[Mention what the startup ghci prompt means. Bryan O'Sullivan **20070919193634] { hunk ./en/ch02-starting.xml 284 + The word Prelude in the prompt indicates that + the standard prelude, a fairly large standard + library of useful functions, is loaded and ready for us to use. + When we load other modules or source files, they'll show up in + the prompt, too. + hunk ./en/ch02-starting.xml 291 - The prompt displayed by &ghci; changes depending on what - we're doing, and can often grow long enough to leave little - visual room on a single line for our input. For brevity, we - have replaced &ghci;'s default prompts throughout this book - with the prompt string ghci>. + The ephemeral ghci prompt + + The prompt displayed by &ghci; changes + frequently depending on what modules we have loaded. It can + often grow long enough to leave little visual room on a single + line for our input. For brevity, we have replaced &ghci;'s + default prompts throughout this book with the prompt string + ghci>. }