| .Dd 2002-10-04 |
| .Dt LEMON 1 |
| .Os "Debian GNU/Linux" |
| .\" Manual page created by Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org> |
| .Sh NAME |
| .Nm lemon |
| .Nd The Lemon Parser Generator |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| .Nm |
| .Op Fl bcgmqsx |
| .Ar input |
| .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| .Nm |
| is an LALR(1) parser generator for C or C++. |
| It does the same job as bison and yacc. |
| But |
| .Nm |
| is not another bison or yacc clone. |
| It uses a different grammar syntax which is designed to reduce the number of coding errors. |
| .Nm |
| also uses a more sophisticated parsing engine that is faster than yacc and bison |
| and which is both reentrant and thread-safe. |
| Furthermore, |
| .Nm |
| implements features that can be used to eliminate resource leaks, |
| making is suitable for use in long-running programs such as graphical user interfaces or embedded controllers. |
| .Pp |
| .Nm |
| will read the grammer from |
| .Ar input |
| and write out a parser for that grammar in the C language. |
| .Sh OPTIONS |
| .Bl -tag -width indent |
| .It Fl b |
| Print only the basis in report. |
| .It Fl c |
| Don't compress the action table. |
| .It Fl g |
| Print grammar without actions. |
| .It Fl m |
| Output a makeheaders compatible file. |
| .It Fl q |
| (Quiet) Don't print the report file. |
| .It Fl s |
| Print parser stats to standard output. |
| .It Fl x |
| Print the version number. |
| .El |
| .Sh FILES |
| .Bl -tag -width indent |
| .It Pa /usr/share/lemon/lempar.c |
| Driver template for the |
| .Nm |
| parser generator. |
| .El |
| .Sh AUTHOR |
| .Nm |
| has been written by |
| .An D. Richard Hipp Aq drh@hwaci.com . |
| .Pp |
| This manual page was written by |
| .An Guus Sliepen Aq guus@debian.org |
| for the Debian GNU/Linux system. |