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.TH "LEXESIS" "1" "May 2016" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
\fBLexesis\fR \- A language agnostic lexical analyser generator
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBLexesis\fR [\fB\-d\fR \fIoutputdir\fR] [\fB\-l\fR \fIlanguage\fR] [\fB\-n\fR \fIlexername\fR] <inputfile\.lxs>
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Generate a lexical analyser from a Lexesis(5) rules file
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.P
Options:
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.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show a help message and exit
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.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
show program\'s version number and exit
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.TP
\fB\-d\fR \fIdirectory\fR, \fB\-\-outputdir\fR=\fIdirectory\fR
Output the generated files to this directory
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.br
[default: \.]
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.TP
\fB\-l\fR \fIlanguage\fR, \fB\-\-lang\fR=\fIlanguage\fR, \fB\-\-language\fR=\fIlanguage\fR
The programming language to generate source files for
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.br
[default: c++]
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.TP
\fB\-n\fR \fIlexername\fR, \fB\-\-name\fR=\fIlexername\fR
Use this name for the generated lexer, the default is
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.br
based on the input file name
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
\fBLexesis \-l c++ \-d lexers \-n MyLexer lexer\.lxs\fR
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.P
\fBLexesis \-\-language c++ \-\-outputdir lexers \-\-name MyLexer lexer\.lxs\fR
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.SH "AUTHORS"
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.IP "\(bu" 4
Thomas Avé
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.IP "\(bu" 4
Robin Jadoul
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.IP "" 0
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
Lexesis(5)