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…tion.

README.md

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 # pyVHDLParser
 
 This is a token-stream based parser for VHDL-2008.
 
-Main goals:
- * slice an input document into text blocks which are categorized
- * group text blocks for fast-forward scanning
- * provide a generic VHDL language model
+## Intruduction
 
-Use cases:
- * generate documentation by using the fast-forward scanner
- * generate a document/language model by using the grouped text-block scanner
- * extract compile orders and other dependency graphs
- * generate highlighted syntax
- * re-annotate documenting comments to their objects for doc extraction
+### Main Goals
 
-Long time goals:
- * A Sphinx language plugin for VHDL 
+* **Parsing**
+  * slice an input document into **tokens** and text **blocks** which are categorized
+  * preserve case, whitespace and comments
+  * recover on parsing errors
+  * good error reporting / throw exceptions
+* **Fast Processing**
+  * multi-pass parsing and analysis
+  * delay analysis if not needed at current pass
+  * link tokens and blocks for fast-forward scanning
+* **Generic VHDL Language Model**
+  * Assemble a document-object-model (Code-DOM)
+  * Provide an API for code introspection
+
+### Use Cases
+
+* generate documentation by using the fast-forward scanner
+* generate a document/language model by using the grouped text-block scanner
+* extract compile orders and other dependency graphs
+* generate highlighted syntax
+* re-annotate documenting comments to their objects for doc extraction
+
+### Parsing approach
+
+1. slice an input document into **tokens**
+2. assemble tokens to text **blocks** which are categorized
+3. assemble text blocks for fast-forward scanning into **groups**
+4. translate groups into a document-object-model (DOM)
+5. provide a generic VHDL language model
+
+### Long time goals
+
+* A Sphinx language plugin for VHDL 
+
+    TODO: Move the following documentation to ReadTheDocs and replace it with a more lightweight version.
 
 ## Basic Concept
 
 [![][concept]][concept]
 
-[concept]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Paebbels/pyVHDLParser/master/docs/images/Linking_TokenBlockGroup.png
+[concept]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Paebbels/pyVHDLParser/master/doc/images/Linking_TokenBlockGroup.png
 
 ## Example 1
 

doc/index.rst

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 The pyVHDLParser Documentation
 ##############################
 
-pyVHDLParser is a streaming parser for VHDL to extract the documentation.
+This is a token-stream based parser for VHDL-2008.
+
+Main Goals
+**********
+
+* **Parsing**
+
+  * slice an input document into **tokens** and text **blocks** which are categorized
+  * preserve case, whitespace and comments
+  * recover on parsing errors
+  * good error reporting / throw exceptions
+
+* **Fast Processing**
+
+  * multi-pass parsing and analysis
+  * delay analysis if not needed at current pass
+  * link tokens and blocks for fast-forward scanning
+
+* **Generic VHDL Language Model**
+
+  * Assemble a document-object-model (Code-DOM)
+  * Provide an API for code introspection
+
+
+Use Cases
+*********
+
+* generate documentation by using the fast-forward scanner
+* generate a document/language model by using the grouped text-block scanner
+* extract compile orders and other dependency graphs
+* generate highlighted syntax
+* re-annotate documenting comments to their objects for doc extraction
+
+
+Parsing approach
+****************
+
+1. slice an input document into **tokens**
+2. assemble tokens to text **blocks** which are categorized
+3. assemble text blocks for fast-forward scanning into **groups**
+4. translate groups into a document-object-model (DOM)
+5. provide a generic VHDL language model
+
+
+Long time goals
+***************
+
+* A Sphinx language plugin for VHDL
+
 
-.. only:: html
 
-   News
-   ****
+News
+****
 
 .. only:: html
 

setup.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
 	name=projectName,
-	version="0.4.1",
+	version="0.4.2",
 
 	author="Patrick Lehmann",
 	author_email="Paebbels@gmail.com",
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@
 		"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
 		"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
 		"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+		"Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha",
+#   "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
 #		"Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
 		"Intended Audience :: Developers",
 		"Topic :: Utilities"