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@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ Notice that the \verb!-byte! and \verb!-opt! options are still
available with \verb!coqc! and allow you to select the byte-code or
native-code versions of the system.
+\section[Customization]{Customization at launch time}
-\section[Resource file]{Resource file\index{Resource file}}
+\subsection{By resource file\index{Resource file}}
When \Coq\ is launched, with either {\tt coqtop} or {\tt coqc}, the
resource file \verb:$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/coq/coqrc.xxx: is loaded, where
@@ -59,8 +60,7 @@ default its home directory \verb!/.config! and \verb:xxx: is the version
number (e.g. 8.3). If this file is not found, then the file
\verb:$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/coqrc: is searched. You can also specify an
arbitrary name for the resource file (see option \verb:-init-file:
-below), or the name of another user to load the resource file of someone
-else (see option \verb:-user:).
+below).
This file may contain, for instance, \verb:Add LoadPath: commands to add
@@ -68,27 +68,19 @@ directories to the load path of \Coq.
It is possible to skip the loading of the resource file with the
option \verb:-q:.
-\section[Environment variables]{Environment variables\label{EnvVariables}
-\index{Environment variables}}
-
-There are four environment variables used by the \Coq\ system.
-\verb:$COQBIN: for the directory where the binaries are,
-\verb:$COQLIB: for the directory where the standard library is,
-\verb:$COQPATH: for a list of directories seperated by \verb|:|
-(\verb|;| on windows) to add to the load path, and
-\verb:$COQTOP: for the directory of the sources. The latter is useful
-only for developers that are writing their own tactics and are using
-\texttt{coq\_makefile} (see \ref{Makefile}). If \verb:$COQBIN: or
-\verb:$COQLIB: are not defined, \Coq\ will use the default values
-(defined at installation time). So these variables are useful only if
-you move the \Coq\ binaries and library after installation.
-
-Coq will also honor \verb:$XDG_DATA_HOME: and \verb:$XDG_DATA_DIRS: (see
+\section{By environment variables\label{EnvVariables}
+\index{Environment variables}\label{envars}}
+
+Load path can be specified to the \Coq\ system by setting up
+\verb:$COQPATH: environment variable. It is a list of directories separated by \verb|:|
+(\verb|;| on windows).
+
+\Coq will also honour \verb:$XDG_DATA_HOME: and \verb:$XDG_DATA_DIRS: (see
\url{http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html}).
-Coq adds \verb:${XDG_DATA_HOME}/coq: and \verb:${XDG_DATA_DIRS}/coq: to its
+\Coq adds \verb:${XDG_DATA_HOME}/coq: and \verb:${XDG_DATA_DIRS}/coq: to its
search path.
-\section[Options]{Options\index{Options of the command line}
+\subsection{By command line options\index{Options of the command line}
\label{vmoption}
\label{coqoptions}}
@@ -96,86 +88,52 @@ The following command-line options are recognized by the commands {\tt
coqc} and {\tt coqtop}, unless stated otherwise:
\begin{description}
-\item[{\tt -byte}]\
-
- Run the byte-code version of \Coq{}.
-
-\item[{\tt -opt}]\
-
- Run the native-code version of \Coq{}.
-
-\item[{\tt -I} {\em directory}, {\tt -include} {\em directory}]\
-
- Add physical path {\em directory} to the list of directories where to
- look for a file and bind it to the empty logical directory. The
- subdirectory structure of {\em directory} is recursively available
- from {\Coq} using absolute names (see Section~\ref{LongNames}).
-
-\item[{\tt -I} {\em directory} {\tt -as} {\em dirpath}]\
+\item[{\tt -I} {\em directory}, {\tt -include} {\em directory}[ {\tt -as} {\em dirpath}]]\
- Add physical path {\em directory} to the list of directories where to
- look for a file and bind it to the logical directory {\dirpath}. The
- subdirectory structure of {\em directory} is recursively available
- from {\Coq} using absolute names extending the {\dirpath} prefix.
+Add physical path {\em directory} to the list of directories where to look for a
+file and bind it to the empty logical directory/the logical directory {\em
+ dirpath}. The sub-directory structure of {\em directory} is recursively available
+from {\Coq} using absolute names (extending the {\dirpath} prefix) (see
+Section~\ref{LongNames}).
