Date: Tue, 7 Jun 94 15:55:59 -0400
From: U-E59264-Osman Buyukisik <buyukisik_o_f AT ae DOT ge DOT com>
To: sis2070 AT sisvax DOT sis DOT port DOT ac DOT uk
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

>>>>> "YA" == YA  <sis2070%sisvax.sis.port.ac.uk> writes:

    YA> My desire to use familier i386 syntax to write assembler for
    YA> my programs has pushed me into decideing to write a converter
    YA> between intel 386 and the form used by gas.

    YA> Has anyone got any advice for me before I start on this, eg
...
    YA> and structure (.data .text etc...) and write a source to
    YA> source file converter that can be included in a make file as a
    YA> pre-processor kind of stage.

Try using either txl  or sorcerer to help you write it. Sorcerer was
deveopped by Terence Parr (ask comp.compilers.tools.pccts for help in
using sorcerer or pccts). It looks like txl may be ok too. I just
d/l'd the unix files and using djgpp they compiled/linked. Either tool
would make writing a translator easier than by the usual manual
methods.

Osman