GAPPA(1)

πŸ’– GAPPA(1) β€” the gappa girlies' guide πŸ’–

okay so bestie, welcome to the GAPPA manual page, straight out of User Commands πŸŽ€ β€” this is the one and only manual for Gappa 1.8.2, and honestly? she's iconic. let's get into it πŸ¦‹


✨ NAME ✨

Gappa β€” manual page for Gappa 1.8.2 🌸


🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

gappa [OPTIONS] [FILE]

πŸ’… DESCRIPTION πŸ’…

okay so the vibe is: she reads a statement on standard input and shows you its proof on standard output. that's the whole main character moment, no cap ✨

  • -h, --help β€” shows you this help and then dips πŸ‘‹
  • -v, --version β€” spills the version info and bounces out πŸ’œ
  • -d, --debug β€” prints debug tea while gappa is running πŸ«– (she's narrating her own life fr)

πŸ”₯ Engine parameters πŸ”₯

  • -Eprecision=int β€” internal precision (default: 60) β€” that's the accuracy dial bestie 🎯
  • -Edichotomy=int β€” dichotomy depth (default: 100) 🌊
  • -E[no-]reverted-fma β€” changes fma(a,b,c) from a*b+c to c+a*b πŸ”„ (flip it, she's flexible)
  • -Echange-threshold=float β€” threshold for new results (default: 0.1) πŸ“
  • -Eno-auto-dichotomy β€” do NOT choose a term for automatic splitting 🚫🌊

πŸ‘‘ Engine modes πŸ‘‘

  • -Munconstrained β€” do not check for theorem constraints 😌 (living free)
  • -Mstatistics β€” displays statistics πŸ“Š (she's showing receipts)
  • -Mschemes[=FILE] β€” produces a dot graph (default: schemes.dot) 🌐✨

πŸ’€ Warnings: (default: all) πŸ’€

default is all of them, because she cares about you 🫢
  • -W[no-]dichotomy-failure
  • -W[no-]hint-difference
  • -W[no-]null-denominator
  • -W[no-]unbound-variable

🌸 Backend 🌸

  • -Bnull β€” do not generate a proof (default) πŸ™ˆ (she's just vibing, no output)
  • -Bcoq β€” produces a script for Coq πŸ“
  • -Bcoq-lambda β€” produces a lambda-term for Coq πŸ“ Ξ»
  • -Bcoq-unknown β€” produces a script for Coq, including unsupported theorems πŸ“πŸ’€
  • -Bd2 β€” produces a D2 graph script πŸ“ˆ
  • -Bholl β€” produces a script for HOL Light ✨
  • -Blatex β€” produces a LaTeX text πŸ“œ

aaaand that's the whole page bestie, every single flag accounted for, nothing skipped, periodt πŸ’…

this was Gappa 1.8.2, dated July 2026 β€” catch you in the next manpage, mwah πŸŽ€πŸ’–πŸ¦‹

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