Re: Interactive parsing with Bison

[Richard Stallman]

    A problem with this type of GUI is that they usually are centered  
    around a limited set of commercial applications: it works well as  
    long one stays within that limited scope, but one is left out in the  
    cold if  one steps outside.

    For example, the use of a "make" file gives full programming control,  
    that the type of IDE you mention does not.

If the GUI outputs a Bison parser, you can then build it under the
control of make.  You could think of this kind of interface as an
alternate editor for .y files.