diff -r 3baa6143a9c4 -r e2d44df29c94 doc-src/TutorialI/Documents/documents.tex --- a/doc-src/TutorialI/Documents/documents.tex Sat Jan 05 01:14:46 2002 +0100 +++ b/doc-src/TutorialI/Documents/documents.tex Sat Jan 05 01:15:12 2002 +0100 @@ -2,19 +2,23 @@ \chapter{Presenting theories} \label{ch:thy-present} -Due to the previous chapters the reader should have become sufficiently -acquainted with basic formal theory development in Isabelle/HOL, so that we -may now set out on a small interlude concerning the ``marginal'' issue of -presenting theories in a typographically pleasing manner. Isabelle provides a -rich infrastructure for concrete syntax (for input and output of the logical -term language of $\lambda$-calculus), as well as document preparation of -collections of theory texts using existing {\LaTeX} infrastructure. +Now that the reader has become sufficiently acquainted with basic formal +theory development in Isabelle/HOL, the subsequent interlude covers the +``marginal'' issue of presenting theories in a typographically pleasing +manner. Isabelle provides a rich infrastructure for concrete syntax (input +and output of the $\lambda$-calculus term language), as well as document +preparation of theory texts using existing PDF-{\LaTeX} technology. -The overall measure of theory beautification depends on the kind of -application one has in mind, as well as the intended audience of the final -results. In any case, users may already benefit themselves from handsome -notation available in interactive development, while requiring only minimal -provisions as part of the theory specifications. +The measure of theory beautification depends on the kind of application one +has in mind, and the intended audience of the final results. In any case, +users may already benefit themselves from handsome notation available in +interactive development. Only minimal provisions in theory specifications may +already change the general appearance of formal entities in a significant way. + +As has been pointed out by Leibniz\index{Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm} more than +300 years ago, \emph{notions} are in principle more important than +\emph{notations}, but fair textual representation of ideas is very important +to reduce the mental effort in actual applications. \input{Documents/document/Documents.tex}