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I am implementing a grammar in CUP, and it would often be helpful to see everything at a glance. This could also be useful in finding errors quickly.

Are there any programs out there that will visualize grammar in the CUP syntax? Or can you think of a very easy way of doing it (for instance, convert the grammar to another format that program X can read).

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    Some warning on the bright yellow would be nice... My eyes hurt... – yannis Jan 23 '12 at 03:23
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    @YannisRizos Just be happy there aren't flashing rainbow GIFs. –  Jan 23 '12 at 03:25
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    ANTLR has excellent visualisation, at least of parse trees. (I don't recall if you can visualise the grammar itself). I've never heard of CUP, so I don't know if there's some reason to prefer it, or indeed if the two are interchangeable. – Steve Bennett Jan 24 '12 at 21:33
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You might need to convert it to another format first.

You could generate a graph of the grammar by using a combination of ANTLRWorks and GraphViz.

Someone did something similar here to generate graphs for the Ruby, JavaScript, and Java 1.5 grammars.

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