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authorAkim Demaille <akim.demaille@gmail.com>2020-06-27 11:12:48 +0200
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* doc/bison.texi: Formatting changes. * src/gram.h, src/gram.c (nvars): Rename as... (nnterms): this. Adjust dependencies. (section): New. Use it. Replace "non terminal" and "non-terminal" by "nonterminal".
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@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Only user visible strings are to be translated: error messages, bits of the
assert/abort), and all the --trace output which is meant for the maintainers
only.
+## Vocabulary
+Use "nonterminal", not "variable" or "non-terminal" or "non terminal".
+Abbreviated as "nterm".
+
## Syntax highlighting
It's quite nice to be in C++ mode when editing lalr1.cc for instance.
However tools such as Emacs will be fooled by the fact that braces and