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| 2 | Logtalk - Object oriented extension to Prolog |
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| 3 | Release 2.9.0 |
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| 5 | Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Paulo Moura. All Rights Reserved. |
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| 6 | ================================================================= |
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| 7 | |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | CONTENTS |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | 1. License |
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| 12 | 2. Home of Logtalk package |
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| 13 | 3. Registration |
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| 14 | 4. Support |
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| 15 | 5. Installation |
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| 16 | 6. Documentation |
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| 17 | 7. Upgrading |
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| 18 | 8. Contributions |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | 1. LICENSE |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | The overall copyright and permission notice for Logtalk can be found in |
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| 24 | the LICENSE file in this directory. Logtalk follows the Perl Artistic |
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| 25 | license. The copyright notice and license applies to all files in this |
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| 26 | release (sources, documentation and examples) unless otherwise explicitly |
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| 27 | stated. |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | 2. HOME OF LOGTALK PACKAGE |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | The latest release of the Logtalk package is always available at the |
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| 33 | URL: |
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| 35 | http://www.ci.uc.pt/logtalk/logtalk.html |
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| 36 | |
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| 37 | At this address you can also find useful documentation and information |
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| 38 | about Logtalk. |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | 3. REGISTRATION |
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| 43 | To register as a Logtalk user either use the registration form found at |
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| 44 | the Logtalk web site or send an email message to: |
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| 46 | pmoura@noe.ubi.pt |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | with the following information: |
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| 49 | |
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| 50 | email address, full name, organization, organization type |
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| 51 | (education, commercial, government,...), prolog compilers used (optional), |
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| 52 | platforms (mac, pc, unix,...) (optional) |
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| 54 | |
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| 55 | 4. SUPPORT |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | Logtalk support is available for registered users via email to |
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| 58 | pmoura@noe.ubi.pt. |
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| 59 | |
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| 60 | At the URL http://www.ci.uc.pt/logtalk/bugs.html you can find a list of |
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| 61 | known problems and download bug fixes. The latest news about Logtalk are |
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| 62 | available at the URL http://www.ci.uc.pt/logtalk/news.html |
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| 63 | |
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| 64 | There is also a mailing list, logtalk, used to announce new releases and |
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| 65 | bug fixes and for discussion between Logtalk users, that you can subscribe. |
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| 66 | For instructions on how to subscribe open the web page: |
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| 68 | http://sagitta.ci.uc.pt/mailman/listinfo.cgi/logtalk |
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| 69 | |
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| 70 | or send an email message to: |
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| 71 | |
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| 72 | logtalk-request@list-serv.ci.uc.pt |
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| 73 | |
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| 74 | with just the word "help" as subject or in the body. |
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| 77 | 5. INSTALLATION |
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| 78 | |
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| 79 | Installing Logtalk is just a matter of uncompressing/unpacking the |
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| 80 | distribution archive file for your operating system. You can install |
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| 81 | Logtalk in any directory that you find convenient. |
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| 83 | See the user manual for a description of the source files organization |
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| 84 | and for installing/using instructions (to read the user manual open the |
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| 85 | file manuals/index.html with a web browser). |
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| 87 | |
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| 88 | 6. DOCUMENTATION |
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| 89 | |
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| 90 | The reference and user manuals and the tutorial are provided in HTML format |
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| 91 | and are contained in the manuals directory. |
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| 92 | |
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| 93 | PDF versions of all documentation are also available as a separated download |
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| 94 | from the Logtalk web site. The PDF files include page numbers, index and a |
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| 95 | table of contents and are available for printing in both A4 and US Letter |
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| 96 | paper formats. |
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| 98 | The file RELEASE_NOTES contains descriptions of the changes made in |
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| 99 | Logtalk since the first public version. Read it carefully if you have |
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| 100 | been using a previous Logtalk version. |
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| 102 | The file QUICK_START provides quick instructions for those of you in a hurry |
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| 103 | to run Logtalk, provided that your usual Prolog compiler is supported. |
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| 106 | 7. UPGRADING |
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| 108 | If you have been using a previous Logtalk version read the file UPGRADING for |
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| 109 | instructions on how to upgrade your programs to run under this new version. |
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| 111 | |
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| 112 | 8. CONTRIBUTIONS |
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| 114 | Contributions, constructive criticisms, code and suggestions are always |
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| 115 | welcome. If you want to contribute to this project, drop me a line to the |
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| 116 | support address given above. |
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| 119 | Happy Logtalking! |
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| 121 | Paulo Moura |
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