Installing the Transformation System

INSTALLING THE TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM• Go to: http://faculty.ist.unomaha.edu/winter/ShiftLab/TL_web/TL_index.html

• These slides will walk you through the following:

1. Download the TL_System

a. This file needs to be unzipped and its contents placed in a location whose path contains no spaces.

2. Download the Bascinet B4 IDE

a. This file needs to be unzipped and unzip and its contents placed at a location of your choice.

3. Download and install MLton

4. Configure the B4 IDE

a. Point B4 to the TL_System folder

b. Point B4 to the MLton folder

5. Build the parser and transformation components associated with a domain

6. Apply a selected transformation to a selected target program.

DOWNLOADING FILES

Left mouse click

This file is placed in your “Downloads” folder.

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This file is placed in your “Downloads” folder.

Left mouse click

This file is placed in your “Downloads” folder.

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CONFIGURING THE BASCINET “B4” IDE

1. Unzip the TL_System

a. The contents may be placed in any location whose path contains no spaces.

2. Unizp the Bascinet B4 IDE

a. The contents may be placed at a location of your choice.

3. Download and install MLton

4. Configure the B4 IDE

a. Point B4 to the TL_System folder

b. Point B4 to the MLton folder

Left mouse double-click

Select Options from the dropdown menu

Navigate to where MLton is installed on

your system

Navigate to where you have placed the

TL_System folder

Note there are no spaces in this path.

BUILDING A DOMAIN

1. A domain is a folder that may be placed in any location whose path contains no spaces.

Select Open Project from the drop-down menu

Left click on the project to select it.

Select lexer and bnf files from these drop-downs

Select style file from this drop-down

Left click to build the parser and the

transformation engine.

If the build is successful, you will see this.

Select the transform.mlton file from the drop-down.

Select transformation file.

Parse/compile the selected transformation

file.

If the parse goes well you will see this.

Select target file to transform.

Transform the program.

Output shows up in this pane