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authorGravatar David Aspinall <da@inf.ed.ac.uk>1998-11-09 18:50:23 +0000
committerGravatar David Aspinall <da@inf.ed.ac.uk>1998-11-09 18:50:23 +0000
commit9c97972a2e94fc01c34f67848c5634a8864b142a (patch)
treec64f7fe0a54474accf36eb64861fd9559af6d36e /doc/NewDoc.texi
parent257d2cf3547f485c18991db54f56bd28c86b9ac3 (diff)
Added proof-rsh-command to help complete documentation (was allocated
to tms but he said he wouldn't get around to it)
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@@ -794,7 +794,9 @@ For more help, see @inforef{Easy Customization, ,xemacs}.
@cindex{Toolbar follow mode}
@cindex{Toolbar disabling}
@cindex{Proof script indentation}
-@cindex{indentation}
+@cindex{Indentation}
+@cindex{Remote shell}
+@cindex{Running proof assistant remotely}
@c @cindex{formatting proof script}
@@ -890,19 +892,25 @@ The configuration settings appear in the customization group
Proof-General -> Internals -> Prover Config
@end lisp
-Some examples of settings you may like to tweak are:
+One basic example of a setting you may like to tweak is:
-proof-assistant-home-page
+@defvar proof-assistant-home-page
+Web address for information on proof assistant.
+@end var
-
-More details of the settings are given in @xref{Adapting Proof General
-to New Provers}.
+Most of the others are more complicated. More details of the settings
+are given in @xref{Adapting Proof General to New Provers}. To browse
+them, you can look through the customization groups
+@code{prover-config}, @code{proof-script} and @code{proof-shell}. The
+group @code{proof-script} contains the configuration variables for
+scripting, and the group @code{proof-shell} contains those for
+interacting with the proof assistant.
Unfortunately, although you can use the customization mechanism to set
and save these variables, saving them may have no effect because the
-default settings are mostly hard-wired into the proof assistant code.
-@c FIXME: this is a problem, code does need fixing.
-At present there is no easy way to get around this.
+default settings are often hard-wired into the proof assistant code. At
+present there is no easy way to get around this other than by editing
+the source code. Please contact us if this proves to be a problem.
@node LEGO Proof General