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Entering the ECLiPSe System

ECLiPSe can be installed in several configurations, according to the installation notes. Enter one of the following commands after the operating system prompt: When one of these commands is invoked, the ECLiPSe system will display the initial header:
% eclipse
ECLiPSe Constraint Logic Programming System [kernel]
Version X.Y.Z, Copyright IC-Parc and ICL, DAY MONTH DD HH:MM YYYY
[eclipse 1]:
The list in square brackets specifies the configuration of the running system, i.e. the language extensions that are present. This is followed by the prompt [eclipse 1]:, which tells the user that the top-level loop is waiting for a user query in the module eclipse. The predicate help/0 gives a general help and help/1 gives help about specific built-in predicates.




1999-08-06