[antlr-interest] Anltr 3.1.3

[Sam Barnett-Cormack]

Bryan S Follins wrote:
> Sam,
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> I'm assuming to use ANTLR, you have to create a grammar file using a text
> editor?
> 
> Then save the text file?
> 
> Go to the command line and type the name of the file along with the
> directory to access it?

There's plenty of docs on the ANTLR website. I will say this, though - 
if you use ANTLRWorks, it does pretty much everything for you, except 
write the grammar!! It's a lot easier than trying to use it by hand. You 
can also get ANTLR plugins for lots of IDEs, including Eclipse, Netbeans 
(for which I think there's embedded ANTLRWorks), I think there might 
even be support for MS Visual Studio...

> "If this is a course requirement, shouldn't there be support for this 
> from your department?"
> 
> That is the $64,000 question, because there is no support. You have to play
> email tag with your teacher for help.

Do you have a student rep? Someone ought to be complaining.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Barnett-Cormack [mailto:s.barnett-cormack at lancaster.ac.uk] 
> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 06:21
> To: Bryan S Follins
> Cc: antlr-interest at antlr.org
> Subject: Re: [antlr-interest] Anltr 3.1.3
> 
> Bryan S Follins wrote:
>> I downloaded ANTLRv 3.1.3 on my computer.  I have XP, 2003. I downloaded 
>> the jar file, clicked to open it, but it  would not open.
>>
>>  
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> ANTLR isn't an executable JAR - it includes lots of libraries, the tool, 
> some other bits and bobs. If you download ANTLRworks, it'll just work, 
> *provided* you have an up-to-date JRE (preferably JDK) installed.
> 
> If this is a course requirement, shouldn't there be support for this 
> from your department?
> 


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Sam Barnett-Cormack