<HTML> <HEAD> <!-- Created by texi2html 1.56k + clip patches and <A href="http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/Software">lpdoc</A> from ciao.texi on 28 January 2007 --> <LINK rel="stylesheet" href="ciao.css" type="text/css"> <TITLE>The Ciao Prolog System - PART I - The program development environment</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Go to the <A HREF="ciao_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="ciao_4.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="ciao_6.html">next</A>, <A HREF="ciao_241.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="ciao_toc.html">table of contents</A>. <P><HR><P> <H1><A NAME="SEC56" HREF="ciao_toc.html#TOC56">PART I - The program development environment</A></H1> <P> <STRONG>Author(s):</STRONG> Manuel Carro. <P> This part documents the components of the basic Ciao program development environment. They include: <DL COMPACT> <DT>ciaoc: <DD> the standalone compiler, which creates executables without having to enter the interactive top-level. <DT>ciaosh: <DD> (also invoked simply as <CODE>ciao</CODE>) is an interactive top-level shell, similar to the one found on most Prolog systems (with some enhancements). <DT>debugger.pl: <DD> a Byrd box-type debugger, similar to the one found on most Prolog systems (also with some enhancements, such as source-level debugging). This is not a standalone application, but is rather included in <A NAME="IDX450"></A> <CODE>ciaosh</CODE>, as is done in other Prolog systems. However, it is also <EM>embeddable</EM>, in the sense that it can be included as a library in executables, and activated dynamically and conditionally while such executables are running. <DT>ciao-shell: <DD> an interpreter/compiler for <EM>Prolog scripts</EM> (i.e., files containing Prolog code which run without needing explicit compilation). <DT>ciao.el: <DD> a <EM>complete program development enviroment</EM>, based <A NAME="IDX451"></A> <A NAME="IDX452"></A> <A NAME="IDX453"></A> <A NAME="IDX454"></A> on <A NAME="IDX455"></A> GNU emacs, with syntax coloring, direct access to all the tools described above (as well as the preprocessor and the documenter), atomatic location of errors, source-level debugging, context-sensitive access to on-line help/manuals, etc. The use of this environment is <EM>very highly recommended</EM>! </DL> <P> The Ciao program development environment also includes <A NAME="IDX456"></A> <CODE>ciaopp</CODE>, the <A NAME="IDX457"></A> preprocessor, and <A NAME="IDX458"></A> <CODE>lpdoc</CODE>, the <A NAME="IDX459"></A> documentation generator, which are described in separate manuals. <P><HR><P> Go to the <A HREF="ciao_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="ciao_4.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="ciao_6.html">next</A>, <A HREF="ciao_241.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="ciao_toc.html">table of contents</A>. </BODY> </HTML>
