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Branch: branch-1_4
Changes by: Eric Blake <ericb> 06/07/11 14:17:40
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RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v
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+++ doc/m4.texinfo 11 Jul 2006 14:17:40 -0000 1.1.1.1.2.36
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
@copying
This manual is for GNU M4 (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}),
-a package containing an implementation the m4 macro language.
+a package containing an implementation of the m4 macro language.
Copyright @copyright{} 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2005,
2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
@contents
@ifnottex
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@top GNU M4
@insertcopying
@end ifnottex
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@
GNU @code{m4} was originally written by Ren@'e Seindal, with
subsequent changes by Fran@,{c}ois Pinard and other volunteers
on the Internet. All names and email addresses can be found in the
-file @file{THANKS} from the GNU @code{m4} distribution.
+files @file{AUTHORS} and @file{THANKS} from the GNU M4 distribution.
This is release @value{VERSION}. It is now to be considered stable,
-future releases are only meant to fix bugs, increase speed, or improve
-documentation. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+future releases in the 1.4.x series are only meant to fix bugs, increase
+speed, or improve documentation. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
An experimental feature, which would improve @code{m4} usefulness,
allows for changing the syntax for what is a @dfn{word} in @code{m4}.
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@
* Compatibility:: Compatibility with other versions of m4
* Answers:: Answers
-* Concept index:: Index for many concepts
-* Macro index:: Index for all m4 macros
+* Copying This Manual:: How to make copies of this manual
+* Indices:: Indices of concepts and macros
@detailmenu
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
@@ -249,10 +249,19 @@
* Incompatibilities:: Facilities in System V m4 not in GNU M4
* Other Incompatibilities:: Other incompatibilities
+Copying This Manual
+
+* GNU Free Documentation License:: License for copying this manual
+
+Indices
+
+* Concept index:: Index for many concepts
+* Macro index:: Index for all m4 macros
+
@end detailmenu
@end menu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Preliminaries, Syntax, Top, Top
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@chapter Introduction and preliminaries
This first chapter explains what is GNU @code{m4}, where @code{m4}
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* Manual:: Using this manual
@end menu
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Intro, History, Preliminaries, Preliminaries
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@section Introduction to @code{m4}
@code{m4} is a macro processor, in the sense that it copies its
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debugging their @code{m4} scripts than doing real work. Beware that
@code{m4} may be dangerous for the health of compulsive programmers.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] History
@section Historical references
@code{GPM} has been an important ancestor of @code{m4}. See
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as dynamic module loading and additional builtins. When complete, GNU
@code{m4} 2.0 will start a new series of releases.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Invoking m4, Bugs, History, Preliminaries
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Invoking m4
@section Invoking @code{m4}
The format of the @code{m4} command is:
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only be read once, so the filename @file{-} should only appear once on
the command line.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bugs, Manual, Invoking m4, Preliminaries
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bugs
@section Problems and bugs
If you have problems with GNU @code{m4} or think you've found a bug,
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about things that are unclear in the documentation or are just obscure
features, please report them too.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Manual, , Bugs, Preliminaries
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@section Using this manual
This manual contains a number of examples of @code{m4} input and output,
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ellipsis (@samp{...}) last in the argument list indicates that any
number of arguments may follow.
-This document consistently writes and uses @dfn{builtin}, without an
+This document consistently writes and uses @dfn{builtin}, without a
hyphen, as if it were an English word. This is how the @code{builtin}
primitive is spelled within @code{m4}.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Syntax, Macros, Preliminaries, Top
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@chapter Lexical and syntactic conventions
@cindex input tokens
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* Input processing:: How m4 copies input to output
@end menu
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@section Names
@cindex names
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Examples of legal names are: @samp{foo}, @samp{_tmp}, and @samp{name01}.
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@section Quoted strings
@cindex quoted string
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The quote characters can be changed at any time, using the builtin macro
@code{changequote}. @xref{Changequote}, for more information.
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@section Other tokens
Any character, that is neither a part of a name, nor of a quoted string,
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of the remaining input. In other words, the resulting text from a macro
call will be read and parsed into tokens again.
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when collecting the arguments to another, it will expand the second
call first. If the input is
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This process continues until there are no more macro calls to expand and
all the input has been consumed.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Macros, Definitions, Syntax, Top
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@chapter How to invoke macros
This chapter covers macro invocation, macro arguments and how macro
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* Macro expansion:: Expanding macros
@end menu
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@section Macro invocation
@cindex macro invocation
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is a macro call with one argument, which is the empty string, not a call
with no arguments.
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@section Preventing macro invocation
An innovation of the @code{m4} language, compared to some of its
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the input will produce the string @samp{divert}. When the quotes were
removed, the @code{divert} builtin was called instead.
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@cindex macros, arguments to
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@result{}2
@end example
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consequences of quoting rules. This is done even when the quoted string
cannot be a macro, such as with integers.
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@section Macro expansion
@cindex macros, expansion of
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will expand first to @samp{bar}, and when this is reread and
expanded, into @samp{Hello world}.