\SeeAlso {\tt Add LoadPath} in Section~\ref{AddLoadPath} and logical
paths in Section~\ref{Libraries}.
-\item[{\tt -R} {\em directory} {\dirpath}, {\tt -R} {\em directory} {\tt -as} {\dirpath}]\
+\item[{\tt -R} {\em directory} {\dirpath}, {\tt -R} {\em directory} [{\tt -as} {\dirpath}]]\
Do as {\tt -I} {\em directory} {\tt -as} {\dirpath} but make the
- subdirectory structure of {\em directory} recursively visible so
+ sub-directory structure of {\em directory} recursively visible so
that the recursive contents of physical {\em directory} is available
from {\Coq} using short or partially qualified names.
\SeeAlso {\tt Add Rec LoadPath} in Section~\ref{AddRecLoadPath} and logical
paths in Section~\ref{Libraries}.
-\item[{\tt -top} {\dirpath}]\
+\item[{\tt -top} {\dirpath}, {\tt -notop}]\
- This sets the toplevel module name to {\dirpath} instead of {\tt
- Top}. Not valid for {\tt coqc}.
-
-\item[{\tt -notop} {\dirpath}]\
-
- This sets the toplevel module name to the empty logical dirpath. Not
- valid for {\tt coqc}.
+ This sets the toplevel module name to {\dirpath}/the empty logical path instead
+ of {\tt Top}. Not valid for {\tt coqc}.
\item[{\tt -exclude-dir} {\em subdirectory}]\
- This tells to exclude any subdirectory named {\em subdirectory}
+ This tells to exclude any sub-directory named {\em subdirectory}
while processing option {\tt -R}. Without this option only the
- conventional version control management subdirectories named {\tt
+ conventional version control management sub-directories named {\tt
CVS} and {\tt \_darcs} are excluded.
-\item[{\tt -is} {\em file}, {\tt -inputstate} {\em file}]\
+\item[{\tt -is} {\em file}, {\tt -inputstate} {\em file}, {\tt -outputstate} {\em file}]\
- Cause \Coq~to use the state put in the file {\em file} as its input
- state. The default state is {\em initial.coq}.
- Mainly useful to build the standard input state.
+ Load at the beginning/Dump at the end a \Coq{} state from the file {\em file}.
-\item[{\tt -outputstate} {\em file}]\
-
- Cause \Coq~to dump its state to file {\em file}.coq just after finishing
- parsing and evaluating all the arguments from the command line.
+ Incompatible with some not purely functional aspect of the code
\item[{\tt -nois}]\
- Cause \Coq~to begin with an empty state. Mainly useful to build the
- standard input state.
-
-%Obsolete?
-%
-%\item[{\tt -notactics}]\
-%
-% Forbid the dynamic loading of tactics in the bytecode version of {\Coq}.
-
-\item[{\tt -init-file} {\em file}]\
+ Cause \Coq~to begin with an empty state.
- Take {\em file} as the resource file.
-
-\item[{\tt -q}]\
+\item[{\tt -init-file} {\em file}, {\tt -q}]\
+ Take {\em file} as the resource file. /
Cause \Coq~not to load the resource file.
\item[{\tt -load-ml-source} {\em file}]\
@@ -186,51 +144,34 @@ The following command-line options are recognized by the commands {\tt
Load the Caml object file {\em file}.
-\item[{\tt -l} {\em file}, {\tt -load-vernac-source} {\em file}]\
-
- Load \Coq~file {\em file}{\tt .v}
+\item[{\tt -l[v]} {\em file}, {\tt -load-vernac-source[-verbose]} {\em file}]\
-\item[{\tt -lv} {\em file}, {\tt -load-vernac-source-verbose} {\em file}]\
-
- Load \Coq~file {\em file}{\tt .v} with
- a copy of the contents of the file on standard input.
+ Load \Coq~file {\em file}{\tt .v} optionally with copy it contents on the
+ standard input.
\item[{\tt -load-vernac-object} {\em file}]\
Load \Coq~compiled file {\em file}{\tt .vo}
-%\item[{\tt -preload} {\em file}]\ \\
-%Add {\em file}{\tt .vo} to the files to be loaded and opened
-%before making the initial state.
