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Index: .symlinks =================================================================== RCS file: /web/m4/m4/.symlinks,v retrieving revision 1.1 diff -u -p -r1.1 .symlinks --- .symlinks 28 Feb 2001 00:19:15 -0000 1.1 +++ .symlinks 24 Aug 2007 19:20:56 -0000 @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ m4.html index.html -m4.html m4.es.html +m4.html m4.en.html Index: m4.html =================================================================== RCS file: /web/m4/m4/m4.html,v retrieving revision 1.18 diff -u -p -r1.18 m4.html --- m4.html 10 Jul 2007 04:13:34 -0000 1.18 +++ m4.html 24 Aug 2007 19:20:56 -0000 @@ -1,99 +1,247 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> -<HTML> -<HEAD> -<TITLE>GNU M4 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</TITLE> -<LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> -<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="m4"> -</HEAD> -<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#1F00FF" ALINK="#FF0000" VLINK="#9900DD"> -<H3>GNU M4</H3> -<A HREF="/graphics/agnuhead.html"><IMG SRC="/graphics/gnu-head-sm.jpg" -ALT=" [image of the Head of a GNU] " -WIDTH="129" HEIGHT="122"></A> - -<P> -<HR> - -<P>GNU M4 is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro -processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible although it has some extensions -(for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros). GNU -m4 also has built-in functions for including files, running shell -commands, doing arithmetic, etc.</P> +<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> +<title>GNU M4 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</title> +<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<h2>GNU M4 - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</h2> + +<!-- This document uses XHTML 1.0 Strict, but may be served as --> +<!-- text/html. Please ensure that markup style considers --> +<!-- appendix C of the XHTML 1.0 standard. See validator.w3.org. --> + +<!-- Please ensure links are consistent with Apache's MultiView. --> +<!-- Change include statements to be consistent with the relevant --> +<!-- language, where necessary. --> + +<h3>Introduction to GNU M4</h3> + +<p> +GNU M4 is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro +processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible although it has some +extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to +macros). GNU m4 also has built-in functions for including files, +running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. +</p> -<P>GNU M4 is a macro processor in the sense that it copies its input to +<p> +GNU M4 is a macro processor in the sense that it copies its input to the output expanding macros as it goes. Macros are either builtin or user-defined and can take any number of arguments. Besides just doing macro expansion m4 has builtin functions for including named files, running UNIX commands, doing integer arithmetic, manipulating text in -various ways, recursion etc... m4 can be used either as a front-end to a -compiler or as a macro processor in its own right.</P> - -<P>The latest stable version is 1.4.10, available from <A -HREF="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4";>ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4</A> or one of the -<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html";>mirrors</A>. The stable -branch can also be checked out from CVS, using: -<pre>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/sources/m4 co -r -branch-1_4 m4</pre></P> - -<P>GNU M4 is being actively developed, and version 2.0 will have many -new features, such as better input control, multiple precision -arithmetic and loadable modules. Information about the future of GNU M4 -is at <A HREF="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/m4/";> -http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/m4/</A>. You can track development +various ways, recursion etc... m4 can be used either as a front-end to +a compiler or as a macro processor in its own right. +</p> + +<p> +One of the biggest users of GNU M4 is the +<a href="/software/autoconf/autoconf.html">GNU Autoconf</a> project. +</p> + +<h3>Downloading M4</h3> + +<p> +The latest stable version is 1.4.10, and can be found on +<a href="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/";>http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/</a> +[via http] and +<a href="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/";>ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/</a> +[via FTP]. +It can also be found on one of <a href="/order/ftp.html">our FTP mirrors</a>. +The stable development branch can also be checked out from CVS, using: + +<pre><samp>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/sources/m4 co -r +branch-1_4 m4</samp></pre> +</p> + +<h3>Documentation</h3> + +<p> +GNU M4 documentation can be found in several formats at +<a href="/software/m4/manual/index.html"> +http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/manual/</a>. +You may also find more information about GNU M4 by looking at your +local documentation. For example, you might try looking in +/usr/share/doc/m4/, or use <em>info m4</em> at the shell prompt. +</p> + +<h3>Mailing Lists</h3> + +<p> +GNU M4 has several mailing lists: +<a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"><[EMAIL PROTECTED]></a>, +<a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"><[EMAIL PROTECTED]></a>, +<a href="mailto:[email protected]";><[email protected]></a>, and +<a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"><[EMAIL PROTECTED]></a>. +Archives of these lists are available; see the details of each list +for a link to the archives. + +<p> +You can subscribe to any GNU mailing list via the web as described +below. Or you can send an empty mail with a Subject: header line of +just "subscribe" to the relevant -request list. 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Important +announcments about M4 and most other GNU Software are also made on +<a href="http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu";><[EMAIL PROTECTED]></a>. +</p> + +<h4>Tracking Development</h4> + +<p> +The moderate-volume mailing list +<a href="http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-m4";>bug-m4</a> +tracks all bug reports. For more information on submitting bugs, +please see the section <a href="#bug">Report a Bug</a> below. +</p> + +<p> +The moderate-volume mailing list +<a href="http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/m4-patches";>m4-patches</a> +is used to propose and track all significant patches. GNU M4 is being +actively developed, and version 2.0 will have many new features, such +as better input control, multiple precision arithmetic and loadable +modules. More information about the future of GNU M4 is +at <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/m4/";> +http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/m4/</a>. You can track development in CVS, using: -<pre>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/sources/m4 co m4</pre> -One feature of the 2.0 release will be translations; you can track -the progress of the i18n team at -<A HREF="http://translationproject.org/domain/m4.html";> -http://translationproject.org/domain/m4.html</A>.</P> - -<P>GNU M4 is maintained by <A HREF="mailto:gary@gnu.org";>Gary V. -Vaughan</A>. 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