On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 02:26:38PM +0100, Nicholas Marriott wrote: > The .Nm part yes, but but flex++ is not a synonym, flex generates > different output when called as flex++. This is already mentioned in the > later section on C++. > > > On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 10:29:12PM -0400, Rob Pierce wrote: > > Does this makes sense? I took the same approach used in chpass.1. > > > > Regards, > > > > Index: flex.1 > > =================================================================== > > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/lex/flex.1,v > > retrieving revision 1.41 > > diff -u -p -r1.41 flex.1 > > --- flex.1 7 Sep 2015 15:28:06 -0000 1.41 > > +++ flex.1 20 Sep 2015 02:21:13 -0000 > > @@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ > > .Dt FLEX 1 > > .Os > > .Sh NAME > > -.Nm flex > > +.Nm flex , > > +.Nm flex++ , > > +.Nm lex > > .Nd fast lexical analyzer generator > > .Sh SYNOPSIS > > .Nm > > @@ -69,6 +71,12 @@ library to produce an executable. > > When the executable is run, it analyzes its input for occurrences > > of the regular expressions. > > Whenever it finds one, it executes the corresponding C code. > > +.Pp > > +.Nm flex++ > > +and > > +.Nm lex > > +are synonyms for > > +.Nm flex . > > .Pp > > The manual includes both tutorial and reference sections: > > .Bl -ohang > >
Ah, yes - thank you. Since "flex++" is the same as "flex -+", how about this? I took the wording from apropos.1. Index: flex.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/lex/flex.1,v retrieving revision 1.41 diff -u -p -r1.41 flex.1 --- flex.1 7 Sep 2015 15:28:06 -0000 1.41 +++ flex.1 20 Sep 2015 14:27:46 -0000 @@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ .Dt FLEX 1 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm flex +.Nm flex , +.Nm flex++ , +.Nm lex .Nd fast lexical analyzer generator .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm @@ -69,6 +71,15 @@ library to produce an executable. When the executable is run, it analyzes its input for occurrences of the regular expressions. Whenever it finds one, it executes the corresponding C code. +.Pp +.Nm lex +is a synonym for +.Nm flex . +.Pp +.Nm flex++ +is a synonym for +.Nm +.Fl + . .Pp The manual includes both tutorial and reference sections: .Bl -ohang
