[comment {-*- tcl -*- doctools manpage}]
[manpage_begin page_util_norm_lemon n 1.0]
[keywords {graph walking}]
[keywords lemon]
[keywords normalization]
[keywords page]
[keywords {parser generator}]
[keywords {text processing}]
[keywords {tree walking}]
[copyright {2007 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>}]
[moddesc   {Parser generator tools}]
[titledesc {page AST normalization, LEMON}]
[category  {Page Parser Generator}]
[require page::util::norm_lemon [opt 0.1]]
[require snit]
[description]
[para]

This package provides a single utility command which takes an AST for a
lemon  grammar and normalizes it in various ways. The result
is called a [term {Normalized Lemon Grammar Tree}].

[para]

[emph Note] that this package can only be used from within a plugin
managed by the package [package page::pluginmgr].

[comment {
    TODO: Document the structure of a LEMON AST,
          and then of a Normalized LEMON Tree. Which
          is not a true AST any longer.
}]

[section API]

[list_begin definitions]
[call [cmd ::page::util::norm::lemon] [arg tree]]

This command assumes the [arg tree] object contains for a lemon
grammar. It normalizes this tree in place. The result is called a
[term {Normalized Lemon Grammar Tree}].

[para]

The exact operations performed are left undocumented for the moment.

[list_end]

[vset CATEGORY page]
[include ../doctools2base/include/feedback.inc]
[manpage_end]
