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+GF Grammar Examples
+Author: Aarne Ranta <aarne (at) cs.chalmers.se>
+Last update: %%date(%c)
+
+% NOTE: this is a txt2tags file.
+% Create an html file from this file using:
+% txt2tags --toc -thtml index.txt
+
+%!target:html
+
+Here are some examples of GF grammars.
+
+
+==This directory==
+
+[animal animal/]
+is a small grammar for queries about animals
+(``"who chases lions"``). Its aim is demonstrate
+example-based grammar writing using the
+[resource grammar library ../lib/resource-1.0/doc].
+
+[bronzeage bronzeage/]
+defines a set of grammars using the
+[Swadesh list http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Swadesh_List]
+to perform basic communication in eight languages.
+It is also another illustration of the use of the
+[resource grammar library ../lib/resource-1.0/doc].
+
+[gfcc gfcc/]
+shows a small C compiler written in GF.
+It is explained in the paper
+[Declarative Language Definitions and Code Generation as Linearization ../doc/gfcc.pdf]
+
+[letter letter/]
+is a package for love and business letters in six languages.
+Its aimed is to illustrate
+multilingual authoring, as shown in this
+[demo applet http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~markus/gramlets/letter-applet.html].
+
+[numerals numerals/]
+is a set of grammars for number words from 1 to 999,999 in 88
+languages. It can also be tested in this
+[demo applet http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~bringert/gf/translate/].
+
+[stoneage stoneage/]
+is an earlier version of [bronzeage bronzeage/].
+
+[tram tram/]
+is an illustration of the
+[resource grammar library ../lib/resource-1.0/doc],
+in particular of multimodal grammars that combine
+speech with mouse clicks.
+
+
+==More examples==
+
+[GF Quick start ../doc/gf-quickstart.html]
+
+[GF Grammarian's Tutorial ../doc/tutorial/gf-tutorial2.html]
+
+[GF resource grammar library ../lib/resource-1.0/doc].