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diff --git a/doc/misc/bovine.texi b/doc/misc/bovine.texi index 780f0addb59..9bfb117d1a5 100644 --- a/doc/misc/bovine.texi +++ b/doc/misc/bovine.texi @@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ The @dfn{bovine} parser is the original @semantic{} parser, and is an implementation of an @acronym{LL} parser. It is good for simple languages. It has many conveniences making grammar writing easy. The conveniences make it less powerful than a Bison-like @acronym{LALR} -parser. For more information, @inforef{Top, The Wisent Parser Manual, +parser. For more information, @pxref{Top,, Wisent Parser Development, wisent}. Bovine @acronym{LL} grammars are stored in files with a @file{.by} extension. When compiled, the contents is converted into a file of the form @file{NAME-by.el}. This, in turn is byte compiled. -@inforef{top, Grammar Framework Manual, grammar-fw}. +@xref{top,, Grammar Framework Manual, grammar-fw}. @ifnottex @insertcopying @@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ the form @file{NAME-by.el}. This, in turn is byte compiled. In Bison, one and only one nonterminal is designated as the ``start'' symbol. In @semantic{}, one or more nonterminals can be designated as the ``start'' symbol. They are declared following the @code{%start} -keyword separated by spaces. @inforef{start Decl, ,grammar-fw}. +keyword separated by spaces. @xref{start Decl,, Grammar Framework +Manual, grammar-fw}. If no @code{%start} keyword is used in a grammar, then the very first is used. Internally the first start nonterminal is targeted by the @@ -115,7 +116,8 @@ parser harness. To find locally defined variables, the local context handler needs to parse the body of functional code. The @code{scopestart} declaration specifies the name of a nonterminal used as the goal to parse a local -context, @inforef{scopestart Decl, ,grammar-fw}. Internally the +context, @pxref{scopestart Decl,, Grammar Framework Manual, +grammar-fw}. Internally the scopestart nonterminal is targeted by the reserved symbol @code{bovine-inner-scope}, so it can be found by the parser harness. @@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ scopestart nonterminal is targeted by the reserved symbol The rules are what allow the compiler to create tags from a language file. Once the setup is done in the prologue, you can start writing -rules. @inforef{Grammar Rules, ,grammar-fw}. +rules. @xref{Grammar Rules,, Grammar Framework Manual, grammar-fw}. @example @var{result} : @var{components1} @var{optional-semantic-action1}) @@ -146,8 +148,8 @@ A particular @var{result} written into your grammar becomes the parser's goal. It is designated by a @code{%start} statement (@pxref{Starting Rules}). The value returned by the associated @var{optional-semantic-action} is the parser's result. It should be -a tree of @semantic{} @dfn{tags}, @inforef{Semantic Tags, , -semantic-appdev}. +a tree of @semantic{} @dfn{tags}, @pxref{Semantic Tags,, Semantic +Application Development, semantic-appdev}. @var{components} is made up of symbols. A symbol such as @code{FOO} means that a syntactic token of class @code{FOO} must be matched. @@ -170,8 +172,9 @@ For instance: @end example Means that @code{FOO} is a reserved language keyword, matched as such -by looking up into a keyword table, @inforef{keyword Decl, -,grammar-fw}. This is because @code{"foo"} will be converted to +by looking up into a keyword table, @pxref{keyword Decl,, Grammar +Framework Manual, grammar-fw}. This is because @code{"foo"} will be +converted to @code{FOO} in the lexical analysis stage. Thus the symbol @code{FOO} won't be available any other way. @@ -383,8 +386,8 @@ Is an optional set of labeled values such as @code{:constant-flag t :parent Create a tag with @var{name} of respectively the class @code{variable}, @code{function}, @code{type}, @code{include}, @code{package}, and @code{code}. -See @inforef{Creating Tags, , semantic-appdev} for the lisp -functions these translate into. +See @ref{Creating Tags,, Semantic Application Development, +semantic-appdev}, for the lisp functions these translate into. @end table If the symbol @code{%quotemode backquote} is specified, then use |