Re: syntax diagramming tool

Subject: Re: syntax diagramming tool
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 09:54:03 -0700

For the record, this turns out to be a very complex subject. EBNF
seems to be the most popular, but there are a number of alternatives,
as well as proprietary dialects of BNF such as Microsoft's. Most of
them look fairly similar, but they're different enough to be
incompatible with each others' tools.

https://www.simple-talk.com/blogs/2013/09/28/how-to-get-sql-railroad-diagrams-from-msdn-bnf-syntax-notation/

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:
> Continuing my research. I'm on Mac so haven't been able to try the
> Windows one yet. The source is highly proprietary so I can't use the
> online generator.
>
> This one is not compatible with my source format: http://www.antlr3.org/works
>
> Trying this one next: http://clapham.hydromatic.net

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References:
syntax diagramming tool: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: syntax diagramming tool: From: Laura Lemay
Re: syntax diagramming tool: From: Robert Lauriston

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