Readme file for SILex version 1.0
Copyright (C) 2001  Danny Dube'

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Description
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SILex is a lexical analyser generator with a Lex-like syntax.
This directory contains the sources of the program and documentation.

Contents of the directory:

README		This file.
action.l	Action lexical analyser specification.
action.l.scm	Action lexical analyser.
class.l		Character class lexical analyser specification.
class.l.scm	Character class lexical analyser.
gpl.txt		The GNU General Public License.
lex.scm		Entire program, uses "load"s.
lexparser.scm	Parser for specification files.
macro.l		Macro lexical analyser specification.
macro.l.scm	Macro lexical analyser.
main.scm	Main module.
multilex.scm	Run-time module for the user's programs.
nfa2dfa.scm	Transformation from a NFA to a DFA.
noeps.scm	Elimination of epsilon-transitions.
output.scm	Output files generation.
output2.scm	Auxiliary generation module; automatically generated.
prep.scm	Some pre-printing functions.
re2nfa.scm	Transformation from regular expressions to a NFA.
regexp.l	Regular expressions lexical analyser specification.
regexp.l.scm	Regular expressions lexical analyser.
silex.scm	Entire program; automatically generated.
silex.texi	Source of the documentation in Texinfo.
string.l	String lexical analyser specification.
string.l.scm	String lexical analyser.
sweep.scm	Elimination of "dead" states.
updateo2.scm	Generation of the module "output2.scm".
updatesi.scm	Generation of the file "silex.scm".
util.scm	Constants, data structures and common functions.

Author
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The author is Danny Dube'.

Bug reports or other messages can be sent at:
	dube@iro.umontreal.ca

If you want to modify or improve the program yourself, you can get the
sources in the home page of the author at:
	http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~dube