.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.