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| 2 | Logtalk - Open source object-oriented logic programming language |
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| 3 | Release 2.43.3 |
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| 5 | Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Paulo Moura. All Rights Reserved. |
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| 6 | Logtalk is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify |
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| 7 | it under the terms of the "Artistic License 2.0" as published by |
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| 8 | The Perl Foundation. Consult the "LICENSE.txt" file for details. |
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| 9 | ================================================================ |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | CONTENTS |
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| 13 | |
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| 14 | 1. License |
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| 15 | 2. Logtalk web site |
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| 16 | 3. Registration |
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| 17 | 4. Support |
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| 18 | 5. Installation |
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| 19 | 6. Customization |
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| 20 | 7. Running |
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| 21 | 8. Documentation |
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| 22 | 9. Upgrading |
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| 23 | 10. Citations |
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| 24 | 11. Contributions |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | 1. LICENSE |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | The overall copyright and permission notice for Logtalk can be found |
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| 30 | in the "LICENSE.txt" file in this directory. Logtalk follows the |
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| 31 | Artistic License 2.0. The copyright notice and license applies to all |
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| 32 | files in this release (including sources, documentation, and examples) |
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| 33 | unless otherwise explicitly stated. |
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| 36 | 2. LOGTALK WEB SITE |
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| 38 | The latest release of the Logtalk package is always available at the URL: |
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| 40 | http://logtalk.org/ |
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| 42 | At this address you can also find additional documentation and information |
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| 43 | about Logtalk. |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | 3. REGISTRATION |
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| 48 | To register as a Logtalk user either use the registration form found at |
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| 49 | the Logtalk web site, http://logtalk.org/regform.html, or send an email |
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| 50 | message to: |
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| 51 | |
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| 52 | registration@logtalk.org |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | with the following information: |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | email address, first and last name, organization, organization type |
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| 57 | (education, commercial, government, ...), Prolog compilers you use |
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| 58 | (optional), platforms (mac, pc, unix,...) (optional), projects where |
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| 59 | you intend to use Logtak (optional) |
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| 61 | |
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| 62 | 4. SUPPORT |
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| 64 | For support options, please consult the page http://logtalk.org/support.html. |
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| 67 | 5. INSTALLATION |
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| 69 | Logtalk can be installed either from sources by running a few shell scripts |
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| 70 | or by using one of the provided installers, depending on your operating |
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| 71 | system. For manual installation, see the file "INSTALL.txt" for detailed |
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| 72 | instructions. |
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| 73 | |
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| 74 | See the user manual for a description of the source files organization |
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| 75 | and for using instructions (to read the user manual open the file |
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| 76 | "manuals/index.html" with a web browser). Most files are formatted using |
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| 77 | tabs (the recommended setting is a tab width equivalent to 4 spaces). |
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| 79 | |
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| 80 | 6. CUSTOMIZATION |
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| 82 | The file "CUSTOMIZE.txt" provides detailed instructions for customizing the |
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| 83 | Logtalk installation and working environment. |
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| 86 | 7. RUNNING |
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| 88 | The file "QUICK_START.txt" provides quick instructions for those of you in |
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| 89 | a hurry to run Logtalk, provided that your favorite Prolog compiler is |
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| 90 | supported. |
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| 93 | 8. DOCUMENTATION |
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| 95 | The reference and user manuals and the tutorial are provided in XHTML format |
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| 96 | and can be found in the "manuals" directory. |
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| 97 | |
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| 98 | The file "RELEASE_NOTES.txt" contains descriptions of all Logtalk updates |
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| 99 | since the first public version. Read it carefully if you have been using a |
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| 100 | previous Logtalk version. |
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| 102 | See the "library/NOTES.txt" for instructions on how to generate (X)HTML and |
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| 103 | PDF documentation for the Logtalk library. |
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| 106 | 9. UPGRADING |
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| 108 | If you are upgrading from a previous Logtalk version, please check the file |
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| 109 | "UPGRADING.txt" for instructions on how to upgrade your programs or your |
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| 110 | custom configuration files to run under this new version. |
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| 113 | 10. CITATIONS |
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| 115 | If you find Logtalk useful, please include a citation on your publications. |
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| 116 | Consult the file "BIBLIOGRAPHY.bib" for bibliographic references in BibTeX |
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| 117 | format (the Logtalk technical report published on 2000 and the 2003 PhD thesis |
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| 118 | on Logtalk are good choices). |
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| 121 | 11. CONTRIBUTIONS |
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| 123 | Contributions, constructive criticisms, code, bug reports, and suggestions |
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| 124 | are always welcome. If you want to contribute to this project, drop me a |
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| 125 | line to the support address given above. |
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| 128 | Happy Logtalking! |
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| 129 | |
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| 130 | Paulo Moura |
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| 131 | pmoura@logtalk.org |
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