, is also
+included in the distribution, in file ``inferior-coq.el``. Instructions to
+use it are contained in this file.
+
+
+Proof-General
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Proof-General is a generic interface for proof assistants based on
+Emacs. The main idea is that the |Coq| commands you are editing are sent
+to a |Coq| toplevel running behind Emacs and the answers of the system
+automatically inserted into other Emacs buffers. Thus you don’t need
+to copy-paste the |Coq| material from your files to the |Coq| toplevel or
+conversely from the |Coq| toplevel to some files.
+
+Proof-General is developed and distributed independently of the system
+|Coq|. It is freely available at `<https://proofgeneral.github.io/>`_.
+
+
+Module specification
+--------------------
+
+Given a |Coq| vernacular file, the gallina filter extracts its
+specification (inductive types declarations, definitions, type of
+lemmas and theorems), removing the proofs parts of the file. The |Coq|
+file ``file.v`` gives birth to the specification file ``file.g`` (where
+the suffix ``.g`` stands for |Gallina|).
+
+See the man page of ``gallina`` for more details and options.
+
+
+Man pages
+---------
+
+There are man pages for the commands ``coqdep``, ``gallina`` and ``coq-tex``. Man
+pages are installed at installation time (see installation
+instructions in file ``INSTALL``, step 6).