2 Overview

• 2.1 Starting SWI-Prolog from the Unix Shell
  • 2.1.1 Command Line Options
• 2.2 GNU Emacs Interface
• 2.3 Online Help
• 2.4 Query Substitutions
  • 2.4.1 Limitations of the History System
• 2.5 Reuse of toplevel bindings
• 2.6 Overview of the Debugger
• 2.7 Compilation
• 2.8 Environment Control
• 2.9 Saved States
  • 2.9.1 Types of Saved States and Portability
  • 2.9.2 Save Predicates
• 2.10 Automatic loading of libraries
  • 2.10.1 Notes on Automatic Loading
• 2.11 Garbage Collection
• 2.12 Syntax Notes
  • 2.12.1 ISO Syntax Support
    • 2.12.1.1 Character Escape Syntax
    • 2.12.1.2 Syntax for Non-Decimal Numbers
• 2.13 System Limits
  • 2.13.1 Limits on Memory Areas
    • 2.13.1.1 The heap
  • 2.13.2 Other Limits
  • 2.13.3 Reserved Names