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 files and goals
• 2.4 Command-line options
• 2.5 GNU Emacs Interface
• 2.6 Online Help
• 2.7 Command-line history
• 2.8 Reuse of top-level 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 Using PrologScript
    • 2.10.2.2 Creating a shell-script
    • 2.10.2.3 Creating a saved-state
    • 2.10.2.4 Compilation using the -c command-line option
• 2.11 Environment Control (Prolog flags)
• 2.12 An overview of hook predicates
• 2.13 Automatic loading of libraries
• 2.14 Garbage Collection
• 2.15 Syntax Notes
  • 2.15.1 ISO Syntax Support
    • 2.15.1.1 Processor Character Set
    • 2.15.1.2 Character Escape Syntax
    • 2.15.1.3 Syntax for non-decimal numbers
    • 2.15.1.4 Unicode Prolog source
    • 2.15.1.5 Singleton variable checking
• 2.16 Infinite trees (cyclic terms)
• 2.17 Wide character support
  • 2.17.1 Wide character encodings on streams
    • 2.17.1.1 BOM: Byte Order Mark
• 2.18 System limits
  • 2.18.1 Limits on memory areas
    • 2.18.1.1 The heap
  • 2.18.2 Other Limits
  • 2.18.3 Reserved Names