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I need to type Backus-Naur form in LaTeX document. I found several packages on CTAN:

  • ebnf seems to not work with TeXLive 2009
  • latex-bnf does not align the declaration, etc.
  • There is a module for ConTeXt, context-bnf

Is there a package for modern LaTeX, or should I just use hand-formatting via verbatim?

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Not verbatim, for goodness sake. If everything else fails, use an itemize or something like that. I hope someone comes up with a better solution. – Konrad Rudolph Oct 23 '10 at 14:27
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Please note that I mentioned verbatim as last resort. Probably tabular would be closer to what I have in mind but neither of those solution is IMHO LaTeX-like (i.e. type the document and let computer to figure out how to format it). – Maciej Piechotka Oct 23 '10 at 14:35
See also tex.stackexchange.com/questions/24886/… – knut Aug 30 '12 at 20:19

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I stumbled across the syntax-mdw package the other day. It looks like it might typeset BNFs and syntax diagrams nicely. See the documentation (PDF) to get an idea of its capabilities.

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If the package's underscore hack causes problems then try \usepackage[nounderscore]{syntax}. – mpartel May 28 '12 at 14:39
I needed to use [nounderscore] otherwise I got the error ! Missing \endcsname inserted. – Flow Aug 30 '12 at 20:10
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Try the bnf.tex at http://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/bnf/ . It is simple enough that can form the basis of what you are looking and expand as you wish.

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