python@gentoo.org tupone@gentoo.org Tupone Alfredo It is: a tool to generate lexical analyzers. A lexical analyzer is a program that transforms a stream of characters into a stream of 'atomic chunks of meaning', so called tokens. It does: generate directly coded lexical analyzers, rather than table based engines. respond to queries on Unicode properties and regular expressions on the command line. generate state transition graphs of the generated engines.