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@chapter How to define new macros
@cindex macros, how to define new
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* Builtin:: Indirect call of builtins
@end menu
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@findex define
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The macro @code{define} is recognized only with parameters.
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@section Arguments to macros
@cindex macros, arguments to
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The @samp{foo} in the expansion text is @emph{not} expanded, since it is
a quoted string, and not a name.
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@section Special arguments to macros
@cindex special arguments to macros
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of quotes after the @code{$}. This will prevent @code{m4} from
interpreting the @code{$} sign as a reference to an argument.
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@section Deleting a macro
@cindex macros, how to delete
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The macro @code{undefine} is recognized only with parameters.
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@section Renaming macros
@cindex macros, how to rename
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@result{}
@end example
-he macro @code{defn} is recognized only with parameters.
+The macro @code{defn} is recognized only with parameters.
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@section Temporarily redefining macros
@cindex macros, temporary redefinition of
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The macros @code{pushdef} and @code{popdef} are recognized only with
parameters.
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The macro @code{indir} is recognized only with parameters.
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@section Indirect call of builtins
@cindex indirect call of builtins
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The macro @code{builtin} is recognized only with parameters.
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@chapter Conditionals, loops and recursion
Macros, expanding to plain text, perhaps with arguments, are not quite
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* Loops:: Loops and recursion in m4
@end menu
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@section Testing macro definitions
@cindex conditionals
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The macro @code{ifdef} is recognized only with parameters.
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@section Comparing strings
@cindex comparing strings
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@result{}
@end example
-f called with three or four arguments, @code{ifelse} expands into
+If called with three or four arguments, @code{ifelse} expands into
@var{equal}, if @var{string-1} and @var{string-2} are equal (character
for character), otherwise it expands to @var{not-equal}.
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The macro @code{ifelse} is recognized only with parameters.
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@section Loops and recursion
@cindex recursive macros
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like start value less than final value, and the first argument not being
a name. Correcting these errors are left as an exercise to the reader.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Debugging, Input Control, Conditionals, Top
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@chapter How to debug macros and input
When writing macros for @code{m4}, they often do not work as intended on
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* Debug Output:: Saving debugging output
@end menu
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@cindex displaying macro definitions
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@xref{Debug Levels}, for information on controlling the details of the
display.
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@section Tracing macro calls
@cindex tracing macro expansion
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@xref{Debug Levels}, for information on controlling the details of the
display.
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@section Controlling debugging output
@cindex controlling debugging output
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zero (as if no @samp{-d} was given), and with an empty argument the flags
are reset to the default.
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@section Saving debugging output
@cindex saving debugging output
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@code{debugfile} is called without any arguments, debug and trace output
are sent to the standard error output.
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@chapter Input control
This chapter describes various builtin macros for controlling the input
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* M4wrap:: Saving input until end of input
@end menu
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@result{}but not this
@end example
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as they will be confused with names in the input. Doing so disables
the quoting mechanism.
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by a factor of about seven, once it is changed to something other
than the default regular expression.
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@result{}Answer: 10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1=3628800
@end example
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@chapter File inclusion
@cindex file inclusion
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* Search Path:: Searching for include files
@end menu
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@section Including named files
@findex include
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@example
define(`bar', include(`incl.m4'))
@result{}
-This is `bar': >>>bar<<<
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+This is `bar': >>bar<<
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is bar: >>Include file start
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This use of @code{include} is not trivial, though, as files can contain
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The builtin macros @code{include} and @code{sinclude} are recognized
only when given arguments.
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@section Searching for include files
@cindex search path for included files
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If the automatic search for include-files causes trouble, the @samp{p}
debug flag (@pxref{Debug Levels}) can help isolate the problem.
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@chapter Diverting and undiverting output
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* Cleardiv:: Discarding diverted text
@end menu
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@section Diverting output
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This is a common programming idiom in @code{m4}.
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@result{}
@end example
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diversions, given by the arguments. (This macro has a nasty bug! You
should try to see if you can find it and correct it. @xref{Answers}.)
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@chapter Macros for text handling
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* Format:: Formatting strings (printf-like)
@end menu
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@section Formatted output
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@chapter Macros for doing arithmetic
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* Eval:: Evaluating integer expressions
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* Maketemp:: Making names for temporary files
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m4exit
@end example
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Path}).
Frozen files are sharable across architectures. It is safe to write
-a frozen file one machine and read it on another, given that the
+a frozen file on one machine and read it on another, given that the
second machine uses the same, or a newer version of GNU @code{m4}.
These are simple (editable) text files, made up of directives,
each starting with a capital letter and ending with a newline
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* Other Incompatibilities:: Other incompatibilities
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@section Extensions in GNU @code{m4}
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Also, the debugging and tracing facilities in GNU @code{m4} are much
more extensive than in most other versions of @code{m4}.
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@section Facilities in System V @code{m4} not in GNU @code{m4}
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adds the exponentiation operator @samp{**}.
@end itemize
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@section Other incompatibilities
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@result{}
@end example
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Appendices
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] Copying This Manual
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+* Concept index:: Index for many concepts
+* Macro index:: Index for all m4 macros
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@node Concept index
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References are exclusively to the places where a builtin is introduced
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