stanford-parser_gist.rb

class StanfordParser <Formula
  url 'http://nlp.stanford.edu/software/stanford-parser-2010-02-26.tgz' 
  homepage 'http://nlp.stanford.edu/software/lex-parser.shtml' 
  md5 '25e26c79d221685956d2442592321027' 
  version '1.6.2' 
  JAR = 'stanford-parser.jar'

  def install
    # install files into directories
    (prefix+"lib").install Dir["*.jar"]
    prefix.install Dir["*"]

    # install a shell script in bin that executes .jar file using the script at bottom of file
    (bin+'stanford_parser').write(eval('"'+DATA.read+'"'))

    # create symlinks
    FileUtils.ln_s "#{prefix}/lexparser.csh", "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/"
    FileUtils.ln_s "#{prefix}/makeSerialized.csh", "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/"
    FileUtils.ln_s "#{prefix}/lexparser-ar-rosetta.sh", "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/"
    FileUtils.ln_s "#{prefix}/lexparser-gui.csh", "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/bin/"

    #remove Windows files
    rm Dir["#{prefix}/*.{bat,dll,exe}"]
  end

  def caveats
    "This software requires Java 5 (JDK 1.5.0+).
    Check that the command \"java -version\" works and gives 1.5+."
  end 
end

!/bin/sh
echo "some scripted stuff here"

Line 10 can just be "lib.install", since (prefix+"lib") is already defined as lib.

Lines 17-20 could perhaps be in a loop over the filenames.

Line 23, to remove Windows files, should be done at the top of install; we like to remove files before install instead of after.

Not sure that the caveats is needed; what OS X machines don't have JDK 1.5 installed?