A drag-and-drop proof tactic

Pablo Donato (1, 2) , Pierre-Yves Strub (1) , Benjamin Werner (1, 2)

1 LIX - Laboratoire d'informatique de l'École polytechnique [Palaiseau]
2 PARTOUT - Automatisation et ReprésenTation: fOndation du calcUl et de la déducTion

We explore the features of a user interface where formal proofs can be built through gestural actions. In particular, we show how proof construction steps can be associated to drag-and-drop actions. We argue that this can provide quick and intuitive proof construction steps. This work builds on theoretical tools coming from deep inference. It also resumes and integrates some ideas of the former proof-by-pointing project.

Mots clés: formal proofs; user interfaces; deep inference

Domaines: Logiciel mathématique [cs.MS]; Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]; Logique en informatique [cs.LO]

Pablo Donato, Pierre-Yves Strub, Benjamin Werner. A drag-and-drop proof tactic. CPP 2022: 11th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Certified Programs and Proofs, Jan 2022, Philadelphia, United States. pp.197-209, ⟨10.1145/3497775.3503692⟩. ⟨hal-03823357v2⟩