Building HPG

Building the generator simply requires an xbuild command in the root of the repository:

$ xbuild
XBuild Engine Version 14.0
Mono, Version 4.6.2.0
Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Various Mono authors

Build started 3/6/2017 12:34:29 PM.
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Project "/Users/xtof/Workspace/human-parser-generator/hpg.csproj" (default target(s)):
	Target Gen0Parser:
		Tool /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/4.6.2/lib/mono/4.5/mcs.exe execution started with arguments:  /debug+ /out:bin/Debug/hpg.gen0.exe generator/parsable.cs generator/generator.cs generator/factory.cs generator/emitter.csharp.cs generator/emitter.bnf.cs generator/format.csharp.cs generator/AssemblyInfo.cs generator/grammar.cs generator/bootstrap.cs /target:exe
	Target Gen1Source:
		Executing: mono bin/Debug/hpg.gen0.exe generator/hpg.bnf | LC_ALL="C" astyle -s2 -xt0 -xe -Y -xC80 > generator/parser.gen1.cs
	Target Gen1Parser:
		Tool /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/4.6.2/lib/mono/4.5/mcs.exe execution started with arguments:  /debug+ /out:bin/Debug/hpg.gen1.exe generator/parsable.cs generator/generator.cs generator/factory.cs generator/emitter.csharp.cs generator/emitter.bnf.cs generator/format.csharp.cs generator/AssemblyInfo.cs generator/parser.gen1.cs generator/hpg.cs /target:exe
	Target HPGSource:
		Executing: mono bin/Debug/hpg.gen1.exe generator/hpg.bnf | LC_ALL="C" astyle -s2 -xt0 -xe -Y -xC80 > generator/parser.cs
	Target Build:
		Tool /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/4.6.2/lib/mono/4.5/mcs.exe execution started with arguments:  /debug+ /out:bin/Debug/hpg.exe generator/parsable.cs generator/generator.cs generator/factory.cs generator/emitter.csharp.cs generator/emitter.bnf.cs generator/format.csharp.cs generator/AssemblyInfo.cs generator/parser.cs generator/hpg.cs /target:exe
Done building project "/Users/xtof/Workspace/human-parser-generator/hpg.csproj".

Build succeeded.
	 0 Warning(s)
	 0 Error(s)

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This compiles a second generation parser generator, called hpg.exe:

$ mono bin/Debug/hpg.exe --help
Human Parser Generator version 1.1.6264.18747
Usage: hpg.exe [options] [file ...]

    --help, -h              Show usage information
    --version, -v           Show version information

    --output, -o FILENAME   Output to file, not stdout

Output options.
Select one of the following:
    --parser, -p            Generate parser (DEFAULT)
    --ast, -a               Show AST
    --model, -m             Show parser model
    --grammar, -g           Show grammar
Formatting options.
    --text, -t              Generate textual output (DEFAULT).
    --dot, -d               Generate Graphviz/Dot format output. (model)
Emission options.
    --info, -i              Suppress generation of info header
    --rule, -r              Suppress generation of rule comment
    --namespace, -n NAME    Embed parser in namespace