From 21c457b711d8e9544c72e466c7d85204c82711f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aarne Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:14:01 +0000 Subject: documentation written; some weird constructors excluded from demo --- doc/gf3-release.html | 18 +++++++++--------- doc/gf3-release.txt | 16 ++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/gf3-release.html b/doc/gf3-release.html index 4f81e8a55..75557c94a 100644 --- a/doc/gf3-release.html +++ b/doc/gf3-release.html @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@

GF 3.0

Krasimir Angelov, Björn Bringert, and Aarne Ranta
+Beta release, 27 June 2008

@@ -15,10 +16,6 @@ language in 2.9, which means backward compatibility. But the target languages, t compiler implementation, and the functionalities (e.g. the shell) have undergone radical changes.

-

-The release of GF 3.0 is projected for 27 June. As usual, the developing sources -are available all the time via Darcs. -

New features

Here is a summary of the main novelties visible to the user: @@ -38,22 +35,25 @@ Here is a summary of the main novelties visible to the user: the shell, and the compiler are accessible via high-level APIs.

  • Resource library version 1.4: more coverage, more languages; some of the new GF language features are exploited. +
  • Uniform character encoding: UTF8 in generated files, user-definable in + source files

    Non-supported features

    -There are some features of GF 2.9 that will not work in the 2.7 June release. +There are some features of GF 2.9 that will not work in the 3.0 beta release.

    @@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ Inheritance of overload groups.

    - + diff --git a/doc/gf3-release.txt b/doc/gf3-release.txt index b065b4582..631752c90 100644 --- a/doc/gf3-release.txt +++ b/doc/gf3-release.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GF 3.0 Krasimir Angelov, Björn Bringert, and Aarne Ranta - +Beta release, 27 June 2008 GF Version 3.0 is a major revision of GF. The source language is a superset of the @@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ language in 2.9, which means backward compatibility. But the target languages, t compiler implementation, and the functionalities (e.g. the shell) have undergone radical changes. -The release of GF 3.0 is projected for 27 June. As usual, the developing sources -are available all the time via Darcs. - ==New features== @@ -29,20 +26,23 @@ Here is a summary of the main novelties visible to the user: the shell, and the compiler are accessible via high-level APIs. - **Resource library version 1.4**: more coverage, more languages; some of the new GF language features are exploited. +- **Uniform character encoding**: UTF8 in generated files, user-definable in + source files ==Non-supported features== -There are some features of GF 2.9 that will //not// work in the 2.7 June release. +There are some features of GF 2.9 that will //not// work in the 3.0 beta release. - Java Editor GUI: we now see the JavaScript editor as the main form of syntax editing. - Pre-module multi-file grammar format: the grammar format of GF before version 2.0 - is still supported, but its include mechanism is not; this means that grammars - consisting of multiple files have to be concatenated before use. + is still not yet supported. +- Context-free and EBNF input grammar formats. - Probabilistic GF grammars. - Some output formats: LBNF. - Some GF shell commands: while the main ones will be supported with their familiar - syntax and options, some old commands have not been included. + syntax and options, some old commands have not been included. The GF shell + command ``help -changes`` gives the actual list. Users who want to have these features are welcome to contact us, -- cgit v1.2.3