Token-by-token Syntax-directed Editing (Using an LR Parser)

This paper demonstrates a new approach to the building of a syntax‐directed editor (SDE). The approach does not force the user to adopt a top‐down syntax‐oriented view of editing but supports the traditional text‐editing approach of deciding which token to write next. Choices are made from menus lis...

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Published inSoftware, practice & experience Vol. 26; no. 11; pp. 1247 - 1260
Main Authors STONE, ROGER G., KADODA, GADA F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.11.1996
Wiley
Subjects
Applied sciences
Computer science; control theory; systems
Exact sciences and technology
LALR parser
Language processing and microprogramming
Software
Software engineering
syntax-directed editor
Code generation
Compiler optimization
Text editor
Push down automaton
Parser
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Summary:This paper demonstrates a new approach to the building of a syntax‐directed editor (SDE). The approach does not force the user to adopt a top‐down syntax‐oriented view of editing but supports the traditional text‐editing approach of deciding which token to write next. Choices are made from menus listing only the tokens that are syntactically legal at a given point. The actual menus used by the editor are created by reference to the tables used by an LALR parser‐generator.
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ISSN:0038-0644
1097-024X
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-024X(199611)26:11<1247::AID-SPE59>3.0.CO;2-N