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The -path flags in the RGL modules compiled during 'cabal build' now refer directly to the needed source directories. References 'alltenses' and 'present' (and the nonexistent directory 'mathematical') have been removed. This allows the files to be compiled in any order (e.g. in parallel). In addition, you can do things like gf -retain lib/src/api/TrySwe.gf without compiling/installing any other RGL modules first, and without setting any other path flags or environment variables.
DESCRIPTION
The Grammatical Framework (=GF) is a grammar formalism based on type theory.
It consists of
* a special-purpose programming language
* a compiler of the language
* a generic grammar processor
The compiler reads GF grammars from user-provided files, and the
generic grammar processor performs various tasks with the grammars:
* generation
* parsing
* translation
* type checking
* computation
* paraphrasing
* random generation
* syntax editing
GF particularly addresses four aspects of grammars:
* multilinguality (parallel grammars for different languages)
* semantics (semantic conditions of well-formedness, semantic
properties of expressions)
* grammar engineering (modularity, abstractions, libraries)
* embeddability in programs written in other languages (C,C++,
Haskell, Java, JavaScript)
COMPILATION and INSTALLATION of source distribution:
See download/index.html for installation instructions.
(More details can be found in doc/gf-developers.html.)