Thanks, eveything soundes goo so far. I'll just have to determine if I can create the language for more of the difficult rules
> -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Hodge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 6:04 PM > To: Billy Patton; vim@vim.org > Subject: Re: Need to write a language > > --- Billy Patton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm in the semiconductor industry. My job is to create data and to > > run regression tests on that data for the validation of > physical layout rules. > > > > Skip to bottom for questions, if you don't want to read my > ramblings. > > > > > > The current problem is tha the rules are not in a computer > readable form. > > Many paople have a hand in writing different sections of > the rules, so > > you can imagine that the wording is widely varied. There is no > > standard to wording or even the dialog used. > > > > One of the things I have been ask to do is to try and get a > handle on > > how the rules may be written that that they are computer readable. > > I've been working with perl hash's and excel spread sheets. > > The main problem I was having was that I was trying to decreace the > > relationship words and increase the number of variables. This was > > quickly resulting in a spread sheet that was growing (number of > > columns) very rapidly. I assume excel has a limit to the > number of columns. > > > > The idea that I have come up with is to create a language > with limited > > descriptive words. Here is an example of a rule that might > be written > > in a human readable form but also parsable by puter. > > > > MET1 spacing to MET1 is 45 if MET1 width is <= 245 and >= 100 > > > > By looking at this > > MET1 is a layer > > Spacing width <= >= are relationships > > If is a constraint > > #'s are #'s > > > > I want to have them write correct by construction. > > > > Is it possible, in vim/gvim to open a special version of > vim so that > > the user can begin to type, spac , and it would complete the word? > > Would it also be possible to not allow a word to be type'd if that > > word was not in a list. > > > > Vim would have to open in edit mode and remain there for > most users, > > until save/exit. Most of the users of this would be hard core pc > > users who think the only editor is "word". But there are a > few unix users. > > > > My questions. > > 1. Can vim be configured to automatically start in edit mode? > > 2. Can vim monitor each word that is being typed? > > 3. Can vim do word completion? > > 4. Can vim offer all possible spellings for partial word completion? > > If the answer to most of qeustion above is yes 5. Can I do the > > programming? I do perl, c, c++, csh and sh programming. > > > Hello, > > As well as completing words, it would be very helpful if you > wrote a syntax file for your language. If your users see > things in color, they can be sure they have typed the > commands correctly, but if the text is *not* colored, then > they will know they've got something wrong. > > Something else you may want to consider - Map <F5> to call a > perl script which examines the line under the cursor and > prints a message explaining what needs to be typed next. > > regards, > Peter > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > On Yahoo!7 > Win VIP tickets to meet R'n'B stars superstars Ne-Yo and > Rihanna > http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/aunz/music/jay_z_promotion > /index.htm > >