-%
\item[{\tt -require} {\em file}]\
Load \Coq~compiled file {\em file}{\tt .vo} and import it ({\tt
Require} {\em file}).
-\item[{\tt -compile} {\em file}]\
+\item[{\tt -compile} {\em file},{\tt -compile-verbose} {\em file}, {\tt -batch}]\
- This compiles file {\em file}{\tt .v} into {\em file}{\tt .vo}.
- This option implies options {\tt -batch} and {\tt -silent}. It is
- only available for {\tt coqtop}.
+ {\tt coqtop} options only used internally by {\tt coqc}.
-\item[{\tt -compile-verbose} {\em file}]\
-
- This compiles file {\em file}{\tt .v} into {\em file}{\tt .vo} with
- a copy of the contents of the file on standard input.
- This option implies options {\tt -batch} and {\tt -silent}. It is
- only available for {\tt coqtop}.
+ This compiles file {\em file}{\tt .v} into {\em file}{\tt .vo} without/with a
+ copy of the contents of the file on standard input. This option implies options
+ {\tt -batch} (exit just after arguments parsing). It is only
+ available for {\tt coqtop}.
\item[{\tt -verbose}]\
This option is only for {\tt coqc}. It tells to compile the file with
a copy of its contents on standard input.
-\item[{\tt -batch}]\
-
- Batch mode : exit just after arguments parsing. This option is only
- used by {\tt coqc}.
-
%Mostly unused in the code
%\item[{\tt -debug}]\
%
@@ -241,13 +182,23 @@ The following command-line options are recognized by the commands {\tt
This option is for use with {\tt coqc}. It tells \Coq\ to export on
the standard output the content of the compiled file into XML format.
+\item[{\tt -with-geoproof} (yes|no)]\
+
+ Activate or not special functions for Geoproof within Coqide (default is yes).
+
+\item[{\tt -beautify}]\
+
+ While compiling {\em file}, pretty prints each command just after having parsing
+ it in {\em file}{\tt .beautified} in order to get old-fashion
+ syntax/definitions/notations.
+
\item[{\tt -quality}]
Improve the legibility of the proof terms produced by some tactics.
-\item[{\tt -emacs}]\
+\item[{\tt -emacs}, {\tt -ide-slave}]\
- Tells \Coq\ it is executed under Emacs.
+ Start a special main loop to communicate with ide.
\item[{\tt -impredicative-set}]\
@@ -256,11 +207,16 @@ The following command-line options are recognized by the commands {\tt
some standard axioms of classical mathematics such as the functional
axiom of choice or the principle of description
-\item[{\tt -dump-glob} {\em file}]\
+\item[{\tt -compat} {\em version}] \null
+
+ Attempt to maintain some of the incompatible changes in their {\em version}
+ behavior.
+
+\item[{\tt -dump-glob} {\em file}]\
This dumps references for global names in file {\em file}
(to be used by coqdoc, see~\ref{coqdoc})
-
+
\item[{\tt -dont-load-proofs}]\
Warning: this is an unsafe mode.
@@ -283,6 +239,8 @@ The following command-line options are recognized by the commands {\tt
Proofs of opaque theorems are loaded in memory as soon as the
corresponding {\tt Require} is done. This used to be Coq's default behavior.
+\item[{\tt -no-hash-consing}] \null
+
\item[{\tt -vm}]\
This activates the use of the bytecode-based conversion algorithm
@@ -290,18 +248,20 @@ The following command-line options are recognized by the commands {\tt
\item[{\tt -image} {\em file}]\
- This option sets the binary image to be used to be {\em file}
+ This option sets the binary image to be used by {\tt coqc} to be {\em file}
instead of the standard one. Not of general use.
\item[{\tt -bindir} {\em directory}]\
Set for {\tt coqc} the directory containing \Coq\ binaries.
It is equivalent to do \texttt{export COQBIN=}{\em directory}
- before lauching {\tt coqc}.
+ before launching {\tt coqc}.
-\item[{\tt -where}]\
+\item[{\tt -where}, {\tt -config}, {\tt -filteropts}]\
- Print the \Coq's standard library location and exit.
+ Print the \Coq's standard library location or \Coq's binaries, dependencies,
+ libraries locations or the list of command line arguments that {\tt coqtop} has
+ recognize as options and exit.
\item[{\tt -v}]\