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Setup ProofGeneral and Isabelle

• Audience: Scientists/Programmers who want to use Isabellewith ProofGeneral
• Requires: MacPorts >=1.6

Introduction

Setting up ProofGeneral and Isabelle can be tedious. This should provide some hints how to do to a setup with MacPorts.

Installation

Step 1: Install Isabelle

sudo port install isabelle

This will also install poly/ML for you.

Step 2: Install ProofGeneral

sudo port install ProofGeneral

Configuration

Add the following lines to your ~/.emacs file:

; add the MacPorts path to the search path so that emacs will find isabelle and isatool
(setenv "PATH" (concat (getenv "PATH") "/opt/local/bin"))
(setq exec-path (cons "/opt/local/bin" exec-path))
; load the ProofGeneral configuration
(load-file "/opt/local/share/ProofGeneral/generic/proof-site.el")

Optional Parts

Depending on which version of Emacs you plan to use, add the following lines to ~/.emacs, too, to enable support for special symbols like quantors or the lambda symbol:

• Carbon Emacs:

  (custom-set-variables
   '(isar-unicode-tokens-enable t)
   '(isar-x-symbol-enable nil)
   '(load-home-init-file t t)
   '(proof-three-window-enable t))
  

• XEmacs, Emacs with GNOME/X11 bindings:

  (custom-set-variables
   '(isar-unicode-tokens-enable nil)
   '(isar-x-symbol-enable t)
   '(load-home-init-file t t)
   '(proof-three-window-enable t))
  

TODO: What else can be done?

• Install e for sledgehammer

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