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authorGravatar David Aspinall <da@inf.ed.ac.uk>2000-03-13 04:21:14 +0000
committerGravatar David Aspinall <da@inf.ed.ac.uk>2000-03-13 04:21:14 +0000
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diff --git a/hol98/README b/hol98/README
index 84e4cc5a..a88902f5 100644
--- a/hol98/README
+++ b/hol98/README
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ Written by David Aspinall.
$Id$
+Status: not officially supported yet
+Maintainer: volunteer required
+HOL version: HOL 98, tested with Taupo 2
+HOL homepage: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/HVG/HOL/HOL.html
+
+========================================
+
+
This is a "technology demonstration" of Proof General for HOL 98.
It may work with other versions of HOL, but is untested (please let me
@@ -12,16 +20,17 @@ know if you try).
It has basic script management support, with a little bit of
decoration of scripts and output.
-There is support for x-symbols, but not using a proper token
-language. Try writing "philosophy" !
+There is support for X Symbol, but not using a proper token language.
+Try writing "philosophy" !
I have written this in the hope that somebody from the HOL community
will adopt it, maintain and improve it, and thus turn it into a proper
instantiation of Proof General.
-------------------
-Note:
+------------
+
+Notes:
There are some problems at the moment. HOL proof scripts often use
batch-oriented single step tactic proofs, but Proof General does not
@@ -34,8 +43,8 @@ interactive proofs would also be useful for Isabelle.
Another problem is that HOL scripts sometimes use SML structures,
which can cause confusion because Proof General does not really parse
-SML, it just looks for semicolons. Again, this could be improved by
-taking a better parser (e.g. from sml mode).
+SML, it just looks for semicolons. This could be improved by taking a
+better parser (e.g. from sml mode).
These improvements would be worthwhile contributions to Proof General
and also provide the HOL community with a nice front end.
diff --git a/hol98/todo b/hol98/todo
index 44179369..359c1195 100644
--- a/hol98/todo
+++ b/hol98/todo
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
-*- mode:outline -*-
-* See also ../todo for generic things to do, priority codes.
-
* Things to do for HOL
-======================
-A Problem with displaying long help message: causes loop in PG
+See also ../todo for generic things to do, priority codes.
+
+** A Problem with displaying long help message: causes loop in PG
filtering, why? Process also takes a long time to kill off.
-B Improve display to strip ugly val it's.
+** B Improve display to strip ugly val it and spurious >'s.
+
+** B Add special markup to improve robustness
+
+** B Add support for multiple files
+
+** B Add support for proof by pointing.
+