Waxeye is a parser generator based on parsing expression grammars (PEGs). It supports C, Java, Javascript, Python, Ruby and Scheme.

• Choice of Programming Language

  • C
  • Java
  • Javascript
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Scheme

• Scanner-less Parsing

• Automatic AST Generation

• Language Independent, Reusable Grammars

• Modular, Composable Grammars

• Grammar Testing

Waxeye's user manual is in docs/manual.html. The latest version is also online at http://waxeye.org/manual.html.

1. Extract the files of the distribution.

2. Copy the waxeye directory to where you wish to install it.

3. Add the bin/waxeye binary to your search path. e.g. If you have ~/bin in your PATH and installed waxeye to /usr/local/waxeye then you might do the following.

   ln -s /usr/local/waxeye/bin/waxeye ~/bin/

1. Extract the files of the distribution.

2. Copy the waxeye directory to where you wish to install it.

Use the waxeye command.

Use a command prompt to run waxeye.exe. Note: If using the interpreter under Windows, you will need to press Ctrl-z and then 'Enter' after the input you want to interpret.

1. Install Racket

2. Install Waxeye's backend for Scheme.

   • Unix and OSX

     sudo ln -s /usr/local/waxeye/src/scheme/waxeye /usr/local/racket/lib/racket/collects/

   • Windows

     Copy the directory src/scheme/waxeye into your Racket collects directory. For example, C:\Program Files\Racket\collects.

3. Build Waxeye

   • Unix and OSX

     ./build/unix

   • Windows

     • If your Racket installation isn't C:\Program Files\Racket, then you will need to modify build\exe.bat to use the correct path.

     • From your Waxeye installation directory, run the build\exe.bat script in a command prompt.

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MIT -- All files (except the user manual) are under the permissive MIT license.

GNU FDL -- Waxeye's user manual is under the GNU Free Documentation License. This includes the files doc/book/book and doc/manual.html.