The automatic generation of syntax directed editors
By: Bruce J. MacLennan
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Series: NPS-52-81-014
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Management; Computer programming; Verification; Computer programs; Syntax; Correctness; Programming languages (Electronic computers)
Description: A syntax directed editor is an editor oriented towards a particular language. This paper describes a general table-driven syntax directed editor and an algorithm for automatically generating a syntax directed editor for a language from a description of that language. Aside from the convenience of a syntax directed editor, it is also a very efficient parser. No syntactic error recovery is required since the editor does not permit the user to make syntactic errors. Some of the implications of syntax directed editors for data structure manipulation and two dimensional languages are briefly discussed. (Author)
Notes: Cover title.

"October 1981."

"NPS-52-81-014."

"Prepared for: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California 93943." -- Cover.

Includes bibliographic references (p. 40-41)

"Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited."

Technical report; 1981.