2 Overview

• 2.1 Getting started quickly
  • 2.1.1 Starting SWI-Prolog
    • 2.1.1.1 Starting SWI-Prolog on Unix
    • 2.1.1.2 Starting SWI-Prolog on Windows
  • 2.1.2 Executing a query
• 2.2 The user's initialisation file
• 2.3 Initialisation goals
• 2.4 Command Line Options
• 2.5 GNU Emacs Interface
• 2.6 Online Help
• 2.7 Query Substitutions
  • 2.7.1 Limitations of the History System
• 2.8 Reuse of toplevel bindings
• 2.9 Overview of the Debugger
• 2.10 Compilation
  • 2.10.1 During program development
  • 2.10.2 For running the result
    • 2.10.2.1 Creating a shell-script
    • 2.10.2.2 Creating a saved-state
    • 2.10.2.3 Compilation using the -c commandline option
• 2.11 Environment Control
• 2.12 Automatic loading of libraries
• 2.13 Garbage Collection
• 2.14 Syntax Notes
  • 2.14.1 ISO Syntax Support
    • 2.14.1.1 Character Escape Syntax
    • 2.14.1.2 Syntax for Non-Decimal Numbers
• 2.15 System Limits
  • 2.15.1 Limits on Memory Areas
    • 2.15.1.1 The heap
  • 2.15.2 Other Limits
  • 2.15.3 Reserved Names