From 0691c8e492b39886f2083a02c62d9a2d948c445c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Estes Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 19:10:23 +0000 Subject: rewrite README to reflect changes in layout of directories --- README | 52 +++++++++++++--------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 7a4224d..81194f7 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ -This is release 2.5 of flex. See "version.h" for the exact patch-level. - -See the file "NEWS" to find out what is new in this Flex release. +This is flex, the fast lexical analyzer. Read the file "INSTALL" for general installation directives. Peek near the beginning of the file "Makefile.in" for special DEFS values. On most @@ -12,49 +10,25 @@ If you're feeling adventurous, you can also issue "make bigcheck" (be prepared to wait a while). Note that flex is distributed under a copyright very similar to that of -BSD Unix, and not under the GNU General Public License (GPL), except for -the "configure" script, which is covered by the GPL. - -Many thanks to the 2.5 beta-testers for finding bugs and helping test and -increase portability: Stan Adermann, Scott David Daniels, Charles Elliott, -Joe Gayda, Chris Meier, James Nordby, Terrence O'Kane, Karsten Pahnke, -Francois Pinard, Pat Rankin, Andreas Scherer, Marc Wiese, Nathan Zelle. - -Please send bug reports and feedback to: Vern Paxson (vern@ee.lbl.gov). - - -The flex distribution consists of the following files: - - README This message - - NEWS Differences between the various releases - - INSTALL General installation information +BSD Unix, and not under the GNU General Public License (GPL). - COPYING flex's copyright +Please send bug reports and feedback to help-flex@gnu.org. - conf.in, configure.in, configure, Makefile.in, install.sh, - mkinstalldirs - elements of the "autoconf" auto-configuration process +The flex distribution contains the following files of interest: - flexdef.h, parse.y, scan.l, ccl.c, dfa.c, ecs.c, gen.c, main.c, - misc.c, nfa.c, sym.c, tblcmp.c, yylex.c - source files +README - This file - version.h version of this flex release +NEWS - Differences between the various releases - flex.skl flex scanner skeleton - mkskel.sh script for converting flex.skl to C source file skel.c - skel.c pre-converted C version of flex.skl +INSTALL - basic installation information - libmain.c flex library (-lfl) sources - libyywrap.c +COPYING - flex's copyright and license - initscan.c pre-flex'd version of scan.l +flex.1, flex.texi - user documentation - FlexLexer.h header file for C++ lexer class +examples/ - containing examples of some possible flex scanners and a +few other things. See the file examples/README for more details. - flex.1 user documentation +TODO, to.do/ - outstanding bug reports, desired features, etc. - MISC/ a directory containing miscellaneous contributions. - See MISC/README for details. +faqs/ - frequently asked questions -- cgit v1.2.3