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It is advised to read the Tutorial first. -A book~\cite{CoqArt} on practical uses of the \Coq{} system was published in 2004 and is a good support for both the beginner and -the advanced user. - -%The system \Coq\ is designed to develop mathematical proofs. It can be -%used by mathematicians to develop mathematical theories and by -%computer scientists to write formal specifications, -The \Coq{} system is designed to develop mathematical proofs, and -especially to write formal specifications, programs and to verify that -programs are correct with respect to their specification. It provides -a specification language named \gallina. Terms of \gallina\ can -represent programs as well as properties of these programs and proofs -of these properties. Using the so-called \textit{Curry-Howard - isomorphism}, programs, properties and proofs are formalized in the -same language called \textit{Calculus of Inductive Constructions}, -that is a $\lambda$-calculus with a rich type system. All logical -judgments in \Coq\ are typing judgments. The very heart of the Coq -system is the type-checking algorithm that checks the correctness of -proofs, in other words that checks that a program complies to its -specification. \Coq\ also provides an interactive proof assistant to -build proofs using specific programs called \textit{tactics}. - -All services of the \Coq\ proof assistant are accessible by -interpretation of a command language called \textit{the vernacular}. - -\Coq\ has an interactive mode in which commands are interpreted as the -user types them in from the keyboard and a compiled mode where -commands are processed from a file. - -\begin{itemize} -\item The interactive mode may be used as a debugging mode in which - the user can develop his theories and proofs step by step, - backtracking if needed and so on. The interactive mode is run with - the {\tt coqtop} command from the operating system (which we shall - assume to be some variety of UNIX in the rest of this document). -\item The compiled mode acts as a proof checker taking a file - containing a whole development in order to ensure its correctness. - Moreover, \Coq's compiler provides an output file containing a - compact representation of its input. The compiled mode is run with - the {\tt coqc} command from the operating system. - -\end{itemize} -These two modes are documented in Chapter~\ref{Addoc-coqc}. - -Other modes of interaction with \Coq{} are possible: through an emacs -shell window, an emacs generic user-interface for proof assistant -(ProofGeneral~\cite{ProofGeneral}) or through a customized interface -(PCoq~\cite{Pcoq}). These facilities are not documented here. There -is also a \Coq{} Integrated Development Environment described in -Chapter~\ref{Addoc-coqide}. - -\section*{How to read this book} - -This is a Reference Manual, not a User Manual, then it is not made for a -continuous reading. However, it has some structure that is explained -below. - -\begin{itemize} -\item The first part describes the specification language, - Gallina. Chapters~\ref{Gallina} and~\ref{Gallina-extension} - describe the concrete syntax as well as the meaning of programs, - theorems and proofs in the Calculus of Inductive - Constructions. Chapter~\ref{Theories} describes the standard library - of \Coq. Chapter~\ref{Cic} is a mathematical description of the - formalism. Chapter~\ref{chapter:Modules} describes the module system. - -\item The second part describes the proof engine. It is divided in - five chapters. Chapter~\ref{Vernacular-commands} presents all - commands (we call them \emph{vernacular commands}) that are not - directly related to interactive proving: requests to the - environment, complete or partial evaluation, loading and compiling - files. How to start and stop proofs, do multiple proofs in parallel - is explained in Chapter~\ref{Proof-handling}. In - Chapter~\ref{Tactics}, all commands that realize one or more steps - of the proof are presented: we call them \emph{tactics}. The - language to combine these tactics into complex proof strategies is - given in Chapter~\ref{TacticLanguage}. Examples of tactics are - described in Chapter~\ref{Tactics-examples}. - -%\item The third part describes how to extend the system in two ways: -% adding parsing and pretty-printing rules -% (Chapter~\ref{Addoc-syntax}) and writing new tactics -% (Chapter~\ref{TacticLanguage}). - -\item The third part describes how to extend the syntax of \Coq. It -corresponds to the Chapter~\ref{Addoc-syntax}. - -\item In the fourth part more practical tools are documented. First in - Chapter~\ref{Addoc-coqc}, the usage of \texttt{coqc} (batch mode) - and \texttt{coqtop} (interactive mode) with their options is - described. Then, in Chapter~\ref{Utilities}, - various utilities that come with the \Coq\ distribution are - presented. - Finally, Chapter~\ref{Addoc-coqide} describes the \Coq{} integrated - development environment. -\end{itemize} - -At the end of the document, after the global index, the user can find -specific indexes for tactics, vernacular commands, and error -messages. - -\section*{List of additional documentation} - -This manual does not contain all the documentation the user may need -about \Coq{}. Various informations can be found in the following -documents: -\begin{description} - -\item[Tutorial] - A companion volume to this reference manual, the \Coq{} Tutorial, is - aimed at gently introducing new users to developing proofs in \Coq{} - without assuming prior knowledge of type theory. In a second step, the - user can read also the tutorial on recursive types (document {\tt - RecTutorial.ps}). - -\item[Addendum] The fifth part (the Addendum) of the Reference Manual - is distributed as a separate document. It contains more - detailed documentation and examples about some specific aspects of the - system that may interest only certain users. It shares the indexes, - the page numbers and - the bibliography with the Reference Manual. If you see in one of the - indexes a page number that is outside the Reference Manual, it refers - to the Addendum. - -\item[Installation] A text file INSTALL that comes with the sources - explains how to install \Coq{}. - -\item[The \Coq{} standard library] -A commented version of sources of the \Coq{} standard library -(including only the specifications, the proofs are removed) -is given in the additional document {\tt Library.ps}. - -\end{description} - - -% $Id: RefMan-int.tex 11307 2008-08-06 08:38:57Z jnarboux $ - -%%% Local Variables: -%%% mode: latex -%%% TeX-master: "Reference-Manual" -%%% End: -- cgit v1.2.3