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.. _faq_usability:

Usability

:(ref:[102, 97, 113, 95, 117, 115, 97, 98, 105, 108, 105, 116, 121, 95, 115, 104, 111, 114, 116, 99, 117, 116, 115])

:(ref:[102, 97, 113, 95, 117, 115, 97, 98, 105, 108, 105, 116, 121, 95, 101, 110, 115, 117, 114, 101, 95, 108, 111, 97, 100, 101, 100])

:(ref:[102, 97, 113, 95, 117, 115, 97, 98, 105, 108, 105, 116, 121, 95, 109, 97, 107, 101])

.. _faq_usability_shortcuts:

Is there a shortcut for compiling and loading source files?

Yes. With most backend Prolog compilers, you can use {File} as a shortcut for logtalk_load(File). For compiling and loading multiple files simply use {File1, File2, ...}. See the documentation of the :ref:predicates_logtalk_load_1 predicate for details.

.. _faq_usability_ensure_loaded:

Is there an equivalent directive to the ensure_loaded/1 Prolog directive?

You can use the goal logtalk_load(File, [reload(skip)]) to ensure that File is only loaded once. See the documentation of the :ref:predicates_logtalk_load_2 predicate for details.

.. _faq_usability_make:

Are there shortcuts for the make functionality?

Yes. With most backend Prolog compilers, you can use {*} as a shortcut for logtalk_make(all) to reload all files modified since last compiled and loaded, {!} as a shortcut for logtalk_make(clean) to delete all intermediate Prolog files generated by the compilation of Logtalk source files, {?} as a shortcut for logtalk_make(missing) to list missing entities and predicates, and {@} as a shortcut for logtalk_make(circular) to list circular references. See the documentation of the :ref:predicates_logtalk_make_1 predicate for details.