Re: [xsl] library for parsing RTF

[Andriy Gerasika <andriy.gerasika@xxxxxxxxx>]

> For a language as rich as RTF, regular expressions are not going to get
> you all that far: they are probably only suitable for writing the
> lexical analyzer (or tokenizer).

RTF syntax is not that complex for requiring BNF parser.

assuming the following RTF:
{\rtf1\ansi{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss Helvetica;}\f0\pard
This is some {\b bold} text.\par
}

it can be easily converted w/ regular expressions to something like:
<g><rtf>1</rtf><ansi/><g><fonttbl/><f>0</f><fswiss/>Helvetica<sc/></g><f>0</f><pard/>
This is some <g><b/>bold</g> text.<par/>
</g>

where "g" equals to RTF's curly braces(group) and "sc" to semicolon in RTF.

not sure if BNF parser will produce something better...