[antlr-interest] Antlr Studio screenshot

[Prashant Deva]

Guys,
All of you are making your assumptions based on just one screenshot. 

The diagram view is 'dynamic' and its functionality has not (can not)
been demonstrated fully in the screenshot, which is static.

I will release a video and you will see how easily you get used to it
and whether you would still like to go back to the previous diagrams.

PRASHANT

On 6/3/05, Ingo Maier <i.maier at gmx.de> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 14:13, Prashant Deva wrote:
> > > If it's true you're using color to signify that it's also optional,
> > > you might want to rethink that as it will surprise just about
> > > everybody.  Syntax diagrams are essential control flow graphs and
> > > people will expect the arrows to be the complete flow.
> >
> > I will be putting a 'help' button right on the diagram view, just
> > click on it and it will show you the notation. Within 10 secs of usign
> > the ide u will be so used to it you won't like the normal diagrams.
> > The boxes look much prettier and convey much more info than a bunch of
> > arrows. Once you have looked at a few of them, you are totally usd to
> > them.
> 
> I find this box a bit strange, too, but given one gets used to it... at
> least for accessibility reasons, you should, well, place more emphasis
> on it. The line stroke is a bit thin/the color too bright for a white
> background. It is also no good using color only to distinguish important
> things like + and * for the same reason, IMO.
> 
> Ingo
> 
> > > When can we have this? :)  I thought I remember you saying a few days
> > > a while back.
> >
> > Yeah, but i am getting delayed cause of the craziest of reasons.
> >
> > The city where i live , here in India, is having some major power
> > problems, and we are having power cuts *everyday* for (hold your
> > breath) upto *16 hours*!!!  yes,  16 hours! And this has been going on
> > for the last 10 days!!
> >
> > Although power cuts are a common phenomenon here in India, it has
> > never happened like this. and no power backup systems here can provide
> > electricity for that much time.
> >
> > I can finish in 1 week, provided that i get the power to switch on my
> > computer ;-)
> >
> > PRASHANT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/2/05, Terence Parr <parrt at cs.usfca.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Jun 2, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Prashant Deva wrote:
> > >
> > > >> At
> > > >> the moment, you have it built like it's a (...)+ loop.
> > > >>
> > > > The + loop just has a backward arrow on it.
> > > >
> > > > I got the notation from looking at the Newton Script Ref Manual.
> > > > They used a pretty similar notation in that.
> > >
> > > Right but the grammar says * right?
> > >
> > > If it's true you're using color to signify that it's also optional,
> > > you might want to rethink that as it will surprise just about
> > > everybody.  Syntax diagrams are essential control flow graphs and
> > > people will expect the arrows to be the complete flow.
> > >
> > > When can we have this? :)  I thought I remember you saying a few days
> > > a while back.
> > >
> > > Ter
> > >
> >
> 
>