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@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +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). `m4' also has built-in functions for including files, +running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc. Autoconf needs GNU +`m4' for generating `configure' scripts, but not for running them. + +GNU `m4' has been originally written by Rene' Seindal, from Denmark. +This release is to be considered as stable. + +If GNU `m4' is meant to serve GNU `autoconf', beware that `m4' +should be fully installed *prior to* configuring `autoconf' itself. + +In the subdirectory `examples' you will find various m4 files, ranging +from trivial test files to rather advanced macros. If you intend to +use m4 seriously, you might find useful material down there. + +See file `BACKLOG' for a summary of pending mail and articles. +See file `COPYING' for copying conditions. +See file `INSTALL' for compilation and installation instructions. +See file `NEWS' for a list of major changes in the current release. +See file `THANKS' for a list of contributors. + +By using `./configure --enable-changeword', you get an experimental +feature which allows for changing the syntax of what is a "word" in +`m4'. This might go away, so don't count on it yet. + +Send bug reports to `bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu'. A bug report is +an adequate description of the problem: your input, what you expected, +what you got, and why this is wrong. Diffs are welcome, but they only +describe a solution, from which the problem might be uneasy to infer. |