--- /dev/null
+%{
+#include <glib.h>
+#include "y.tab.h"
+#ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H
+# include <stdlib.h>
+#endif
+
+extern void yyerror(char *err);
+
+int yylineno = 1;
+%}
+
+real [-0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9]+
+integer [-0-9][0-9]*
+string \"[^"\n]*\"
+identifier [a-zA-Z][.a-zA-Z0-9]*
+bool ([tT][rR][uU][eE]|[fF][aA][lL][sS][eE]|[yY][eE][sS]|[nN][oO]|[oO][nN]|[oO][fF][fF])
+
+%%
+
+^[ \t]*#.*\n /* comment */ { ++yylineno; }
+^[ \t]*#.* /* comment */
+^[ \t]*\n /* empty lines */ { ++yylineno; }
+[ \t] /* whitespace */
+{real} { yylval.real = atof(yytext); return REAL; }
+{integer} { yylval.integer = atoi(yytext); return INTEGER; }
+{string} { yylval.string = g_strdup(yytext+1); /* drop the left quote */
+ if (yylval.string[yyleng-2] != '"')
+ yyerror("improperly terminated string on line %d");
+ else
+ yylval.string[yyleng-2] = '\0';
+ return STRING;
+ }
+{bool} { yylval.bool = (!g_ascii_strcasecmp("true", yytext) ||
+ !g_ascii_strcasecmp("yes", yytext) ||
+ !g_ascii_strcasecmp("on", yytext));
+ return BOOL;
+ }
+{identifier} { yylval.identifier = g_strdup(yytext); return IDENTIFIER; }
+[{}()\[\]=,] { yylval.character = *yytext; return *yytext; }
+\n { yylval.character = *yytext; ++yylineno; return *yytext; }
+. { return INVALID; }
+
+%%
+
+int yywrap() {
+ return 1;
+}