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ECLiPSe can be installed in several configurations, according to the
installation notes.
Enter one of the following commands after the
operating system prompt:
- eclipse: The basic variant of ECLiPSe with a a command-line
based user interface, as described in this manual.
- tkeclipse: ECLiPSe with a Graphical Development Interface.
This is overviewed in chapter 4, and comes with its own
online help.
- peclipse: The parallel ECLiPSe variant as described in chapter
8.
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