Actually, I figured out what was the problem. I typed in the example phrase, but it required an end of file (Cntl D) along with the enter key. It was waiting for me to close the input.
It works great now. (A small beginning, but I have great expectations!) Terence Parr wrote: > and don't forget hitting ctrl-z for EOF if you're a PC person or > ctrl-d if you're a unix guy, as gawd intended ;) > Ter > On Dec 21, 2009, at 6:30 AM, John B. Brodie wrote: > >> Greetings! >> On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 09:08 -0500, Bill Ramsay wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm new to Antlr and am trying to work through the Definitive >>> Guide. I can't seem to get the first example to work. >>> I create the .g file and lexer and parser classes fine. I compile >>> my example test program fine. And it runs fine. Except for one >>> minor problem - it doesn't work. I put a few debug lines in the >>> code and it gets hung up on the line: >>> >>> ANTLRInputStream input = new ANTLRInputStream(System.in); >>> >>> It never seems to move past this line. The code used is copied >>> from the book,page 10 - 12. >> >> System.in is java-speak for the standard input device which, unless you >> have redirected it, is your keyboard. >> >> So this line is establishing a I/O connection with the keyboard in order >> to read in text to be parsed. >> >> It would seem that everything is working just fine. >> >> You simply need to type some text into your keyboard so that the example >> grammar may parse it for you (or re-direct stdin to a disk file). >> >> Hope this helps... >> -jbb >> >> >> >> List: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-interest >> Unsubscribe: >> http://www.antlr.org/mailman/options/antlr-interest/your-email-address > > List: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-interest Unsubscribe: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/options/antlr-interest/your-email-address -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "il-antlr-interest" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/il-antlr-interest?hl=en.
