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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index 2802bccf..25c19bb1 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -9832,6 +9832,12 @@ $ @kbd{awk 'BEGIN @{} @print{} 17 18 @end example +More detail on how @command{awk} converts numeric values into +strings is provided in @ref{Strings And Numbers}. In particular, for +@code{print}, @command{awk} uses the value of @code{OFMT} instead of +that of @code{CONVFMT}, but otherwise behaves exactly the same +as described in that @value{SECTION}. + @noindent @cindex dark corner @subentry @code{OFMT} variable @cindex POSIX @command{awk} @subentry @code{OFMT} variable and @@ -43872,6 +43878,15 @@ download link. The project may also be frozen; no new code changes have been made since approximately 2014. +@item @command{cppawk} +@cindex @command{cppawk} +@cindex source code @subentry @command{cppawk} +Quoting from the web page, ``@command{cppawk} is a tiny shell script that is +used like @command{awk}. It invokes the C preprocessor (GNU @command{cpp}) on the Awk +code and calls Awk on the result.'' This program may be of use if +the way @command{gawk}'s @code{@@include} facility works doesn't suit +your needs. For more information, see @uref{https://www.kylheku.com/cgit/cppawk/}. + @item Other versions See also the ``Versions and implementations'' section of the @uref{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awk_language#Versions_and_implementations, |