TH SYNGEN 1

SH NAME
syngen \- a syntax diagram generator


SH SYNOPSIS
B syngen
[
BI \-c \ connect-length
]
[
BI \-o \ character-length
]
[
BI \-a \ length-offset
]
[
BI \-h \ box-height
]
[
BI \-f \ box-sep-frac
]
[
BI \-version
]
[
BI files...
]

SH DESCRIPTION

B syngen
is a generator for syntax diagrams. It takes files
IR xxx \&.ara,
written in a special
language similar to BNF, and produces the corresponding output
files
IR xxx \&.syn,
which can be included directly (without additional macros)
in LaTeX documents.

SH OPTIONS

The following options are interpreted by
BR syngen .
If an option is unused, then the predefined value for a 10pt
typewriter type font will be taken.

TP
B \-c
The length of connect lines on basic boxes.

TP
B \-o
The length of a character.

TP
B \-a
Additional offset to the box length.

TP
B \-h
The height of the basic boxes.

TP
B \-f
Vertically stacked boxes are separated by
eq
box-height * box-sep-frac.
en

TP
B \-version
Print a version info.

SH SEE ALSO

br
I
The SYNGEN user's manual.

SH AUTHOR

SYNGEN was written by Jens Kloecker, University of Wuerzburg, FRG.