Name Type Description
pb str regular expression for start of a procedure
bb str regular expression for start of a lexical block
be str regular expression for the end of a lexical block
cb str regular expression for the start of a comment
ce str regular expression for the end of a comment
sb str regular expression for the start of a string
se str regular expression for the end of a string
lb str regular expression for the start of a character constant
le str regular expression for the end of a character constant
tl bool present means procedures are only defined at the top
lexical level
oc bool present means upper and lower case are equivalent
kw str a list of keywords separated by spaces
Example
The following entry, which describes the C language, is typical of a language entry.
C|c: :pb=^\d?*?\d?\p\d?\ea?):bb={:be=}:cb=/*:ce=*/:sb=":se=\e":\
:lb=':le=\e':tl:\
:kw=asm auto break case char continue default do double else enum\
extern float for fortran goto if int long register return short\
sizeof static struct switch typedef union unsigned while #define\
#else #endif #if #ifdef #ifndef #include #undef # define else endif\
if ifdef ifndef include undef:
Note that the first field is just the language name (and any variants of it). Thus the C language could be specified to vgrind(1) as "c" or "C".
Entries may continue onto multiple lines by giving a \ as the last character of a line. Capabilities in vgrindefs are of two types: Boolean capabilities which indicate that the language has some particular feature and string capabilities which give a regular expression or keyword list.
REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
Vgrindefs uses regular expression which are very similar to those of ex(1) and lex(1). The characters `^', `$', `:' and `\' are reserved characters and must be "quoted" with a preceding \ if they are to be included as normal characters. The metasymbols and their meanings are:
Unlike other regular expressions in the system, these match words and not characters. Hence something like "(tramp|steamer)flies?" would match "tramp", "steamer", "trampflies", or "steamerflies".
KEYWORD LIST
The keyword list is just a list of keywords in the language separated by spaces. If the "oc" boolean is specified, indicating that upper and lower case are equivalent, then all the keywords should be specified in lower case.