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-theory Intro
-imports Base
-
-begin
-
-
-chapter {* Introduction *}
-
-text {*
-  If your next project requires you to program on the ML-level of Isabelle,
-  then this tutorial is for you. It will guide you through the first steps of
-  Isabelle programming, and also explain tricks of the trade. The best way to
-  get to know the ML-level of Isabelle is by experimenting with the many code
-  examples included in the tutorial. The code is as far as possible checked
-  against recent versions of Isabelle.  If something does not work, then
-  please let us know. If you have comments, criticism or like to add to the
-  tutorial, please feel free---you are most welcome! The tutorial is meant to be 
-  gentle and comprehensive. To achieve this we need your feedback. 
-*}
-
-section {* Intended Audience and Prior Knowledge *}
-
-text {* 
-  This tutorial targets readers who already know how to use Isabelle for
-  writing theories and proofs. We also assume that readers are familiar with
-  the functional programming language ML, the language in which most of
-  Isabelle is implemented. If you are unfamiliar with either of these two
-  subjects, you should first work through the Isabelle/HOL tutorial
-  \cite{isa-tutorial} or Paulson's book on ML \cite{paulson-ml2}.
-
-*}
-
-section {* Existing Documentation *}
-
-text {*
-  
-  The following documentation about Isabelle programming already exists (and is
-  part of the distribution of Isabelle):
-
-  \begin{description}
-  \item[The Isabelle/Isar Implementation Manual] describes Isabelle
-  from a high-level perspective, documenting both the underlying
-  concepts and some of the interfaces. 
-
-  \item[The Isabelle Reference Manual] is an older document that used
-  to be the main reference of Isabelle at a time when all proof scripts 
-  were written on the ML-level. Many parts of this manual are outdated 
-  now, but some  parts, particularly the chapters on tactics, are still 
-  useful.
-
-  \item[The Isar Reference Manual] provides specification material (like grammars,
-  examples and so on) about Isar and its implementation. It is currently in
-  the process of being updated.
-  \end{description}
-
-  Then of course there is:
-
-  \begin{description}
-  \item[The code] is of course the ultimate reference for how
-  things really work. Therefore you should not hesitate to look at the
-  way things are actually implemented. More importantly, it is often
-  good to look at code that does similar things as you want to do and
-  to learn from that code. The UNIX command @{text "grep -R"} is
-  often your best friend while programming with Isabelle. 
-  \end{description}
-
-*}
-
-section {* Typographic Conventions *}
-
-text {*
-
-  All ML-code in this tutorial is typeset in shaded boxes, like the following 
-  ML-expression:
-
-  \begin{isabelle}
-  \begin{graybox}
-  \isacommand{ML}~@{text "\<verbopen>"}\isanewline
-  \hspace{5mm}@{ML "3 + 4"}\isanewline
-  @{text "\<verbclose>"}
-  \end{graybox}
-  \end{isabelle}
-  
-  These boxes corresponds to how code can be processed inside the interactive
-  environment of Isabelle. It is therefore easy to experiment with what is 
-  displayed. However, for better readability we will drop the enclosing 
-  \isacommand{ML}~@{text "\<verbopen> \<dots> \<verbclose>"} and just write:
-
-
-  @{ML [display,gray] "3 + 4"}
-  
-  Whenever appropriate we also show the response the code 
-  generates when evaluated. This response is prefixed with a 
-  @{text [quotes] ">"}, like:
-
-  @{ML_response [display,gray] "3 + 4" "7"}
-
-  The user-level commands of Isabelle (i.e.~the non-ML code) are written
-  in bold, for example \isacommand{lemma}, \isacommand{apply},
-  \isacommand{foobar} and so on.  We use @{text "$ \<dots>"} to indicate that a
-  command needs to be run in a Unix-shell, for example:
-
-  @{text [display] "$ grep -R ThyOutput *"}
-
-  Pointers to further information and Isabelle files are typeset in 
-  italic and highlighted as follows:
-
-  \begin{readmore}
-  Further information or pointers to files.
-  \end{readmore}
-
-  The pointers to Isabelle files are hyperlinked to the tip of the Mercurial
-  repository of Isabelle at \href{http://isabelle.in.tum.de/repos/isabelle/}
-  {http://isabelle.in.tum.de/repos/isabelle/}.
-
-  A few exercises are scattered around the text. Their solutions are given 
-  in Appendix~\ref{ch:solutions}. Of course, you learn most, if you first try
-  to solve the exercises on your own, and then look at the solutions.
-
-*}
-
-section {* Acknowledgements *}
-
-text {*
-  Financial support for this tutorial was provided by the German 
-  Research Council (DFG) under grant number URB 165/5-1. The following
-  people contributed to the text:
-
-  \begin{itemize}
-  \item {\bf Stefan Berghofer} wrote nearly all of the ML-code of the
-  \simpleinductive-package and the code for the @{text
-  "chunk"}-antiquotation. He also wrote the first version of the chapter
-  describing the package and has been helpful \emph{beyond measure} with
-  answering questions about Isabelle.
-
-  \item {\bf Sascha Böhme} contributed the recipes in \ref{rec:timeout}, 
-  \ref{rec:config}, \ref{rec:storingdata}, \ref{rec:external} and \ref{rec:oracle}.
-  He also wrote section \ref{sec:conversion} and helped with recipe \ref{rec:timing}.
-
-  \item {\bf Jeremy Dawson} wrote the first version of the chapter
-  about parsing.
-
-  \item {\bf Armin Heller} helped with recipe \ref{rec:sat}.
-
-  \item {\bf Alexander Krauss} wrote the first version of the ``first-steps'' 
-  chapter and also contributed the material on @{text NamedThmsFun}.
-  \end{itemize}
-
-  Please let me know of any omissions. Responsibility for any remaining
-  errors lies with me.\bigskip
-
-  {\Large\bf
-  This document is still in the process of being written! All of the
-  text is still under constructions. Sections and 
-  chapters that are under \underline{heavy} construction are marked 
-  with TBD.}
-
-  
-  \vfill
-  This document was compiled with:\\
-  \input{version}
-*}
-
-
-
-end
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