Talk:Lex (software)

Think
Don't think we need "How to use a makefile here" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.128.159.196 (talk) 20:51, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I think, one could mention the creation date of lex software

It is said that comments cannot begin at the beginning of a line in flex. Is this true? BL 15:08, May 11, 2004 (UTC)

Title?
Why is this at Lex programming tool instead of Lex? It's not like there's a disambiguation page there. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 05:58, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * There is now, but the title still grates. Nobody calls it "lex programming tool" - just "lex". The title should probably be Lex (programming tool). Hairy Dude 11:50, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It's typical to use "(software)" as a disambiguator unless there's some other significant program called lex. --Mrwojo 18:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I checked the talk page because I thought the same thing. Since everyone seems to agree, I'm going to go ahead and move this page to Lex (software) in accordance with the discussion and other software page titles. Tvh2k (talk) 22:44, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Lex Luthor?
I can't see the need for a link to Lex Luthor in the "See All" section. If anyone agrees, please remove it. I'm assuming it is there for a reason.... 129.44.216.105 03:19, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Other than making people laugh, no i don't think it served any purpose on this page. it was removed in r44909798 by user Juancnuno date 05:21, 22 March 2006‎. 88.88.102.134 (talk) 23:02, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Example files
The example file is for flex. Someone should write one for lex proper and move that one to the article for flex, which doesn't have one. There are some subtle differences.
 * I removed the flex %option line that is not from lex, and which sets the output buffer size to zero. Now it runs successfully though actual lex. It also runs with lex -r to generate ratfor output. I didn't check the one in the flex article. I now don't see anything wrong with this one. Gah4 (talk) 02:19, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I removed the flex %option line that is not from lex, and which sets the output buffer size to zero. Now it runs successfully though actual lex. It also runs with lex -r to generate ratfor output. I didn't check the one in the flex article. I now don't see anything wrong with this one. Gah4 (talk) 02:19, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

"lex" or "Lex"?
Is it "lex" or "Lex" (when it is not the file name of an executable)? --Mortense (talk) 13:51, 30 October 2010 (UTC)


 * It's capitalized in the original paper. —Mrwojo (talk) 23:33, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

first sentence
it find it easy to read the first sentence like "in cs, _a_ lex is a ...". i would prefer to have it like it is done for yacc, i.e. "lex is a computer program ..." 217.191.201.195 (talk) 21:28, 1 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree and changed the first sentence. I think the intent was to establish context but it also sounded categorical. —Mrwojo (talk) 23:33, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

broken link
The 4th link is broken. Please, if anybody knows what must be there, replace it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.215.131.92 (talk) 01:33, 27 February 2016 (UTC)


 * there are several copies - used one TEDickey (talk) 12:52, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

POSIX
There is a about lex beeing part of the POSIX standard. It is and the the web page to cite is http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/lex.html but I can't figure out how to add a proper citation to wikipedia.


 * Done. (How: Help:Citations quick reference) Colintedford (talk) 08:22, 16 January 2020 (UTC)