diff -r fd4a6585e5bf -r e7efbf03562b doc-src/Ref/tctical.tex --- a/doc-src/Ref/tctical.tex Mon Mar 21 10:51:28 1994 +0100 +++ b/doc-src/Ref/tctical.tex Mon Mar 21 11:02:57 1994 +0100 @@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ least once, failing if this is impossible. \item[\ttindexbold{trace_REPEAT} \tt:= true;] -enables an interactive tracing mode for {\tt REPEAT_DETERM} and {\tt -REPEAT}. To view the tracing options, type {\tt h} at the prompt. +enables an interactive tracing mode for the tacticals {\tt REPEAT_DETERM} +and {\tt REPEAT}. To view the tracing options, type {\tt h} at the prompt. \end{description} @@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ permits separate tactics for starting the search and continuing the search. \item[\ttindexbold{trace_BEST_FIRST} \tt:= true;] -enables an interactive tracing mode for {\tt BEST_FIRST}. To view the -tracing options, type {\tt h} at the prompt. +enables an interactive tracing mode for the tactical {\tt BEST_FIRST}. To +view the tracing options, type {\tt h} at the prompt. \end{description} @@ -345,11 +345,11 @@ possibly containing $\theta'@1,\ldots,\theta'@k$ as assumptions, then it is lifted back into the original context, yielding $n$ subgoals. -Meta-level assumptions may not contain unknowns. Unknowns in -$\theta@1,\ldots,\theta@k$ become free variables in $\theta'@1$, \ldots, -$\theta'@k$, and are restored afterwards; the {\tt METAHYPS} call cannot -instantiate them. Unknowns in $\theta$ may be instantiated. New unknowns -in $\phi@1$, \ldots; $\phi@n$ are lifted over the parameters. +Meta-level assumptions may not contain unknowns. Unknowns in the +hypotheses $\theta@1,\ldots,\theta@k$ become free variables in $\theta'@1$, +\ldots, $\theta'@k$, and are restored afterwards; the {\tt METAHYPS} call +cannot instantiate them. Unknowns in $\theta$ may be instantiated. New +unknowns in $\phi@1$, \ldots; $\phi@n$ are lifted over the parameters. Here is a typical application. Calling {\tt hyp_res_tac}~$i$ resolves subgoal~$i$ with one of its own assumptions, which may itself have the form @@ -396,16 +396,16 @@ \hbox{\tt TRY($tacf(n)$) THEN \ldots{} THEN TRY($tacf(1)$)}. It attempts to apply {\it tacf} to all the subgoals. For instance, -\hbox{\tt TRYALL assume_tac} attempts to solve all the subgoals by +the tactic \hbox{\tt TRYALL assume_tac} attempts to solve all the subgoals by assumption. \item[\ttindexbold{SOMEGOAL} {\it tacf}] is equivalent to \hbox{\tt$tacf(n)$ ORELSE \ldots{} ORELSE $tacf(1)$}. -It applies {\it tacf} to one subgoal, counting {\bf downwards}. -\hbox{\tt SOMEGOAL assume_tac} solves one subgoal by assumption, failing if -this is impossible. +It applies {\it tacf} to one subgoal, counting {\bf downwards}. For instance, +the tactic \hbox{\tt SOMEGOAL assume_tac} solves one subgoal by assumption, +failing if this is impossible. \item[\ttindexbold{FIRSTGOAL} {\it tacf}] is equivalent to