# HG changeset patch
# User wenzelm
# Date 1138465728 -3600
# Node ID cb778c0ce1b5b6ae15ba96f82c31521f1a0b6e34
# Parent  1a904aebfef0dde09deee484a5a7addf46e4eb61
Pure/Isar: (un)folded, (un)fold, unfolding support
object-level rewrite rules;
ML/Isar: installed ML toplevel pretty printer for type Proof.context;

diff -r 1a904aebfef0 -r cb778c0ce1b5 NEWS
--- a/NEWS	Fri Jan 27 20:17:24 2006 +0100
+++ b/NEWS	Sat Jan 28 17:28:48 2006 +0100
@@ -67,9 +67,15 @@
 
 * Isar: added command 'unfolding', which is structurally similar to
 'using', but affects both the goal state and facts by unfolding given
-meta-level equations.  Thus many occurrences of the 'unfold' method or
+rewrite rules.  Thus many occurrences of the 'unfold' method or
 'unfolded' attribute may be replaced by first-class proof text.
 
+* Isar: methods 'unfold' / 'fold', attributes 'unfolded' / 'folded',
+and command 'unfolding' now all support object-level equalities
+(potentially conditional).  The underlying notion of rewrite rule is
+analogous to the 'rule_format' attribute, but *not* that of the
+Simplifier (which is usually more generous).
+
 * Provers/induct: improved internal context management to support
 local fixes and defines on-the-fly.  Thus explicit meta-level
 connectives !! and ==> are rarely required anymore in inductive goals
@@ -347,7 +353,7 @@
 obsolete, it is ill-behaved in a local proof context (e.g. with local
 fixes/assumes or in a locale context).
 
-* ML/Isar: simplified treatment of user-level errors, using exception
+* Isar: simplified treatment of user-level errors, using exception
 ERROR of string uniformly.  Function error now merely raises ERROR,
 without any side effect on output channels.  The Isar toplevel takes
 care of proper display of ERROR exceptions.  ML code may use plain
@@ -366,12 +372,15 @@
 Context.PROOF, ProofContext.CONTEXT, Proof.STATE, ProofHistory.FAIL)
 -- use plain ERROR instead.
 
-* ML/Isar: theory setup now has type (theory -> theory), instead of a
+* Isar: theory setup now has type (theory -> theory), instead of a
 list.  INCOMPATIBILITY, may use #> to compose setup functions.
 
-* Pure/Isar: Toplevel.theory_to_proof admits transactions that modify
-the theory before entering a proof state.  Transactions now always see
-a quasi-functional intermediate checkpoint, both in interactive and
+* Isar: installed ML toplevel pretty printer for type Proof.context,
+subject to ProofContext.debug/verbose flags.
+
+* Isar: Toplevel.theory_to_proof admits transactions that modify the
+theory before entering a proof state.  Transactions now always see a
+quasi-functional intermediate checkpoint, both in interactive and
 batch mode.
 
 * Simplifier: the simpset of a running simplification process now