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authorVern Paxson <vern@ee.lbl.gov>1989-05-19 13:56:03 +0000
committerVern Paxson <vern@ee.lbl.gov>1989-05-19 13:56:03 +0000
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-This is the initial release of flex, a replacement for the lex(1)
-tool. As the copyright indicates, this distribution can be freely
-redistributed.
-
-Some notes on the distribution:
-
- Yes, there are some niggling lex features which are not available which
- seem like they'd be easy to add. They're not, or if they are then the
- straight-forward implementation of them would slow down the scanner.
- Unfortunately I am unable to do any further work on flex other than bug
- fixes, so if there's something you've just gotta have, you'd better
- be willing to dive into the code. I'll be happy to give (fairly
- high-level) advice on how to proceed.
-
- The compressed tables have been tested pretty thoroughly in the past,
- though may be suffering from bit-rot. The fast/full tables have been
- recently implemented and are more likely to have bugs.
-
- For a System V machine, add the #define "SV". Not guaranteed to do
- the full job, but a step in the right direction.
-
- Flex has been successfully ported to Sun Unix and 4.3BSD Vax Unix.
-
-
The flex distribution consists of the following files:
README This message
@@ -78,7 +54,8 @@ and wire in the full pathname of where you are going to keep the include files.
Decide where you want to keep {flex.skel,flex.fastskel} (suggestion:
/usr/local/lib) and move it there. Edit "Makefile" and change the
definitions of SKELETON_FILE and F_SKELETON_FILE to reflect the full
-pathnames of {flex.skel,flex.fastskel}.
+pathnames of {flex.skel,flex.fastskel}. For a System V machine, add
+"-DSV" to CFLAGS.
To make flex for the first time, use:
@@ -101,11 +78,11 @@ you're done. To rebuild it, do
where "..." is one of:
- -ist -c
- -ist -ce
- -ist -cm
- -ist -cfe
- -ist -cFe
+ -c
+ -ce
+ -cm
+ -cfe
+ -cFe
and testing using:
@@ -119,10 +96,10 @@ Format the manual entry using
Please send problems and feedback to:
- vern@lbl-{csam,rtsg}.arpa or ucbvax!lbl-csam.arpa!vern
+ vern@{csam.lbl.gov,rtsg.ee.lbl.gov} or ucbvax!csam.lbl.gov!vern
Vern Paxson
- Real Time Systems Group
+ Real Time Systems
Bldg. 46A
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Rd.