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--- formats:zax [2009-11-08 23:24] – edheldil
+++ formats:zax [2010-10-17 21:51] (current) – edheldil
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 ==== CObject Text File ====
+Most of the text data files in Lionheart are text dumps of classes. They are the same general format, so this page should suffice to describe them all.
 ==== Purpose: ====
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 ==== EBNF specification ====
+  (* FIXME: I have not tested this specification, so there are probably errors in it *)
+  (* FIXME: Dynamic Properties are not handled in this description *)
+  (* FIXME: DialogTree dash lines are not handled in this description *)
+  (* FIXME: spurious empty lines and EOLs are not handled as well *)
   cobject = classname , [ init_args ] , EOL , cobject_data ;
   init_args = "(" , int , { "," , int } , ")" ;
-  cobject_data = "{" , EOL, ( keyvalue_data | raw_data ) , "}" ;
+  cobject_data = indent, "{" , EOL, ( keyvalue_data | raw_data ) , indent, "}" ;
-  keyvalue_data = { key , "=" , value , EOL } ;
+  keyvalue_data = { indent , key , "=" , value , EOL } ;
-  raw_data = { value , EOL } ;
+  raw_data = { indent , value , EOL } ;
   key = limited string ;
   value = string | bool | int | float | cobject ;
+  indent = { whitespace }
   bool = "0" | "1" ;
   int = ( [ "-" ] , digit , { digit } ) | limited string ;
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   float exponential = float decimal , "e" , [ "-" ] , digit , { digit } ;
   string = { printable | whitespace } ;
-  limited string = printable | ( printable , string , printable } ;
+  limited string = keychar | ( keychar , { keychar | whitespace } , keychar } ;
+  classname = letter , { letter | digit | "-" } ;
   EOL = "\r" , "\n" ;
   digit = "0" | "1" | "2" | "3" | "4" | "5" | "6" | "7" | "8" | "9" ;
-  whitespace = " " ;
+  whitespace = " " | "\t" ;
-  printable = "\041" .. "\176" ; (* this is not EBNF, but what the heck *)
+  (* meaning of these is hopefully clear *)
+  printable = ? "\041" .. "\176" ? ;
+  keychar = ? "\041" .. "\074" ? | ? "\076" .. "\176" ? ; (* probably some other chars except "=" are banned as well *)
+  letter = ? "A" .. "Z" ? | ? "a" .. "z" ? ;
 ==== Classes ====
 Activities/AIs, Actions, ...