From 978d0bffc413b67ead9db2d2816b916cf3d502ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Gronenwoud Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 22:29:16 +0000 Subject: Changing the style of the command descriptions in appendix A. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2879 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- appendixa/flex-desc.xml | 27 +++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) (limited to 'appendixa/flex-desc.xml') diff --git a/appendixa/flex-desc.xml b/appendixa/flex-desc.xml index 0e98029b1..24f9832e9 100644 --- a/appendixa/flex-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/flex-desc.xml @@ -6,29 +6,20 @@ Program file descriptions -flex -flex is a tool for generating programs which recognize -patterns in text. Pattern recognition is very useful in many applications. -A user sets up rules about what to look for and flex will make a program -that looks for those patterns. The reason people use flex is that it is -much easier to set up rules for what to look for than to write the actual -program which finds the text. - -flex++ -flex++ invokes a version of flex which is used exclusively for -C++ scanners. - -lex -We create a bash script called lex which calls flex using the -l option. -This is for compatibility purposes for programs which use lex instead -of flex. +flex is a tool for generating programs that +recognize patterns in text. Pattern recognition is useful in many applications. +From a set of rules on what to look for flex makes a program that looks for +those patterns. The reason to use flex is that it is much easier to specify +the rules for than to write the actual pattern-finding program. + +flex++ invokes a version of flex that is used +exclusively for C++ scanners. Library file descriptions -libfl -libfl is the flex library. +libfl is the flex library. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf