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NAME

       megahal interfaces - C, Python and Tcl interfaces to Megahal

SYNOPSIS

       #include <megahal.h>

       void megahal_setnoprompt(void);

       void megahal_setnowrap(void);

       void megahal_setnobanner(void);

       void megahal_seterrorfile(char *filename);

       void megahal_setstatusfile(char *filename);

       void megahal_initialize(void);

       char *megahal_initial_greeting(void);

       int megahal_command(char *input);

       char *megahal_do_reply(char *input, intlog);

       void megahal_output(char *output);

       char *megahal_input(char *prompt);

       void megahal_cleanup(void);

DESCRIPTION

       Initialization
       Megahal   is   initialized   with  the  megahal_initialize()  function.
       megahal_setnoprompt eliminates the prompt  from  interactive  sessions.
       megahal_setnowrap()     stops     output     from     being    wrapped.
       megahal_setnobanner() prevents megahal from printing  out  the  initial
       ’banner’.

       Files
       megahal_seterrorfile  and megahal_setstatusfile set which files megahal
       will use for error and status reporting, respectively.

       User interaction
       megahal_initial_greeting returns an initial greeting for the user, such
       as  "hello",  "ciao",  etc...   megahal_command  checks its input for a
       Megahal command (like QUIT), and acts upon it, if found.  If  it  finds
       nothing,  it  returns  0.  megahal_do_reply is the core of megahal.  It
       takes a string as input, and calculates  a  reply,  which  it  returns.
       meghal_output  is  for  outputting  text  to  stdout, such as megahal’s
       replies.  Input may be  obtained  with  megahal_input,  which  takes  a
       prompt string as an argument, and returns a string input by the user.

       Example
       main.c  in  the  source  distribution  is  a good example of how to use
       Megahal’s C API.

TCL INTERFACE

       load libmh_tcl.so
       Load the Tcl interface shared object into the Tcl interpreter.

       mh_init
       Initialize megahal brain.

       mh_doreply text
       Takes some text as input and returns a megahal reply.

       mh_cleanup
       Save megahal brain to disk.  You will lose your changes  if  this  does
       not occur.

PYTHON INTERFACE

       import mh_python
       Import the Megahal Python interface into the Python interpreter.

       mh_python.initbrain()
       Initialize megahal brain.

       mh_python.doreply(text)
       Takes some text as input and returns a megahal reply.

       mh_python.learn(text)
       Takes  some  text  as  input and updates the model without generating a
       reply.

       mh_python.cleanup()
       Save megahal brain to disk.  You will lose your changes  if  this  does
       not occur.

REFERENCES

       More     information     can     be     found    about    megahal    at
       http://megahal.sourceforge.net

       Jason Hutchens, the  original  author  of  Megahal  can  be  found  at:
       http://www.amristar.com.au/~hutch/

BUGS

       The C library is not yet ready.

AUTHOR

       Man  page  written by David N. Welton <davidw@dedasys.com>, modified by
       Laurent Fousse <laurent@komite.net>.