lbtt version 1.2.1
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lbtt is a tool for testing programs that translate formulas
expressed in propositional linear temporal logic (LTL) into
Büchi automata. The goal of the tool is to assist implementing
LTL-to-Büchi translation algorithms correctly by providing an
automated testing environment for LTL-to-Büchi translators.
Additionally, the testing environment can be used for very basic
profiling of different LTL-to-Büchi translators to evaluate their
performance.
The latest version of the program is available at
<http://www.tcs.hut.fi/Software/lbtt/>.
lbtt is free software, you may change and redistribute it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License. lbtt comes with
NO WARRANTY. See the file COPYING for details.
Brief installation instructions:
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The basic procedure to build lbtt, the associated tools
and GNU info documentation is to enter the following
commands in the top-level package directory (the directory
that contains this file):
./configure
make
These commands should create two executable files
(`lbtt' and `lbtt-translate') in the `src' subdirectory
and GNU info documentation under the `doc' subdirectory.
The program and documentation can be used directly in
their build directories. Optionally, the program binaries
and documentation can be installed in their default
location (under `/usr/local/') by entering the command
make install
after the build process is complete. (To change the
default installation directory, the `configure' script
should be invoked with an appropriate `--prefix=PATH'
option before running `make'. Please see the file INSTALL
for generic information about running `configure'.)
Documentation:
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The default build procedure builds the program documentation
in the `doc' subdirectory only in `info' format. Assuming
you have the GNU Info documentation browser installed, the
documentation can be viewed by running the command
`info -f doc/lbtt.info' after the program build is
complete.
The documentation can be optionally generated in DVI
or HTML formats using the TeX typesetting program and the
GNU texinfo tools. To create DVI documentation, run the
command
make dvi
in the top-level package directory. If you have TeX and
the GNU texinfo tools properly installed, this command
should generate a file `lbtt.dvi' in the `doc' subdirectory.
The documentation can be also generated in HTML format by
running `makeinfo --html' on the file `lbtt.texi' in the
`doc' subdirectory.
Note: The generated DVI or HTML files refer to two
auxiliary picture files (`testprocedure.EXT' and
`intersectioncheck.EXT', where EXT stands for `eps' for
DVI documentation, `png' for HTML documentation)
residing in the `doc' subdirectory. To see the figures
included in the documentation correctly, make sure that
the program used for viewing the documentation can find
these files when needed.
The documentation is also available in various formats
at the program's home page at
<http://www.tcs.hut.fi/Software/lbtt/>.
