diff -r 345dd18f020e -r 907b1fff5637 Prover/README --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/Prover/README Thu Mar 15 10:07:28 2012 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ + +Write once, run everywhere +========================== + Good idea, but still wishful thinking. + + From my experience I would like to add: + "Write once, run everywhere, show the same behaviour!" + + +Known bugs and failures: +======================== + +- Cut-and-paste + I have not included any code for cut-and-paste. However, + cut-and-paste should work fine under Unix. Cut-and-Paste + also works in MS IE 3.0 under Mickeysoft Windows. For most of + the other platforms (MacOS etc.) and browsers (Netscape etc.) + cut-and-paste does not work. + +- Security exception + Various versions of Netscape throw a security exception when + I try to suspend the thread of the proof search. I have caught + this exception, but my literature does not tell me how to resume + safely from this exception. In effect the proof search enumerates + all possible proofs for a sequent and subsequently stops. The user + has no control over how many proofs are shown (the corresponding + windows might appear over each other). This unintended behaviour + has been encountered in: + + - Netscape Navigator 3.0 Gold under MS Windows'45 + - Netscape Navigator 3.0 under MacOS + - Netscape Communicator 4.0 under MacOS + - Netscape Navigator 3.01 Gold under Linux + (But here a "catch" of this exception and a "do nothing" + helps. God knows why.) + - possible others + +- Boxes around the sequents in proofs + I have modified the "Label" class such that the "MyLabel" class + has a surrounding box. This improves the readability of the proofs. + However, this feature works ONLY under Unix. The boxes do not + appear in MS Windows and MacOS (reason unknown). + +- Flickering messages + The applet prints some messages ("Grammar error", "No more proofs", + "Not provable", etc.) in a field below the control buttons. + In some browsers the messages only flicker for a short time. + Other browsers show the messages correctly (reason unknown). + + +The applet has been tested under (but see restrictions and bugs): +================================================================= + +Linux: + Netscape Navigator 3.01 Gold + Netscape Communicator 4.03, 4.04, 4.07 + HotJava 1.1 beta2 (Linux-port) + SUN's appletviewer for JDK 1.1.3 + +Win'95: + Netscape Navigator 3.0 Gold + Netscape Communicator 4.01a + MS Internet Explorer 3.0.2 + MS Internet Explorer 4.0 + +MacOS: + Netscape Navigator 3.0 + Netscape Communicator 4.0 + MS Internet Explorer 3.0.1b1 (PowerPC) + + +Any comments on success or failure for other +environments and platforms are appreciated. + +Christian.Urban@cl.cam.ac.uk +