# GF web-based syntax editor
John J. Camilleri
December 2012
An improved version of the [old syntax editor][1].
[1]:http://www.grammaticalframework.org/~meza/restWiki/editor.html
## Example usage
See `editor.html` and `editor_online.js`.
## Available startup options
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------+
|Options |Description |Default |
+=====================+==================================================+========+
|target | |"editor"|
| | | |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------+
|initial.grammar |Initial grammar URL, | |
| |e.g. `"http://localhost:41296/grammars/Foods.pgf"`| |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------+
|initial.startcat |Initial startcat |(grammar|
| | |default)|
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------+
|initial.languages |Initial linearisation languages, |(all) |
| |e.g. `["Eng","Swe","Mlt"]` | |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------+
|initial.abstr |Initial abstract tree (as string), e.g. `"Pred | |
| |(That Fish) Expensive"` | |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------+
|show_grammar_menu |Show grammar menu? |True |
| | | |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------+
|show_startcat_menu |Show startcat menu? |True |
| | | |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------+
|show_to_menu |Show languages menu? |True |
| | | |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------+
|show_random_button |Show random button? |True |
| | | |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------+
|show_import |Show import button/panel? |True |
| | | |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------+
|show_export |Show export button? |True |
| | | |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------+
## Notes
- Tested with latest Chrome and Firefox (only).
## To do/feature requests
- Compatibility with grammars with dependent category types
- Clicking on tokens to select tree node
- Clipboard of trees
- Usage of printnames
- Enter string/float/int literals
- more prominence to Disamb-linearizations
- show all resulting linearizations/variants
- undo/redo (or back/forward) navigation
- structure fridge magnets more (eg newline before the magnet whose first letter is different)
## Known bugs
- Change startcat doesn't work when given an initial startcat