2 Overview

• 2.1 Getting started quickly
  • 2.1.1 Starting SWI-Prolog
    • 2.1.1.1 Starting SWI-Prolog on Unix
    • 2.1.1.2 Starting SWI-Prolog on Windows
  • 2.1.2 Executing a query
• 2.2 The user's initialisation file
• 2.3 Initialisation files and goals
• 2.4 Command line options
• 2.5 GNU Emacs Interface
• 2.6 Online Help
• 2.7 Query Substitutions
  • 2.7.1 Limitations of the History System
• 2.8 Reuse of toplevel bindings
• 2.9 Overview of the Debugger
• 2.10 Compilation
  • 2.10.1 During program development
  • 2.10.2 For running the result
    • 2.10.2.1 Using PrologScript
    • 2.10.2.2 Creating a shell-script
    • 2.10.2.3 Creating a saved-state
    • 2.10.2.4 Compilation using the -c commandline option
• 2.11 Environment Control (Prolog flags)
• 2.12 An overview of hook predicates
• 2.13 Automatic loading of libraries
• 2.14 Garbage Collection
• 2.15 Syntax Notes
  • 2.15.1 ISO Syntax Support
    • 2.15.1.1 Character Escape Syntax
    • 2.15.1.2 Syntax for non-decimal numbers
• 2.16 System limits
  • 2.16.1 Limits on memory areas
    • 2.16.1.1 The heap
  • 2.16.2 Other Limits
  • 2.16.3 Reserved Names